Foundation of Goodness celebrates 20 years

The Foundation of Goodness celebrates 20 years of humanitarian service in 2019 and a special press conference took place on March 12, 2019, at the project headquarters and flagship model- The MCC Centre of Excellence and Sports Academy in Seenigama.

Established in 1999, the Foundation of Goodness (FOG) has worked extensively to develop a one-of-a-kind, holistic, rural community development model which today delivers a wide range of programmes through the MCC Centre of Excellence and Sports Academy in Seenigama, as well as 10 Village Heartbeat Empowerment Centres located islandwide.

The Foundation of Goodness has continued to expand and grow both in terms of its reach and the breadth of its programmes and will be kicking off a range of new projects in its 20th year. „-Establishing a Bat Repair Unit

„-Opening the ‘Murali Museum’ in Seenigama

„-Two new Village Heartbeat Empowerment Centres to be established

„Increasing the generation of sustainability funding to cover 50 percent of Foundation of Goodness’ activities

„Partnership with the National Olympic Committee to develop rural sports and produce a future Olympian „Completing the 10th Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Plant in regions affected by Chronic Kidney Disease due to water contamination and pollution

„Partnership with the Association of Professional Sri Lankans in Australia to provide solar power and clean water to rural villagers

„Partnership with Tokyo Cement for Coral Replanting at ‘Dive Seenigama’ diving centre (a sustainable income generation venture of the Foundation of Goodness)

„Expanding international school sports tours to ladies cricket, netball and swimming (currently an average of 60 overseas cricket and netball teams visit the Foundation of Goodness every year)

„Developing special needs facilities in Sri Lanka

„Completion of 100 consecutive months of visiting the North for development activities in April 2019

„Launching the Good Life Institute

„Continuing to serve over 28,000 beneficiaries annually from over 300 villages islandwide, free of charge, via 10 empowerment divisions

The Foundation of Goodness illuminates the lives of rural underserved villagers, invigorating them to overcome challenges and build self-reliant and resilient lives as it continues to fortify one life at a time to build a promising tomorrow for the humanity.

“It is so important to empower the rural disadvantaged communities, unless we harness their potential Sri Lanka can never be prosperous to the extent that we aspire it to be,” said Foundation of Goodness Founder and Chief Trustee Kushil Gunasekera.

International athletes, 5 star bakers, architects, beauticians, IT professionals, national cricketers and chess masters are some of the incredible products of the foundation

Pradeep Karunagaran, Mahela Jayawardena, Kumar Sangakkara, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ashan Malalasekera and Kushil Gunasekera