CANDLEAID

CandleAid Lanka (formerly AFLAC International) was founded in 1995 by Capt. Elmo Jayawardena, a Sri Lankan pilot then employed with Singapore Airlines. Today, he and a Board of two vice-presidents and five directors run CandleAid. CandleAid is registered under the Ministry of Social Services in Sri Lanka as a Non-Governmental Organisation engaged in charitable work and was granted the status of an 'Approved Charity" in Sri Lanka in the year 2000... Founded upon the adage "It is better by far to light a solitary candle than to curse the darkness", CandleAid was formed with the purpose of alleviating poverty in Sri Lanka. It is modelled on the belief that every person can do something to help another, irrespective of race, creed or social status. As such, CandleAid functions as a link between your act of generosity and someone else's humanitarian need in Sri Lanka. Our ideology has also been to minimize administrative expenses as far as possible and towards this end up until 2014,..

Also known as: CandleAid Lanka