Recommendation for providing assistance from the President's Fund
Objective
Providing financial assistance for medical treatment to a person suffering from a specific illness
Required Qulification
- Being a patient recommended for medical assistance by a medical officer
- Being in a financial condition where bearing the expense is not possible
Required Documents
- Copy of the application form and the covering letter sent by the Presidential Secretariat in response to the individual's request
Public assistance payments
Objective
Providing a relief allowance for low-income and specially vulnerable families
Required Qulifications
- Having a monthly income of less than Rs. 1,500
- Being elderly
- Suffering from physical and mental disabilities
- Widows, women whose husbands have disappeared, women whose husbands suffer from incurable diseases, and women whose husbands are imprisoned
- Children under the age of 16 who are orphans and/or have physical or mental disabilities.
Required Documents- Request letter
- Medical reports for physical and mental patients
- Form ස.සේ.ම.ආ. (1) / (02) with recommendation of the Grama Niladhari / Social Service Officer
Entry into an elderly care home
Objective
Providing care for elderly persons without any caregivers.
Required Qulifications
- Age must be over 60 years.
- Must be a person who has no one to take care of them and has no means of income for living.
- Must have good mental health and should not be affected by contagious or socially stigmatized diseases.
Required Documents
- එස් එස් / එච් / 1 ඒ Application
- Documents required to verify the request
Issuance of senior citizen identity cards
Objective
Issuance of a special identity card aimed at the welfare of the elderly population.
Required Qulifications
- Being a person who has completed 60 years of age
Required Documents
- Request Letter
- Application form for senior citizen identity card
- Two colored passport-sized photographs (3 cm x 2 cm).
Providing equipment to persons with disabilities.
Objective
Provision of necessary equipment to low-income beneficiaries with disabilities to minimize their disability conditions (wheelchairs, hearing aids, spectacles, calipers, eye patches, crutches/arm supports, artificial limbs, white canes).
Required Qulifications
- Being a low-income beneficiary with a disability.
Required Documents
Provision of hearing aids.
- Disability report.
- Grama Niladhari certification report confirming that the individual’s income is below Rs. 3000/-.
- Medical reports
Provision of wheelchairs
- Disability report.
- Grama Niladhari certification report confirming that the individual’s income is below Rs. 3000/-.
- Recommendation on whether a wheelchair with or without a commode is required, based on the nature of the disability.
- Medical reports of ongoing treatment
Provision of spectacles
- Disability report.
- Grama Niladhari certification report confirming that the individual’s income is below Rs. 3000/-.
- Medical report of an eye examination
Provision of crutches / arm supports
- Disability report.
- Grama Niladhari certification report confirming that the individual’s income is below Rs. 3000/-.
- Medical repor
Provision of artificial limbs (arms/legs)
- Disability report.
- Grama Niladhari certification report confirming that the individual’s income is below Rs. 3000/-.
- In the application for a prosthetic limb, when requesting an artificial leg, a note on the sole of the unaffected leg must be included.
- Medical report of treatments received
Provision of white canes
- Disability report.
- Grama Niladhari certification report confirming that the individual’s income is below Rs. 3000/-.
- Medical report certifying blindness
Provision of caliper shoes
- Disability report.
- Grama Niladhari certification report confirming that the individual’s income is below Rs. 3000/-.
- Impression (or imprint) of the sole of the non-disabled foot.
- Medical report
Provision of rehabilitation self-employment assistance to disabled persons / welfare beneficiaries
Objective
Improvement of the economic status of disabled persons and welfare beneficiaries.
Required Qulifications
- Being a disabled person / welfare beneficiary / widow.
- Having the capability to engage in self-employment.
Required Documents
- එස් එස්. එච් 1 ඒ Format
- Relevant estimate
Providing housing assistance for persons with disabilities
Objective
Providing housing facilities for persons with disabilities.
Required Qulifications
- Being a fully disabled person without a home.
- Having a monthly income of less than Rs. 6,000.
- Being over 18 years of age and under 70 years of age.
- Having ownership of the land and having it registered at the Land Registry Office.
Required Documents
- Request Letter
- Medical Reports
- Certified copy of the deed.
- Estimate certified by a technical officer.
- A letter explaining how the additional amount mentioned in the estimate will be provided.
- House plan certified by a Technical Officer.
- Grama Niladhari / Social Services Officer recommendation reports.
Payment of medical allowance.
Objective
Providing relief to low-income individuals suffering from a specific disease and their families.
Required Qulifications
- Being a member of a low-income family.
- Contracting tuberculosis, cancer, thalassemia, and leprosy.
Required Documents
- Request letter
- Medical certificate regarding the relevant disease.
- Application
Registration of Voluntary and Social Service Organizations
Objective
Registration and supervision of a voluntary organization by the government
Required Qulifications
Compliance with the conditions specified in the Voluntary Social Service Organizations Act
Required Documents
- Request letter
- Application
- The constitution of the committee
- Member list
- List of the Officers' Committee
- Last year's budget report
- General assembly report and attendance register
- Bank Account Details
- Financial statement certified by an Accountant
Recommendation of scholarship applications
Objective
Providing necessary educational support for students from low-income families
Required Qulifications
- Having qualified for university admission
- Being a member of a low-income family
Required Documents
- The duly completed application form provided by the university
- A stamped envelope to be sent by registered post to the relevant university
- Salary slip / Income certificate
Providing Aswasuma welfare assistance
An inspection is conducted after receiving the applications.
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