Annual Report

1 July 2012—30 June 2013

Building Homes, Changing Lives….

Our Vision

A world where everyone

has a decent place to live.

Our Mission

Seeking to put God’s love into

action, Habitat for Humanity brings

people together to build homes,

communities and hope.

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About Habitat for Humanity International

Habitat for Humanity International’s vision is a world where everyone has a decent

place to live. Anchored by the conviction that safe and affordable housing provides a

critical foundation for breaking the cycle of poverty, Habitat has helped more than 3

million people construct, rehabilitate or preserve homes since 1976. Habitat also

advocates for fair and just housing policies and provides training and access to

resources to help more families improve their shelter conditions. As a nonprofit

Christian housing organization, Habitat works in more than 70 countries and

welcomes people of all races, religions and nationalities to partner in its mission.

Habitat has supported an estimated 1.5 million individuals in the Asia-Pacific

region, where it has been active since 1983.

To get more information, to donate or to volunteer, please visit habitat.org/

asiapacific or follow us at facebook.com/habitat.

About Habitat for Humanity Sri Lanka

Habitat for Humanity Sri Lanka is a registered non-governmental organization

whose mission is to provide simple, decent, affordable housing to people in need.

To receive assistance from a local affiliate project, a family must live in unfit or

inadequate housing and must not be able to afford or obtain better housing through

conventional means. Partner families are selected based on their ability to contribute

labor and repay the cost of the house.

Created in 1995, Habitat for Humanity Sri Lanka (HFHSL) completed building of

it's 10,000th house in 2008.

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To get more information, to donate or to volunteer, please visit hfhsl.org or follow us at facebook.com/hfhsl

Table of Contents

Housing Situation in Sri Lanka 5

From the National Director 6

From the President 6

Board of Directors 7

Work at a Glance 8

HFHSL Loan Program 9

Home Partners Case Study 10

Disaster Response 11

Our Partners 12

Global Village 14

Sri Lanka Rebuild 2012 15

New York University Abu Dhabi Build 16

Our Appreciation 17

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Housing Situation in Sri Lanka

40% Of Sri Lankans live in poverty housing

33% Of Sri Lanka’s population lacks adequate sanitation facilities

15% Of Sri Lanka’s population lacks clean water facilities

Sources:

Mongabay

Unicef

Homeless International

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From the National Director

Good-bye... It is that time to say goodbye. Thirteen exciting years of challenges and opportunities, and previously five years of serving on the Board of HFHSL. Probably the work during the Tsunami being the most memorable; serving the poor and needy with great partners and donors has been a wonderful and unforgettable privilege.

This past year we have entered into innovative work, in addition to our regular programs. I was invited by the New York University Abu Dhabi to speak at the launch of Engineers for social Impact. This is a program that hopes to bring Corporates – Academics and NGO’s to work together for social development. A group of 48 Students and Lecturers travelled to Sri Lanka and built a Community Center in Negombo over a period of six days. Working with HFH Australia, we began a 3 year project on Land security for vulnerable families (esp. women) which will both advocate and empower them to access and claim their rights. Working with the University of Moratuwa a special ERP program is launched which will display on Google maps all houses that we build in the future and this will demonstrate an extreme transparency of our work. This is the first of its kind for Habitat. The four thousand housing project funded by the Government of India and in partnership with the Government of Sri lanka, the 261 houses being rehabilitated in Vakarai and funded by the London Stock Exchange complete some of the highlights of the year.

However, none of this would have been possible without the committed and dedicated staff most of whom have served with me over this whole period of time and with whom I have had the wonderful privilege of working alongside. The Board of habitat whose sacrificial time, support and advice is the backbone of making things happen. The Asia Pacific Staff who support our program and make sure we keep on track – we could not have done it without all of you.

I wanted a perfect ending. Now I have learned, the experiential way, that some poems don’t rhyme

–some songs are not in tune and some stories never quite end. Life is about not knowing, having

to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing perfectly what is going

to happen next.

