Aid
Care leavers are particularly vulnerable because they are more likely to be in low paid jobs.
Aid
Economic Crisis
These are difficult times in Sri Lanka. Over the past year the economic situation has steadily deteriorated with high inflation and widespread shortages of food. In addition a shortage of foreign currency reserves has meant that there is no money to import cooking gas, fuel, many food items, medicines amongst other things…
Everyone in Sri Lanka is affected. But in an economic crisis it is always the poor who suffer the most. Care leavers are particularly vulnerable because they are more likely to be in low paid jobs and do not have the same wider family networks to fall back on in times of hardship.
Brighter Path is increasing its monthly financial support to care leavers in education and training to make sure that they have enough to eat and are able to pay increasing travel costs. Brighter Path is has also been providing extra monthly financial support to many care leavers in low paid work to help meet the ever rising cost of food and transport.
Like all other Sri Lankans the care leavers in Brighter Path transition homes now must cook outdoors on open fires because of the difficulty in getting gas. The greatest challenge however continues to be the price of food with prices currently rising at 57%. We are constantly reviewing the situation to make sure that needs are met in a rapidly evolving situation.
Further Reading

Capping Ceremony
On the last Saturday in June we were very proud that one of our care leavers, Rangani, was ‘capped’ as a nurse. This is an old nursing tradition where student …

Moving House
In March we moved our main boys’ transition home to new premises in Colombo. The lease on our previous premises came to an end and this was the perfect opportunity …

Kathmandu Alternative Care Conference
The 5th Biennial Conference on Alternative Care for Children in Asia was held over two days in September 2023 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Hundreds of representatives attended from across the globe …


