Sarvodaya

The Sarvodaya Shramadana movement (English Shramadana Sarvodaya Movement) is a self-help organization in Sri Lanka. The words Sarvodaya Shramadana derived from Sanskrit, meaning originally something like " well-being" and "energy" and are to be understood as welfare for all by the giving of labor power as help.

The organization was founded in 1958; its core was a group of students in Colombo under the leadership of AT Ariyaratne. It relies on the vision of Sarvodaya in the sense outlined by Mahatma Gandhi People's Democracy.

The basic idea is to achieve a balanced society with the peace, in which all people are met the basic needs of people and involved in the development process. This targeted today in more than 5,000 villages in the country Sri Lanka through networked communities.

Jointly, the following " ten basic needs " are satisfied:

Sarvodya is represented by bases for consultation and coordination in all districts of the country.

The usual construction process of a local self-help organization in the following scheme:

A particular challenge for the organization were the consequences of the earthquake in 2004 with the internationally respected tsunami.