Sustaining Families | Self-employment for Poor Families

by Danesh Edirisooriya | Oct 4, 2020 | Sustaining Families by Suneth

A large number of low-income Sri Lankans are helpless due to the COVID19 epidemic. Most of them lost their livelihood. While public servants get paid, the middle class live off their savings, the poor are very helpless. We plan to create self-employment opportunities to these affected families. We hope to provide the initial raw materials, tools, equipment’s and guidance for them to start self-employment of their choice to achieve long-term stability.

• Sewing Machine (Normal) – $266 AUD
• Sewing Machine (Lockstich) – $481 AUD
• Overlock Machine – $614 AUD
• Bush Cutter (Grass Cutter) Machine – $228 AUD
• Cement Brick Making Machine Basic – $122 AUD
• Cement Brick Making Machine Advance – $228 AUD
• Incense Stick Making Machine – $425 AUD
• String Hopper Making Machine – $141 AUD
• Slipper Making Machine – $1125 AUD
• Street Orange Juice Bar – $194 AUD
• Ready-made Slipper Selling Business –  $156 AUD
• Pillows, Doormat & Dolls Selling Business –  $194 AUD
• Cattle – $497 AUD – $992 AUD
• Goats – $114 AUD – $288 AUD
• Chicken Farm (Egg Production) – $190 AUD
• Vegetable Store – $290 AUD
• Water Melon Business – $35 AUD
• Flower Pot Business – $493 AUD
• Ice Cream Business with Bicycle – $265 AUD
• Lottery Selling Business with Bicycle – $227 AUD
• Food Selling Business – $340 AUD
• Cool King Coconut Business –  $76 AUD
• Flower Vas Business – $114 AUD
• Coconut Plucking Machine – $175 AUD

Since most of the raw materials are imported from China, it can be difficult to find them these days. And the prices of the materials can go up during the post-covid period. Therefore, the estimate for these self-employment projects may not be accurate.

Previous Projects by our Foundation (2015-2020)