Ash-Shifaa Home for Children with Special Needs
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Every child is special.

Since 2003, Ash-Shifaa has given children with intellectual, developmental and physical disabilities a place to learn, heal and grow, in Angoda, Sri Lanka.

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  • Registered charitable trust
  • Zakat & Sadaqah welcome

500+ children registered. Room for 35.

We began in 2003 with five children and a volunteer staff. Today more than 500 children are registered with us, but our rented building lets us serve only around 35 at a time.

The limit is space, never willingness.

Years of service
22
Children registered
500+
Served at one time
35
Where we started
5
each dot is a registered child. the green ones fit in our building today.
Students in green and white uniforms standing in a line in the main hall
A student drawing faces on the smart board

Life beyond our walls

Our aim is simple to say and slow to reach: children who leave Ash-Shifaa self-reliant, disciplined and valued by the people around them. Some of them already have.

  1. 10 former students now employed in fields such as commercial printing and automobile services.
  2. 7 former students happily married and living fully independent lives.
  3. 2 former students who moved to and now live in the United Kingdom.
  4. Repeated championships in sports and cultural competitions between similar institutions.
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A day at Ash-Shifaa

Lessons, therapy, lunch and a lot of laughing. These are our children, photographed by our own staff.

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Morning line-upUniforms on, names called, day begins.
LessonsSmall groups, one teacher close by.
Therapy through playBlocks build balance, grip and patience.
Lunch togetherEating side by side on the mat.
Making thingsPaper, glue and a lot of concentration.
CelebrationsFlags, songs and every face in the photo.

Zakat. Sadaqah. Or simply kindness.

We are registered with the Wakf Board of Sri Lanka and approved as a charity by the Ministry of Finance. Give by bank transfer, then send us your receipt so we can thank you.

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People's Bank Malwana Branch

Account number

191-1-001-2-0005373

Name Ash-Shifaa SWIFT PSBKLKLX
Amana Bank Ladies Branch

Account number

010-0168008-006

Name Ash-Shifaa SWIFT AMNALKLX

Registered & accountable

  • National Secretariat for NGOsReg. L-91704
  • Wakf Board of Sri LankaReg. R/2755/C/256
  • Ministry of Finance Approved CharityGazette No. 1907/18
  • National Council for Persons with DisabilitiesReg. MSSN/SPD/R121
  • Western Province Social Services Dept.Reg. WP/SSD/C/DH/2011/16