ECSAT Ethical Giving Range
Welcome to ECSATs Ethical Giving Range!
We have tried our best to choose a range of products that can make anyone happy whether male, female, young or old, and urge you to please drop us an email if you have any other ideas for gifts that you would like to give but that are not on the list.
Enjoy browsing and then drop Cath an email on ecsatlanka@gmail.com with the details of the type of gift, the name and address of the recipient, and the date the gift needs to be received, so that we can get to work sending them a handmade ECSART card with details of their gift.
• School stationary set 1,000 rupees (5GBP) one-off
For those children who struggle to find pens and books to use at school, this gift will ensure they can learn without embarrassment.
- Perfect gift for a teacher or mother!
• Set of text books for a disabled child 1,000 rupees (5GBP) one-off
Many children with disabilities have been excluded from school and this gift enables them to catch up on some of the reading they have missed.
- Perfect gift for a teacher or mother!
• Computer training for one young person 2,500 (12GBP) one-off
Introduce a young person to the world of computers to enhance their job prospects and knowledge with this course in basic computer usage.
- Perfect gift for anyone working with computers or obsessed with them!
• Fun beanbag for a child in difficulty 3,500 (17GBP) one-off
For children who have problems at home or school, especially those from poor families a fun beanbag of their very own can add a little brightness and a place of their own to sit and relax.
- Perfect gift for a young person!
• Train a community volunteer 5,000 (25GBP) one-off
Provide community work training for a person who is willing to volunteer to provide help for others in their own community. Vital for the future as it helps communities help themselves!
- Especially for those who want to make an ongoing contribution to development in Galle!
• Vocational training for a month 6,000 (30GBP) ongoing
Ensure one young person with a disability can have their life changed by providing transport, lunch and materials for vocational training followed by long term employment.
- Perfect gift for anyone who loves arts and crafts!
• Tutor for 80 children for a month 8,000 (40GBP) ongoing
Buy a tutor! In many subjects children in poor communities fall behind their peers, so these free daily tuition classes are vital – choose from maths, sinhala or scholarship classes.
- Perfect gift for a student or teacher!
• Kids Club Support Worker for a month 9,200 (45GBP) ongoing
Provide children with a support worker who will help them with their homework (as many parents do not have the education to do so) and develop their creative skills and confidence.
• Milk for preschool for a month. 10,000 (50GBP) ongoing
A gift that ensures one class of preschool children can benefit from the extra nutrition provided by a milk drink. Make their bones strong!
- Great gift for a milkman or doctor.
• Vocational trainer for a month 11,500 (60GBP) ongoing
This is a special gift that allows a trainer to pass on skills to women, people with disabilities and poor people who need to earn a meaningful wage. A gift that keeps giving long after the training.
• Outreach worker for a month 11,500 (60GBP) ongoing
Provide an outreach support worker to contact families affected by disability and refer them to services in their area. This gift gives a friendly face and sympathetic ear to listen to those who often feel isolated and alone with their problems.
- Especially for those who want to make an ongoing contribution to development in Galle!
• One edition of Kids Voice magazine 15,000 (75GBP) ongoing
This gift allows the children themselves to write about their lives and be creative as a way to build confidence and speak directly to the adults through their own publication!
- Perfect gift for a writer or journalist!
• Business Start-up Loan/ Grant 15,000 (70GBP) one-off
Get a community group started with a start up donation that they will decide together whether they give as a grant to some of their members, or whether they use it as a revolving loan to benefit more people in the long term. Builds their business and their independence!
- Perfect gift for a business person or banker!
• Sponsor an event 20,000 (100GBP) one-off
Choose what you would like to happen in Galle – a performance to show the skills of children or give a message to the community, an exhibition of children’s work or of products made by livelihoods groups, a sports competition to inspire youths, or a drama workshop to help children and young people develop confidence and work together.
- Especially for those who want to tailor their gift themselves!
• Transport for everyone for a month 20,000 (100GBP) ongoing
Especially for people with disabilities and young children, transport is a huge issue. This gift ensures even those children who hardly ever leave their homes can have access to activities where they can make friends and develop their life skills.
- Perfect gift for whoever does the driving in your family or among your friends!
• Wheelchair for child with disability 28,000 (140GBP) one-off
Transform a young life with this gift that allows children who cannot walk to get around and develop their independence. Makes a life-long change.
• Sponsor a trip 30,000 (150GBP) one-off
Choose how you would like to treat the children and their guardians in Galle. A trip to the beach, or a discovery of the tea plantations in the hill country? Maybe you would love to send them to a cultural site so they can learn more about their history, or to that all-time favourite the zoo to learn more about animals. For those who have never even visited the town of Galle or the capital Colombo, the memories of this gift will last for many years.
- Especially for those who want to tailor their gift themselves!
• Form a DPO to fight for their rights! 45,000 (200GBP) one-off
People power has arrived in Galle, and you can help them to make their voices heard by sponsoring the set up of a registered Disabled Persons Organisation. Don’t let orphanage owners and doctors speak for the disabled – help them to mobilize themselves and fight for their rights!
- Perfect gift for those who don’t keep quiet about anything!
• Ramp for accessibility 50,000 (250GBP) one-off
A vital gift that will benefit hundreds of people over time. A ramp will make buildings accessible to all regardless of their mobility issues. Choose whether you prefer to develop a public area such as community centre, shop, post office or religious building, or an individual’s home.
- Perfect gift for anyone involved in construction!
• Kids Club for a month 52,400 (260GBP) ongoing
(2 child support workers 18,400
2 tutors 16,000
Art materials 6,000
Stationary 2,000
Transport 10,000)
Children in Sri Lanka have almost no access to day care and after-school activities and so this gift enables a Kids Club to run for a month, supporting 80 children (non-disabled and disabled) while their parents can work to improve their lives in the knowledge that their children are safe.
- Especially for those who want to make an ongoing contribution to development in Galle!
• Computer for Community Centre 65,000 (295GBP) one-off
Computer geeks take note – its time to spread the word of technology! A gift that enables villagers to access a computer and learn basic skills that will help them when looking for a job.
- Perfect gift for anyone working with computers or obsessed with them!