Our Societies
A Sarvodaya Shramadana Society is more than a community organisation. It is a space where people come together to recognise what they already have—their knowledge, skills, time, labour, resources and collective strength—and use them for the wellbeing of their community.
Our Societies Across Sri Lanka
Explore the geographical distribution of Sarvodaya Shramadana Societies across the country.
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Discover your strength-Share it with others-Build your community together.
Becoming a member of a Sarvodaya Shramadana Society is more than becoming part of an organisation. It is an opportunity to discover the strength within yourself, bring that strength together with others, and take an active role in shaping the future of your community.
At the heart of the Sarvodaya journey is the belief that communities can find their own strength when people share their labour, value one another, work together, and build on the resources and abilities they already possess. This spirit is reflected not only in Sarvodaya’s teachings, but also in a way of life where people come together to respond to food, housing, health, education, security, livelihoods, communication, and other basic human needs.
Here, every contribution has a place and every person has something to offer. Your time, knowledge, labour, skills, or abilities can become a source of strength for someone else—and a contribution towards a stronger community.
When people come together with a shared purpose, individual strength becomes collective strength. A small contribution can become a meaningful action, and that action can become part of a community’s journey towards greater self-reliance and a stronger future.
Join Sarvodaya. Share your strength. Strengthen your community
Our Society Network
Society Breakdown — As of September 22, 2026
| No. | District | A | B | C | Total Active | Total Re | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ampara | 4 | 6 | 32 | 42 | 236 | 194 |
| 2 | Anuradhapura | 13 | 11 | 22 | 46 | 440 | 394 |
| 3 | Badulla | 2 | 9 | 62 | 73 | 278 | 205 |
| 4 | Batticaloa | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 85 | 68 |
| 5 | Colombo | 15 | 13 | 14 | 42 | 237 | 195 |
| 6 | Gampaha | 10 | 12 | 46 | 68 | 291 | 223 |
| 7 | Galle | 4 | 15 | 51 | 70 | 412 | 342 |
| 8 | Hambantota | 11 | 7 | 24 | 42 | 265 | 223 |
| 9 | Jaffna | 2 | 15 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 0 |
| 10 | Kalutara | 20 | 9 | 38 | 67 | 288 | 221 |
| 11 | Kandy | 5 | 3 | 35 | 43 | 286 | 243 |
| 12 | Kegalle | 11 | 7 | 31 | 49 | 238 | 189 |
| 13 | Kurunegala | 6 | 1 | 36 | 43 | 405 | 362 |
| 14 | Kilinochchi | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 |
| 15 | Mannar | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 28 | 15 |
| 16 | Matara | 10 | 11 | 35 | 56 | 238 | 182 |
| 17 | Matale | 0 | 3 | 33 | 36 | 187 | 151 |
| 18 | Monaragala | 0 | 6 | 54 | 60 | 246 | 186 |
| 19 | Mullaitivu | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 8 |
| 20 | Nuwara Eliya | 3 | 12 | 38 | 53 | 185 | 132 |
| 21 | Polonnaruwa | 7 | 3 | 22 | 32 | 176 | 144 |
| 22 | Puttalam | 16 | 2 | 41 | 59 | 223 | 164 |
| 23 | Ratnapura | 5 | 20 | 43 | 68 | 341 | 273 |
| 24 | Trincomalee | 0 | 7 | 42 | 49 | 151 | 102 |
| 25 | Vavuniya | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 57 | 40 |
| TOTAL | 144 | 172 | 763 | 1,079 | 5,340 | 4,261 |
The strength within a community
Rather than depending entirely on solutions brought from outside, communities are encouraged to understand their own needs, recognise their own potential, and work together to find solutions.
Every person has a role to play and every contribution has value. The future of a child, the ideas of a young person, the leadership of a woman, the experience of an older person, and the everyday contribution of each person in the village can all become part of the community’s strength.
It is built through relationships.
But a society is built on more than activities and projects. It is built through relationships.
The connections created when people work, learn and share together continue long after a particular activity has ended.
Over time, these relationships grow into trust, cooperation, responsibility and self-reliance—creating a stronger foundation for the community’s future.
Strength shared from one to another
Within this journey, the strength of one becomes a source of strength for another.
A family’s progress can encourage another family. The knowledge gained in one village can benefit another. An experience shared by one community can open a new possibility for another.
In this way, the strength created within one society can reach beyond its own boundaries.
Collective strength
This is why Sarvodaya Shramadana Societies are more than structures within villages. They are living expressions of people’s collective strength—where leadership emerges, cooperation grows, and self-reliance takes root from within the community.
Our societies are built by people, strengthened through relationships, and carried forward by shared responsibility.
They are the story of people who stand together—
The story of villages taking responsibility for their own future—
And the story of many hands coming together today to build a stronger society for tomorrow.