Needy Children’s Scholarship Foundation (NCSF)

About us

The Needy Children’s Scholarship Foundation (NCSF) is a Non-Profit Organization registered with the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL), located in the district of Hambantota.

Since it’s inception in 1997, this foundation has provided for much of the needs in the poverty-stricken district of Hambantota, in Sri Lanka. Managed by a trust that is responsible for the operation and utilization of funds, the objective of this foundation is to provide monetary and non-monetary assistance and services to improve living standards of marginalized people who have become overnight as orphans.

The main objective of this foundation is to provide monetary and non-monetary assistance and services in the following areas in order to improve the living standards of these marginalized people of the district:
- Poverty Alleviation Projects
- Training and Education for youth, school going and non-school going children
- Health and sanitation facilities to the needy
- Rehabilitation and reconstruction programs
- Rural Development
- Projects concerned with the Protection of Child Rights

In response to the devastating effects of the tsunami, the foundation has proposed an action plan to address concerns for children who are suffering from the loss of either one or both parents, kin, homes, schools and community. The aim of the foundation is to provide both a short and long-term commitment to provision of care in these areas.

Short Term Planning involves the construction of the Tsunami Orphanage Village (Canadapura Children’s Village). This mini-village will be established on 10 acres within the Hambantota district and will include critical infrastructures such as housing, educational, religious, health, play and maintenance facilities, and can accommodate for 200 children who have lost both parents to the tsunami and some other reasons. Care, education and other basic needs will be provided until all children within this setting become independent.

Long Term Planning includes commitment to tasks, duties and responsibilities assigned to the foundation’s trustees and implementation of the program for a minimum period of 10 years.