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Housing & Habitat OSC, is a self-funded school sevice group which aims to provide sustainable housin

We are the Housing and Habitat service group for the Overseas School of Colombo. Our aim is to ensure that those affected by extreme poverty and/or those impacted by the Civil War have access to the basic human right of shelter. We actively collaborate with organizations such as the Janoda Foundation and Habitat for Humanity (Sri Lanka), in order to engage in builds and constrcutions of schools, h

omes, etc which are funded by our own fundraising activities so that those who do not have access to adequate shelter now have an opportunity at a better life.

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P. O. Box 40, Perera Mawatha
Battaramulla
SRIJAYAWARDENEPURA,KOTTE.

Website

http://www.osc.lk/hh

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Building A Better Future

Housing & Habitat OSC, is a student driven community-service organization which operates within the umbrella of the Overseas School of Colombo. We have been one of the longest-standing services operating at OSC and our group’s aim since it’s formation has been to always pursue Sustainable development of rural Sri Lanka by engaging with the local community and directly building and constructing rooms and facilities for use by different underprivileged elements of Sri Lankan society or to indirectly spur social development by providing access to crucial resources like electricity, water or educational implements to empower the lives of Sri Lankans spread across this beautiful island.

Our motto as a service group has been “To Build A Better Future” and we can genuinely state that in the previous two-years Housing & Habitat has genuinely achieved that goal by conducting projects like Light It Up for low-cost solar electricity kits or Uplift providing schoolchildren with new furniture from sustainably recycled wood. Our aim is to ensure that those affected by extreme poverty, and/or suffer from unfortunate circumstances like natural disasters retain access to the basic right to shelter, and access to resources like water and food for survival.

Completed Projects & Fundraisers:

In order of completion:

Youth Build Award: Worked with other student volunteer building a house in Trincomalee alongside Habitat for Humanity.

HomeRUN: Conducted a 5KM charity-run as a fundraiser for 3-consecutive years.

Project Light It Up: Provided 30-families with access to Solar-Electricity in Killinochchi, won the COIS International Student Award in 2016.

W.W.W. Hambantota: Working in Hambantota, alongside the Janoda Foundation as part of the Week Without Walls programme.

Project Uplift: Currently-in-Progress, building chairs and table sets using up-cycled wooden pallets and transforming them into new furniture.

Housing and Habitat OSC actively collaborates with organizations such as the Janoda Foundation, Habitat for Humanity (Sri Lanka) and the VoiceFoundation whom we use as a network to engage in builds and constructions projects across the island addressing the needs of schools, families, children and homes, by providing them with as much sustainable relief as necessary. Furthermore, all these projects are funded by our own fundraising activities because we believe that those who do not have access to adequate shelter, or those who don’t have the resources required for their survival need and deserve the opportunity for attaining a better life.