"Kathaluwa is a seaside fishing community south of Galle.  During the monsoons the fishermen cannot cross the reef out to sea as waves are too high and dangerous.  They must subsist on what they can catch within the reef lagoon where the sea is calm.  Six months a year they have no work.  The community is extremely poor."

                                                                                               - Mrs. Sharmini Mathew 

Orphans International Sri Lanka and Kathaluwa group co- managing the Education and Skills Development Centre in Kathaluwa, to the benefit of children living in poverty and those who badly affected by the 2004 Tsunami.

6000 Sq ft. Kathaluwa Education and Life Skills Centre

Family care program office

Community health clinic

Classroom ( English classes for 300 students)

Vocational training, including sewing classes

Computer centre

Kathaluwa Education& Life Skills Centre Floor Plan