Did you know that for less than the cost of a modest night on the town each month – pizza and a movie – you can help us save the life of an orphaned child or an abandoned elder struggling to survive in the midst of a long-standing civil war in Sri Lanka?

We know because we’ve been doing it for five years.

But right now, our programs are in jeopardy. We can’t continue to sustain them without your support. And we need that support now more than ever. Since the tsunami, costs for supplies and labor in Sri Lanka have risen steadily and dramatically. But unfortunately our donations declined in 2006. As of the date of this writing, our operating expenses are exceeding our donations, putting us “in the red.” Unless the situation changes, we’ll have no choice but to begin scaling back our programs.

We cannot continue our programs without the help of committed people like you – people who believe that loving and helping others is more important than just about anything.

What’s at stake? A lot. What started out in 2001 as a plan to build a small orphanage for 20 children with just $20,000 soon blossomed into a much bigger vision. Since then, our programs in Sri Lanka have expanded dramatically and now include:

There is so much your tax-deductible donations can do to help! Give up that one night of entertainment each month and you can sponsor someone at the Grace Care Center, like an orphan or an elder. When you commit to sponsor a child or an elder, you’ll receive a photograph, biographical data and an annual update describing your child’s/elder’s progress. You’ll be able to write and even visit your child or elder.

When you commit to become a sponsor of our vocational training center or daycare programs, you’ll receive a group photograph of the students/children each year and a report describing the progress made in each program.  Sponsorships can be paid monthly, annually or semi-annually – you choose what’s easiest.

And, best of all, here’s all it will cost:
$40/mo. ($480/yr.) – Sponsor an Elder at Mercy Home
$30/mo. ($360/yr.) – Sponsor an Child at Grace Home
$20/mo. ($240/yr.) – Grace Vocational Training Center Sponsor
$10/mo. ($120/yr.) – Grace Daycare Sponsor

If you don’t want to become a sponsor, please consider making a much-needed contribution to any of our other programs, or to “Where Needed Most.” You may donate on-line, or download and complete our special donation form here (Word or PDF).

Give us what you’d spend on just one night of entertainment per month and you’ll save the world for a person in need.

Please help the Grace Care Center survive so that it can continue to help thousands more of our needy neighbors in Sri Lanka.

They need your help now more than ever.

They deserve to be loved. And it takes so little to provide them with what they need. Won’t you help?

Thank you.