🤝 What your donation supports:
At any given time, our lives could change for the worse, couldn’t it? Therefore, being grateful for what we have in the present, we should always take an effort to help others to the best of our abilities. Keeping in line with the teachings of the Supreme Buddha, we established Colombo Dhamma Friends Charity to lend a hand to those in Sri Lanka that are in need of a little kindness and compassion.
Therefore, we invite you to join and support our initiative and be a little ray of sunshine in the lives of beings that are enduring much hardship
🏦 For Local Devotees
Please WhatsApp the deposit slip to +94 71 596 2399 telling us the purpose of the donation.
When depositing the money, please include your name in the description so that we can quickly recognize you. CHARITY_YOURNAME
| Account Name | English Dhamma Centre |
| A/C No | 009160000357 |
| Bank | Sampath Bank |
| Branch | Pita Kotte |
| Bank Code | 7278 |
| Branch Code | 91 |
| Swift Code | BSAMLKLX |
| Type of Account | Current Account |
🌐 For International Devotees
Please WhatsApp the deposit slip to +94 71 596 2399 telling us the purpose of the donation.
Devotees who reside outside of Sri Lanka may also use direct bank deposits to make contributions.
When depositing the money, please include your name in the description so that we can quickly recognize you. CHARITY_YOURNAME
🛕 Help Build New Mahamevnawa English Dhamma Center in Colombo
The goal is to join with 150 families in Sri Lanka and around the world who can each pledge towards the purchase of a property and build the new Dhamma Centre. This will allow us to build the meeting halls needed for large poya and meditation programmes.
🔊 To Receive Updates
Please be aware that before accepting the WhatsApp group requests, we will review the registration document. So, kindly fill out the registration form as well.
Utility Support for Families
During the current economic crisis, one of the most direct ways we can help others is by covering utility costs.
Supporting Local Schools
To ensure the future success of the country we need to do what we can to support students.
Saving the Lives of Captured Animals
Giving the gift of life is one of the greatest gifts we can give.
Mental Health Support
The crisis in the country is having a toll on people’s mental health.
Small Business Support
Often even a small support to a small business can mean the difference between success and failure.
Supplies for Children in Orphanages
Some of the most vulnerable are living in orphanages.
Support for Local Schools
Utility Relief for Families
Help for families who can’t afford water and electricity
Through the ecconomic crisis CDF Charities has been able to support families by directly paying for electricity and water bills.
Donation to Children’s Home
Abhayadana: Saving Animals
“Abhayadana: Saving Animals” refers to the compassionate practice of rescuing and protecting animals from harm or suffering. This involves providing shelter, medical care, and a safe environment for animals in need, such as those abandoned, abused, or endangered. Abhayadana highlights the importance of empathy towards all living beings and aims to ensure their well-being and preservation through acts of kindness and responsible care.
Releasing captured crabs to give them another chance at life.
Releasing captured fish to give them another chance at life.
Mental Health Support
“Mental Health Support through Meditation” involves using mindfulness and relaxation techniques to promote emotional well-being and alleviate stress. By practicing regular meditation, individuals can cultivate a greater sense of calm, improve focus, and develop tools to manage their mental health. This approach encourages self-awareness and empowers individuals to navigate their thoughts and emotions in a healthier way, fostering a positive impact on their overall mental wellness.
Bodhi Tree Cleanup
Elder Home
Food to People in Fuel Queues
Free Education
Giving Rations to Families in Need
With the assistance of Grama Niladharee, we give dry rations to 10 families in Kotte
With the assistance of Grama Niladharee, we give dry rations to 25 families in Kotte who are in need at that time of year in observance of Vesak Poya.
With the assistance of Grama Niladharee, we give dry rations to 25 families in Kotte who are in need at that time of year in observance of Poson Poya.
Hospital Visit
Support Other Monasteries
Donating a Water Bowser to the Bandarawela Asapuwa
Supported the purchase of a brand-new bus for Bandarawela Asapuwa. In the past, devotees had to go over 5 kilometres to reach the monastery on foot. Now that they are able to utilize this bus without paying a fee to visit Asapuwa, they won’t need to use three-wheelers or walk there.
Donated for a Golden Fence as a protection for a Sacred Bodhi Tree
Donated a Concrete mixer to build a stupa at the Uyandana Asapuwa
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Offered a Gold Plated Silver Almsbowl encrusted with gems
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Tiffin boxes were offered to a monastery in a rural area in Kurunegala for the devotees to respectfully offer dana
Transported Bricks from Wilgamvehera to Mihintale to rebuild the Mihindu Seya
Offered a monastery along with a Dhamma Hall and Datu Mandira to Venerable Nuns
Helped to buy land to expand the Bibile Asapuwa
Donated to construct a Stupa and build the Datu Mandira at the Gampaha Asapuwa
Donated to construct a Stupa at the Kuliyapitiya Nuns Monastery
100 bags of cement were offered to build a Bodhi Tree Compound in Dambadeniya during the cement shortage
Donated 7 feet Buddha Statue to Dambadeniya Asapuwa
We provide weekly bun dansala to devotees who come to help with the construction of the Mihidu Maha Seeya.
Today, we donated a water tank to a monastery in Tissamaharama, where they only receive water supply every other day. We got to know about this and offered it as a surprise. “Tomorrow, they are expecting over 2000 devotees for a pinkama.”
Though the tank was Rs. 37,000 – we donated Rs. 50,000 to do the pipe work as well.
Donated Rs. 50,000 to support building stupa at Balangoda Mahamevnawa Asapuwa
Offered Pirikara worth Rs. 100,000 to Mariarawa Asapuwa
One of our young daughters at CDF has made these stickers and sold them and saved money for nine months to donate for the Katina pinkama at CDF
But later when she heard that we are visiting a monastery in a remote area at Monaragala, with Pinwath Swaminwahanse’s consent she donated Rs 100,000 for the expenses of that monastery during the rains retreat.
Offered Gems to enshrine relics in a stupa at the Bibile Asapuwa
In addition, they gave Pothuhera Asapuwa, where a new stupa is being built, a concrete mixer, which would significantly speed up the construction process.
Supported to build a Bodhi Mandapa in a remote monastery that has been stopped halfway through.
Supported to build two Sangha Kuti in Dambadeniya Asapuwa
Housing Support
Small Businesses
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