Giving Back

Agape Home, Sri Lanka

Agape Home is an orphanage currently housing about 66 children in Tissamaharama in southern Sri Lanka. The benevolent Pastor Dayaratne started taking in orphaned and abused children after the 2004 tsunami disaster, and has dramatically changed the lives of many who would otherwise have nowhere to live and no one to look after them.

The children at the orphanage love to play cricket, hide and seek and leapfrog. They enjoy singing, drawing and tossing the frisbee. Most of all, they love meeting visitors, making new friends and testing out their English on them.

Although the children are very well cared for and living in a loving environment, space is extremely tight and the facilities in the Home are severely lacking. New dorms and kitchens with basic necessities are being built, which are a good start. Still, the Agape Home is in need of help and contributions of all kinds would be welcomed.