Tony Senewiratne, National Director, Habitat for Humanity Sri Lanka Jan 2001 – Dec 2013

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Board of Directors

Mr. Ramesh Schaffter

President - NBOD, HFHSL

Director, Janashakthi Insurance

Co. Ltd

Mr. Lakshan Madurasinghe -

(MAL)

Vice President - NBOD,

HFHSL

Public Relations & Communica-

tions Consultant Director -

Vibes Event Management

Manisha Polymer (Pvt.) Ltd.

Maj. Gen. Lohan Goonewar-

dene (Rtd)

Secretary - NBOD, HFHSL

Managing Director, Smarased

Property Holdings (Pvt.) Ltd.

Mr. Rohan T. Fernando

- (MAL)

Treasurer – NBOD, HFHSL

Executive Director CEAT –

Kelani Group Companies

Ms. Sarita de Fonseka

- (MAL)

Director - NBOD, HFHSL

Attorney-at-Law

Mrs. Nirmalie Wickremasinghe

- (MAL)

Director - NBOD, HFHSL

Principal, Ladies’College

Mr. Rathika de Silva

- (MAL)

Director - NBOD, HFHSL

Board Director, UN Global

Compact Sri Lanka

Mr. Revanka de Silva

- (MAL)

Director - NBOD, HFHSL

Director, Operations – Heritage

Teas (Pvt) Ltd.

Mr. Yu Hwa Li

- (MAL)

Director – NBOD, HFHSL

Regional Governance Advisor

World Vision International –

Asia Region

Mr. Bews Rodrigo

(HRC – South Rep)

Director - NBOD, HFHSL

Retired Mercantile Executive

Mr. A. Samuel Thavarajah

(HRC – East Rep) Director - HFHSL

Director, Riviera Enterprise

Mr. Denis Green

- HFHI Senior Director, Asia Pacific

Operations

Habitat for Humanity

International - AP Office

Mr. Ernesto Castro

- HFHI Associate Director, Regional

Programs

Habitat for Humanity

International – AP Office

Ms. Michelle Elias Gunaratne

Company Secretary

Director, Hulugalle Associates

(Private) Limited

MAL—Member at Large

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FamiliesServed

01/07/2012-30/06/2013

847

Batticaloa

Wattala/Ja Ela9111

Galle

Central

Western

Eastern

Southern

39

Matale

Sampur

Houses

Wells

Toilets

Community Centres

Pre-Schools

Small Loans

Diasaster Response

Solar CookersOddusuddan

50

194

28

99 4

51110

Mannar

Families Served for FY2012-FY2013

Area Loan Program DRPMannar –

––

279Oddusuddan 112Sampur 28Batticaloa 99 4Matale 194 –

–Wattala 91 1Galle 39Total 423 424

241 38

25,634

Technical Support (Land Rights)

Volunteer Hours

118 Participants

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HFHSL Loan Program

This program supports families who are underprivileged and either residing in dilapidated housing or living

in unsanitary conditions in the East, Central, West and Southern parts of Sri Lanka. The program provides

housing finance access for a safe and decent house; for improved sanitation and hygiene; and micro-credit

for livelihood support projects.

PROGRAM GOAL

To improve the living conditions of underprivileged families in Sri Lanka and enable them to uplift their living standards by supporting them through housing enabling initiatives and environmental initiatives.

Improved Housing

31 year old Nilanka Shiromi and her husband

Suranga always dreamed of improving their home

but could not afford to do so due to their low income.

Surangi is a carpenter while Nilanka is a housewife.

They live with their two children in Moratuwa, West

of Sri Lanka. Through their local community

organization they heard about Habitat and applied

for assistance. They received a USD$200 loan to

plaster their three-room home. Since then, they

have worked hard to regularly repay their loan installments of USD$10 per month. The family has many

plans for the future and hope to receive a second loan from Habitat after repaying their first. “I now want to

color-wash the house because it looks beautiful and a beautiful house makes me and my family happy”

says Nilanka. Habitat house improvements have Nilanka and her family to find comfort and stability at

home.

