Many vulnerable families and animals are still waiting for a helping hand. Despite our ongoing efforts, there are countless lives that remain at risk due to poverty, lack of resources, and environmental challenges. These communities depend on timely support to rebuild their lives and secure a better future.
Every day, working animals suffer in silence, and rural families struggle to meet their basic needs. Without proper assistance, their situation continues to worsen. Your support can bring immediate relief, restore hope, and create long-term change for those who need it most.
Together, we can make a difference. By extending your support, you become a part of a compassionate mission to protect lives, improve livelihoods, and build stronger, healthier communities. Many are still waiting—your help can change their story.
Our organization is strictly dedicated to protecting and rescuing abused, abandoned, and street donkeys across Sri Lanka. We focus on establishing community awareness, delivering critical field treatments, creating active medical emergency operations, and providing a permanent, loving environment where these vulnerable animals can live in peace.
Improving the lives of abandoned and injured donkeys every single day.
A compassionate world where every single donkey lives with proper health and absolute dignity.
In the Matara District of Sri Lanka, within the Kamburupitiya Divisional Secretariat Division, our organization was initiated in 1996 with the participation of the rural community to help prevent wildlife crimes in forest areas under the Department of Wildlife Conservation.
Due to the success of these activities, and under the guidance of the Kamburupitiya Divisional Secretariat, our organization was granted legal recognition to carry out community service activities within the Kamburupitiya division.
As a result of the progress achieved during that period, we were registered with the Southern Provincial Development Authority with the support of the Central Environmental Authority under registration number 6/6/17/8/15.
Furthermore, due to the continued achievements in this field, we were also registered under the Southern Provincial Ministry of Social Services with registration number Dep/Sewa 03/Mat/138/98.
Owing to the progress demonstrated in community service at the divisional, district, and provincial levels, in 2010 we obtained national-level registration from the National Secretariat for Non-Governmental Organizations, enabling us to carry out community service activities across Sri Lanka.
Our organization is currently implementing numerous projects in the Matara, Ratnapura, Mannar, Trincomalee, and Hambantota districts. Through financial support from international donor agencies, we have provided significant services to the community.
At present, our organization has been carrying out projects with funding support from USAID, the Australian High Commission, the German Embassy, the Mercy Corps organization, the SLCDF, and the UNDP, among others.
With this assistance, we have successfully created sustainable livelihood opportunities for approximately 3,000 vulnerable community families.
Accordingly, we have consistently safeguarded and upheld the trust placed in us by numerous international donor organizations over the years.
Company Incorporation as a Non-Governmental Organization in Sri Lanka: Registration Certification.
Submission of Project Proposal for the Conservation of Vulnerable Donkeys in Mannar District.
Central Environment Authority Sri Lanka Registration Since 1997.
Chairman / Justice of the Peace
Sri Lanka government Divisional Secretariats in Mannar also help us to success our project. To ensure the long-term success and sustainability of our donkey sanctuary, we are working closely in partnership with the local state authorities. Securing official state backing is vital for obtaining dedicated land allocations, establishing official animal welfare protocols, and integrating our eco-friendly sanctuary into local regional development frameworks.
Chairman presenting the sanctuary roadmap to the Mannar Divisional Secretariat team
Strategic project planning and land resource mapping for the donkey sanctuary program
In Sri Lanka, a highly vulnerable and neglected population of donkeys is struggling to survive without protection or care.
In the northern region of the country, particularly in the Mannar District, it is estimated that around 3,000 donkeys are currently living in completely unprotected conditions. At present, there is no organisation or individual responsible for their welfare, and no proper system of registration, monitoring, or protection exists.
As a result, these animals face constant danger.
They roam freely across roads, sandy lands, and forest areas, exposing them to serious risks such as road accidents, attacks from other animals, and harsh environmental conditions. Tragically, many of these deaths go unnoticed and cannot be prevented under current conditions.
The climate in this region further worsens their situation. With rainfall limited to just a few months each year, long periods of extreme drought leave vegetation dry and scarce. This leads to severe food shortages, causing many donkeys to become weak, malnourished, and vulnerable.
Without care, compassion, or protection, these animals are forced to live in hardship every day.
"These are real lives, struggling every day for food, water, and safety."
Your support can change their story forever.
We urgently call upon compassionate individuals who value animal life to support this mission.
Protecting and caring for these animals is not something one person or one organisation can do alone—it requires collective effort and global support.
Together, we can turn compassion into action.
Every living being deserves the right to live safely and freely. We believe that these donkeys, too, deserve protection, dignity, and a chance at life.
Around the world, donkey populations are already facing the threat of extinction in several countries. We must act now to ensure that the same fate does not occur in Sri Lanka.
With your help, we can take meaningful steps toward protecting these vulnerable animals and creating a sustainable future for them.
Donate Now & Save a Life
We need your urgent support to transform our raw, currently unprotected acres into a state-of-the-art rescue facility.
● Current Status (Area 1)
● Current Status (Area 2)
✔ Proposed Vision Plan
We have secured 20 acres of raw land to construct a safe, sustainable haven for vulnerable animals. This sanctuary is intentionally designed to provide much more than basic shelter—it will serve as a secure ecosystem where rescued donkeys live in safety, complete protection, and absolute peace.
Your donations specifically fund the phase transitioning this property from its raw state into customized grazing zones, isolated care sectors for pregnant or disabled donkeys, and an operational on-site veterinary facility equipped for medical rehabilitation.
Help Fund This Land BuildSite clearing, soil prep, and boundary line defense.
Structural framing, roof builds, and utility pipeline grids.
Medical fit-outs and initial tracking rescue deployments.
In the Mannar District of Sri Lanka, an estimated 3,000 abandoned donkeys are currently living without protection, scattered across harsh and unsafe environments. Without urgent intervention, these animals face a very real risk of injury, suffering, and even extinction. To prevent this, we are developing a plan to identify, safely gather, and relocate these donkeys to a dedicated sanctuary built on secure land.
Importantly, our goal is not to confine these animals unnecessarily, but to create a compassionate, open, and natural sanctuary where they can live safely and with dignity.
In the Mannar District, over 3,000 donkeys live without protection, care, or ownership.
"These are real lives, struggling every day for food, water, and safety. Your support can change their story forever."
There are many meaningful ways you can be part of this life-saving mission. By adopting or supporting a donkey, you directly contribute to providing food, medical care, shelter, and protection for animals that have no one else to rely on.
Your donation provides food, shelter, and medical care for rescued donkeys. Support us from anywhere in the world 🌍
We are currently in the fundraising stage to begin construction.
