Who We Support
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At the heart of The Sevana is the creation of safe spaces. Our surf packages are about the creation of safe spaces for women from all over the world to learn and progress their surf skills and to relax and escape from the pressures of everyday life.
Being an active part of the local community in which we live is just as as important. The Sevana supports organisations that empower women and marginalised communities through the creation of safe spaces involving surf, community, health and employment initiatives here in Sri Lanka.
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The Sevana is guided by the expertise, needs and requirements of the organisations we support.​
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EQUAL GROUND is a nonprofit organisation seeking economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Questioning/Queer (LGBTIQ) community of Sri Lanka. We are committed to creating a safe space for all LGBTIQ individuals and to providing opportunities for self-help including mental well-being, economic, social and political empowerment, access to health, education, housing and legal protection for the LGBTIQ community.
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SeaSisters was founded on the belief that the ocean is for everybody, and that surfing can serve as a powerful tool of change.
In Sri Lanka, local women are hardly seen in the ocean. Despite growing up on an island, most women have never learnt how to swim and thus, fear the ocean. This is the result of traditional gender norms and cultural expectations that have prevented the ocean from being 'an accepted space' for women.
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Unfortunately, violence experienced physically, sexually or psychologically has a high rate of victims in Sri Lanka. The Sambol Foundation would like to enable women and children in Sri Lanka to help themselves. Minorities who are discriminated against are supported in everyday life by shelter, stabilization and fixed structures. Free forms of therapy, medical help for sexual abuse or free access to legal aid in court cases are offered. First, traumatic experiences are intercepted in a protected environment, then a follow-up solution is worked out so that a self-determined life is possible for the victims of gender-specific violence at a later point in time.
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