Uplifting living standards though environmental initiatives

Habitat home partner Kalaivani Kannan is a widow raising two young daughters in Kaluthavalai village, Batticaloa. Kalaivani works as a day laborer to support her family. When building her home with Habitat for Humanity, Kalaivani learned how to make a compost bin and received seeds and plants to start a home garden. As her interest in gardening grew, so did her daily income. Kalaivani now grows banana trees in addition to her vegetable garden and earns up to USD $20 per month selling excess produce. She is now able to pay for both of her daughter’s school fees. Kalaivani was also able to use this extra income to install a water tank and connect her house to running water.

Case Studies

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Page 10 Home Partners Case Study

Brandix donates a house for disabled Ranjith

48 year old Sheela Rajapakse works at the Brandix Garment Factory in Seeduwa and lives with her family in Minuwangoda, Gampaha, Western Sri Lanka. Her husband Ranjith Fernando has been paralyzed from the waist down as a result of a terrible accident where a tree that he was trying to cut down fell on him. Their two children: Dilini and Iroshan aged 14 and 12 years respectively attend school and have to walk a quarter mile every day. The dwelling that they have been residing in can hardly be called a home. The ‘house’ has polythene Film sheets for walls and a tin roof. There is no toilet in the vicinity and no water supply. There is also no electricity and as a result, the children find it difficult to study in the evenings when it gets dark. Furthermore, when the rainy season arrives, it makes almost no difference if they are in their ‘house’ or not, as their dwelling place gets flooded and all their belongings, as well as the family members, get soaked. Sheela could not stop smiling at the thought that she would soon have a proper home. She said “Habitat and Brandix were God sent. My children will now have a safe and dry place to study in the evenings and can do well in school. I am extremely happy and grateful!”

The house was dedicated in January 2013

Sheela and Ranjith’s previous dwelling

Their new house under construction

World Habitat Day 2012

with volunteers from local schools

with leo club, Negombo with international volunteers

with the support from Our Brand

Ambassador - Ms. Otara Gunawardene

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Over 4,500 families upgrading their lives with improvedsanitation facilities, new or repaired homes and building in stages.

4,000 IDP families have begun their journey to

receive permanent homes

Over 267 families have access to improved sanitation

facilities

261 homes are being repaired to provide safe and

decent shelter to families.

4 Pre-schools built, providing education for the

youngest in the communities.

Hon. Basil Rajapksa awards ID

P families certificates

to receive permanent housing Children in Sanaar village enjoying their new well

Improving sanitation facilities in Vaharai VillageCoca-cola dedicates a pre-school in Batticaloa

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Habitat for Humanity Japan with funding from Japan Platform

241 pre-cast toilets 26 tube wells 12 repaired dug wells

With the funding of Japan Platform,

HFHSL and HFHJ completed a project

that provided 241 returnee families

with pre-cast toilets, 26 tube wells and repaired 12 open dug wells in

Sannar Village, Mannar District. Flower pots were also distributed to

beautify the area.

Indian High Commission 4,000 homes for IDP’s in the Eastern Province. Habitat for Humanity Sri Lanka recently launched its largest housing project to date, made possible by the

generous support of the Government of India.

International Indian Film Academy

28 Homes for returnees

Implemented by Sri Lanka Army - 22 Division, Trincomalee, and with funding from the International Indian Film Academy, Habitat Sri Lanka constructed 28 homes for returnees in Seethanaveli Village in Sampur. The houses were dedicated on June 4th in the presence of prominent Sri Lankan Army dignitaries and Habitat staff.

Millennium IT 261 homes being repaired in Vakarai 51 new homes for IDP’s in Oddusuddan 1 Community Centre OVER 120 volunteers from MIT worked on beneficiary homes.

