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Aditra Trust Foundation was founded in 2025, when Cyclone Ditwah struck Sri Lanka. Since then we have kept supporting families living in poverty, including expectant mothers and young children. Now we are taking on chronic kidney disease of uncertain cause (CKDu) in Anuradhapura District, starting with awareness and solar-powered safe drinking water.
Figures since our founding in late 2025.
Our funding partner
The India–Sri Lanka Foundation (ISLF) was set up in 1998 by the Governments of India and Sri Lanka to foster economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation between the two countries. ISLF has reviewed and approved Phase 1 of our CKDu programme.
Our story
When Cyclone Ditwah struck Sri Lanka in late November 2025, bringing floods and landslides across the island, our founders set out to help the families it hit hardest. What began as emergency relief became Aditra Trust Foundation.
We have kept going ever since, supporting families living in poverty, expectant mothers and children, and listening to what communities need. That work led us to CKDu, a kidney disease that has affected farming families in the dry zone for more than thirty years.
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We start with families, village leaders and government data, so we fill real gaps.
Every project plans for what happens after the first day: upkeep, training and local ownership.
Partners and communities can see what we spent, on what, and what it achieved.
What we do
Relief and everyday essentials for families hit by Cyclone Ditwah and living in poverty. 35+ families so far.
Essential items for expectant mothers, and support for the children in the families we work with. 5+ mothers and 30+ children.
Awareness, a Sri Lanka–India knowledge exchange and solar-powered drinking-water points in Anuradhapura District. Read about the programme.
The families we work with
Children's faces are partly covered to protect their privacy, and we share photos only with their families' consent.
CKDu programme · Anuradhapura
Chronic kidney disease of uncertain cause (CKDu) has affected farming families in Sri Lanka's dry zone for more than thirty years. Its cause is still debated, and most hypotheses point to drinking water as a route of exposure. Anuradhapura District, where the disease was first identified, remains its centre.
Sources: Ranasinghe et al., BMC Nephrology 2019 and 2024.
Community sessions on CKDu risks, safe drinking water, hydration and early screening, together with an exchange of experience between Sri Lankan and Indian practitioners. India has similar clusters of kidney disease among farming communities, including the Uddanam area of Andhra Pradesh.
Funded by the India–Sri Lanka Foundation
Each water point will give about 300 families free, safe drinking water every day. The candidate areas are Medawachchiya, Rambewa and Kebithigollewa. Final sites will be chosen with the Ministry of Health, so that we fill real gaps and never duplicate an existing plant.
We are seeking support from the Government of Sri Lanka, development partners, companies and service clubs, because CKDu is a national problem.
A standard reverse osmosis (RO) system of the kind already used across the dry zone, sized for one village and simple enough for a trained local operator to run.
Groundwater is pumped into a raw-water tank.
Remove sediment, iron and organic matter.
Membranes remove most dissolved salts, hardness and fluoride.
Minerals are restored for taste, and ultraviolet light disinfects the water.
5,000 litres of treated water, filled during sunny hours.
Families collect water free of charge. Voluntary donations help pay for upkeep.
Powered by the sun: 9.3 kWp of solar panels run the plant during the day, with the grid as backup. No electricity bill for the community.
Many community water plants fail because nobody pays for filters and repairs. Ours are planned for upkeep from day one.
Figures are design estimates from our project proposal and will be confirmed after site surveys and quotations. Ask us for the full proposal.
Transparency
Every grant and donation is recorded, and each partner receives a report showing how its money was used. Annual reports will be published here.
We share photos and stories only with the consent of the families involved, and we cover children's faces to protect their privacy.
Anyone can raise a concern about our work or about the wellbeing of a family we support. Use our contact form or WhatsApp, and we will respond in confidence.
We never ask you to pay into a personal bank account, and we never ask for card numbers, PINs or passwords by phone, SMS or WhatsApp. Official messages come only from addresses ending in @aditratrustfoundation.org and from our WhatsApp number +94 76 209 3038. If in doubt, contact us before you give.
Get involved
any amount
Helps us provide essentials for families in hardship and expectant mothers.
about LKR 9.0 million
Builds one solar-powered water point giving about 300 families free, safe drinking water.
LKR 605,000
Keeps one water point running for a year: filters, repairs, water testing and a local operator.
your time
Help at awareness sessions and family visits, or offer skills such as engineering, health, accounts or design.
To donate, contact us and we will send official donation details from our foundation email address, followed by a receipt.
Contact
Whether you are thinking of funding our work, want to donate or volunteer, or need to raise a concern, we would like to hear from you.