Research consistently shows that up to 80% of children living in institutional care globally have at least one living parent. Most of these children are not “orphans” in the traditional sense.
Kannan and Shana in Sri Lanka have experienced unimaginable loss in their young lives. Through CERI's case management program, they have a team fighting by their side.
In Kokkaddicholai, Sri Lanka, the community gathers excitedly around their new tennis and basketball courts and watch their children play there for the first time.