By Anoja Rajapatirana | Co-Founder/Co-President
GlobalGiving Report September 2026
People with disabilities are the most vulnerable group not only in Sri Lanka but around the world as well. Partnering with GlobalGiving has enabled us to diversify the services we, E.A.S.E. Foundation, provide to our students with disabilities and their families.
This year we did our annual beach trip in February hoping to avoid the turbulent seas that happen in August. Yaala Labs, the IT firm provided us with a group of energetic young computer mavens who made the day very special for our students and gave the parents much needed respite and a chance to enjoy a day at the beach without too many child care responsibilities.
We always celebrate World Autism Day April 2 because we serve many children with autism and our co-president Chandima is an autistic person. We had a group of street performers entertain us with a very interesting skit related to a student with autism in a mainstream school.
As April is also a festive month in Sri Lanka, we distributed bags of dry goods including a much-appreciated cake and Jello that sets without needing a fridge.
We continue our mission of educating society through workshops. We were especially pleased to address a group of teachers and parents whose children were in a school run by a church. This was their first informative workshop.
We took our teachers to the ancient city of Anuradhapura which was Sri Lanka’s capital city more than Two Thousand years ago. We hired a guide from the department of Archeology so that the teachers would glean important knowledge to bring back to their students. Our students benefitted greatly from the hands-on experience of our teachers and a few families thought of planning trips to this ancient city themselves.
Since Dengu has made a comeback to plague our families we arranged a session with a Public Health Inspector (PHI) to inform the families about strategies to prevent this mosquito born disease. We had also distributed mosquito nets earlier.
A “Dhana Sala” (pop up café) to distribute food free of charge especially on Important religious festival days) is an important feature of how we celebrate religious holidays. Our foundation with the enthusiastic cooperation of the families ran a “Dhana Sala” which was a new and valued experience for all of us. One thousand five hundred loaves of a special Sri Lankan bread with a delicious Coconut Sambol were distributed and were eagerly snapped up by a large group of people from the community. The parents and children who contributed what they could in effort and materials experienced the joy of giving on a large scale as well as what team work can do.
I hope the donors of GlobalGiving realize that when they donate to us the impact is felt not only by our students, their families and teachers but also by the community in which we live. Heartfelt thanks to all of you for making all this possible.
By Anoja and Chandima Rajapatirana | Co-Founders/Co-Presidents
By Chandima and Anoja Rajapatirana | co-founders/co-presidents
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