Child Protection & Slum Learning Centers
The Unseen Children Initiative
Learning Centers & District Outreaches
All Locations
📍 Colombo Slums
📍 Kandy
📍 Nuwara Eliya
📍 Galle
📍 Ratnapura
📍 Badulla
📍 Kurunegala
📍 Vavuniya
8
Districts Active
18+
Learning Centers
1,600+
Children Protected
950+
School Enrollments
About The Unseen Children Project
The Unseen Children Initiative at CSR Sri Lanka protects, educates, and empowers street-connected, slum-dwelling, and marginalized children who are invisible to mainstream societal welfare systems.
We operate grassroots community learning centers providing non-formal creative education, nutritious daily meals, legal birth registration defense, and psycho-social art therapy, ensuring every child can safely transition into formal schools with dignity.
Creative Education
Non-formal basic skills
Child Advocacy
Birth certificates & defense
Nutritional Meals
Daily breakfast & healthcare
Art, Music & Creative Psycho-Social Expression
(4 Photos)
Kurunegala
Encouraging self-expression, trauma healing, and confidence building through watercolor painting and clay sculpture classes.
Vavuniya
Fostering inter-community camaraderie, music therapy, and cultural celebration among children of diverse ethnic backgrounds.
Kurunegala
Encouraging self-expression, trauma healing, and confidence building through watercolor painting and clay sculpture classes.
Vavuniya
Fostering inter-community camaraderie, music therapy, and cultural celebration among children of diverse ethnic backgrounds.
Child Rights & Legal Birth Registration Advocacy
(4 Photos)
Nuwara Eliya
Assisting vulnerable single mothers and grandparents to obtain official legal birth certificates and school admission papers for 120 children.
Galle
Mobilizing community leaders, labor officers, and youth monitors to rescue school-age children from hazardous market labor.
Nuwara Eliya
Assisting vulnerable single mothers and grandparents to obtain official legal birth certificates and school admission papers for 120 children.
Galle
Mobilizing community leaders, labor officers, and youth monitors to rescue school-age children from hazardous market labor.
Creative Non-Formal Learning Centers
(4 Photos)
Colombo
Operating free non-formal morning learning classes, basic English, and foundational math for 85 street-connected children.
Kandy
Providing safe study spaces, dedicated volunteer teachers, and academic tutoring to prevent school dropouts among slum children.
Colombo
Operating free non-formal morning learning classes, basic English, and foundational math for 85 street-connected children.
Kandy
Providing safe study spaces, dedicated volunteer teachers, and academic tutoring to prevent school dropouts among slum children.
Daily Nutritional Support & Pediatric Health
(4 Photos)
Ratnapura
Serving wholesome daily breakfast containing milk, eggs, and fresh fruits to counter severe early childhood malnutrition.
Badulla
Free medical examinations, pediatric deworming, dental checkups, and hygiene kits distributed to 240 underprivileged children.
Ratnapura
Serving wholesome daily breakfast containing milk, eggs, and fresh fruits to counter severe early childhood malnutrition.
Badulla
Free medical examinations, pediatric deworming, dental checkups, and hygiene kits distributed to 240 underprivileged children.
School Re-Enrollment & Educational Supply Sponsorship
(4 Photos)
Colombo
Distributing comprehensive school bags, textbooks, exercise books, uniforms, and shoes to 450 children starting the academic year.
Kandy
Guiding adolescent teenagers from informal settlements into accredited technical training colleges and apprenticeships.
Colombo
Distributing comprehensive school bags, textbooks, exercise books, uniforms, and shoes to 450 children starting the academic year.
Kandy
Guiding adolescent teenagers from informal settlements into accredited technical training colleges and apprenticeships.
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Child Protection Coordinators
Sandya Kumari
Child Welfare Director
children@csrsrilanka.lk
Dilshan Fernando
Learning Centers Coordinator
learning@csrsrilanka.lk