With continuous funding from MillenniumIT, Habitat continues to assist more families with safe and

AUSAID 118 people increased their awareness OVER 590 indirect beneficiaries 5 workshops Research book published

Our Partners

HFH Sri Lanka is grateful for its partnerships with multi-lateral agencies and corporations.

With their support, Habitat Sri Lanka is able to help families build homes and hope!

COCA-COLA OVER 100 pre-school children benefitted 4 pre-schools built

Coca-cola continues to support Habitat; this year dedicating 4 pre-schools to flood affected areas in the East.

Habitat Sri Lanka partnered with AUSAID with the assistance of HFHA

on a Secure Land Tenure & Property project to increase awareness

amongst CBO’s and community members in North East Sri Lanka.

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Page 14 Global Village

393 Volunteers

* Each volunteer decreases thecost of a build by 5-10%

Over USD 214,940donated

23,202 volunteerhours put in

Over 120 housesworked on and 1community center

From 16 countries

Eder Munyampenda– volunteer and student from New York University Dubai. 19 yrs old, from

Rwanda/Canada

“My hope for this community, after seeing how close it is, is that by having this

community centre, the people’s community spirit will be enhanced and that they

will have fun in it. I can see that they have had a life that is harder than mine and I

hope that this centre will bring them together. Since education is important, I also

hope that they will hold some classes here that will assist them to go a long way.

To anyone who is thinking to volunteer, I would say – go for it, because you will

be doing something good for a community. And if you are really the skeptical

type, go out there, go outdoors, do the work and prove yourself wrong.”

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150 volunteers worked together for 5 days 23 Core Houses with water facilities built in Pattayamwatte, Negombo

5 countries participated

SRI LANKA REBUILD 2012

24 year old Julia from Tauranga, New Zealand volunteered with her dad Phil Price. I found her having an amazing time working alongside her father.

“In New Zealand, I work for a newspaper company. This is my 2nd build; the first was the Jimmy Carter build in Cambodia.” says Julia, “And it’s my dad’s 5th build” she adds smiling.

“I have had an amazing time volunteer both here and in Cambodia. My parents and my nanna (grandmother) have been very supportive and amazing. I am also thrilled by my fellow country mates. I am part of a great team. We all get along well and work is made fun in spite of it being sometimes quite challenging.

The satisfaction that I feel after the house is completed and handed over is truly immense. I know that I have done something useful to somebody and made their life better”

MANGALIKA AND SUGATH (house no. 2 ) “We used to live in a house where many more families lived with us. And now, it is such a good feeling to have a house all to ourselves and most importantly, a place we could call home! The children are happy to live in a different environment because they have better facilities to study and play. We have a good understanding and relationship with the neighbors. We feel secure in this community because everyone is there for each other when someone is in need.

The children are very happy here because they have made friends with the neighboring children and they all get together to play in the evenings. They even have their own volleyball court.

Everyone has decided to build a gate so that intruders cannot enter the premises and thus we can all sleep peacefully at night. My husband is determined to improve the house. I have also been able to grown manioc, Jak trees and flowers in my garden, in my spare time.”

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New York University Abu Dhabi

builds too!!!

38 International Volunteers

24 families benefitting

1 Community Centre

All in 5 days!!

Click here for

more information

Page 17 Our appreciation

Companies and organizations

AUSAID Snohomish County Habitat Greater Green Bay Habitat Japan Platform Brandix New York University Abu Dhabi Dipped Products PLC Lions International Germany Sri Lankan Tourism Promotion Bureau ODEL MIT Coca–Cola Aqua Fresh Water Build Mart Habitat for Humanity Japan Indian High Commission Habitat for Humanity Australia

Individual Donors

Wye Yee Yong from Malaysia Mr. Mithila Wakista from Australia Denise Anderson Yash Attanayake

THANK YOU!

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