Berendina Development Services (GTE) LTD

Berendina Development Services is a leading non-profit organization that strives to support the most disadvantaged communities in Sri Lanka to overcome their status of poverty and stand on their feet. We have our aim as “to enhance socio-economic status of vulnerable and marginalized families of rural and plantation communities in Sri Lanka”. Its vision is to create an empowered equitable society where poverty does not exist. Berendina Development Services (BDS) work area: Anuradhapura, Batticaloa, Kegalle, Mullaitivu, Nuwara Eliya and Trincomalee Districts as well as estates in Nuwara-Eliya District. BDS assists marginalized communities including vulnerable men and women, widows, elders, persons with disabilities and youth to overcome poverty. The assistance offered are grant-based in the areas of livelihood, water, sanitation and hygiene, housing, health, community infrastructure development, youth skill development, school development and civic engagement as well as CSO strengthening. BDS annually supports over 25,000 families across the operating districts.