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ADB 

All MFIs registered with NDTF 

Nationwide 

Loan 

On-lending 

13 Mn US$ loan to NDTF 

2% to NDTF, 7% to end borrowers 

 

Implemented 

 

ACTED 

SLPSM/Yasiru 

Nationwide 

 

 

 

On-lending 

 

Implemented 

Quentin Levet 

BRAC  

BRAC Sri Lanka 

Galle/ Hambantota/ Trincomalee/ Ampara/ Batticaloa/ Jaffna/ Matara 

Grant 

Rehabilitation work, livelihood through grant and loan 

0.3 Mn US $ 

interest rate 10% (Interest free for the poorest) 

Support to above 34,000 Tsunami affected people 

Ongoing (till 03.2007) 

 

CBSL 

PFIs - Commercial Banks, Finance companies & Leasing establishments 

All districts affected by tsunami 

Loan 

On-lending 

5 Bn LKR 

Through PFIs. CBSL to PFI - 3% PFI to borrower - 6% 

For resumption of tsunami affected entreprises 

In progress 

 

CBSL 

SFLCP 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBSL 

Wayamba Development Bank 

Puttalam District 

Loan 

On-lending to micro enterprises 

 

Funds from GOSL, IFAD & CIDA. 3% to institution, 20% to end borrower 

 

 

 

CBSL 

Ruhunu Development Bank 

Matara & Galle Districts 

Loan 

On-lending to micro enterprises 

 

Funds from GOSL, IFAD & CIDA. 3% to institution, 20% to end borrower 

 

 

 

CBSL 

Kandurata Development Bank 

Kandy District 

Loan 

On-lending to micro enterprises 

 

Funds from GOSL, IFAD & CIDA. 3% to institution, 20% to end borrower 

 

 

 

CBSL 

PAMP 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBSL 

Wayamba Development Bank 

Kurunegala District 

Loan 

On-lending to micro enterprises 

 

Funds from GOSL & JBIC. 4.5% to institution, 20% to end borrower  

 

 

 

CBSL 

Uva Development 

Badulla District 

Loan 

On-lending to micro enterprises 

 

Funds from GOSL & JBIC. 4.5% to institution, 20% to end borrower  

 

 

 

CBSL 

Sabaragamuwa Development Bank 

Kaluthara District 

Loan 

On-lending to micro enterprises 

 

Funds from GOSL & JBIC. 4.5% to institution, 20% to end borrower  

 

 

 

CBSL 

Ruhunu Development Bank 

Hambanthota District 

Loan 

On-lending to micro enterprises 

 

Funds from GOSL & JBIC. 4.5% to institution, 20% to end borrower  

 

 

 

CBSL 

Kandurata Development Bank 

Matale and Nuwara Eliya Districts 

Loan 

On-lending to micro enterprises 

 

Funds from GOSL & JBIC. 4.5% to institution, 20% to end borrower  

 

 

 

CCA 

SANASA 

Nationwide 

Grant 

 

0.5 Mn Can$ annually 

 

 

Implemented 

 

CIDA 

SANASA 

Nationwide 

 

 

 

 

 

Planned.Implementation through CCA & DID 

H.R.M Shibly 

Concern Worldwide  

Janashakthi WDF 

South 

Grant 

Capacity Building 

1.08Mn LKR 

 

 

Disbursed 

Sheena McCann 

Concern Worldwide 

Sewalanka Foundation 

South & West 

Grant 

On-lending 

34.95Mn LKR 

 

 

Disbursed 

" " 

Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation 

BRAC Sri Lanka 

Ampara/Batticaloa 

Grant & Loan 

On-lending 

19.98 Mn LKR  

Interest rate to end borrower 10% to 12%. 

Support to 1,800 Tsunami affected people 

Ongoing (till 03.2007) 

Stefan Mahrdt Shaaz Mohammad 

ETIMOS 

Agromicrofinance 

Matara/Kurunegala/Chilaw/ Galle/Ampara/ Ambalanthota/ Colombo/Monaragala 

Grant 

TA 

0.027 Mn US$  

 

 

Ongoing 

Francesca Lore 

ETIMOS 

Arthacharya Foundation 

Galle/Ampara 

Loan 

On-lending 

0.13 Mn € 

Between 6 months and 3 years, interest rate 8%.  

For tsunami affected members 

 

Francesca Lore 

ETIMOS 

Jana Sri Financial Cooperation 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Planned 

Francesca Lore 

ETIMOS 

Lakjaya Microfinance 

Galle 

Loan 

On-lending 

0.1 Mn € 

 

Tsunami affected areas only 

Balance 0.1 Mn € pending 

Francesca Lore 

ETIMOS 

SANASA 

Matara/Galle/Hambantota 

Loan 

On-lending 

0.2 Mn € 

2 years, Interest rate 8% 

For tsunami affected societies 

 

Francesca Lore 

ETIMOS 

Seeds 

Batticaloa/Trincomalee /Ampara 

 

Recapitalization of loan portfolio 

0.052 Mn € 

 

For loans taken for purchase of solar panels 

 

Francesca Lore 

ETIMOS 

Sewa Finance 

 

Grant 

TA 

0.033Mn € 

 

 

Ongoing 

Francesca Lore 

ETIMOS 

VIS(Italian NGO) 

Trincomalee 

 

Capacity Building 

0.009 Mn € 

 

Implementation by SEEDS. Restart or startup of income generating activities in the Kallampathai Community.  

 

Francesca Lore 

ETIMOS 

Uva Development Bank 

Badulla/Monaragala 

Loan 

On-lending 

0.2 Mn € 

Rescheduled loans - 3 Years, Interest rate 15%, grace period 6 mths; Paddy loans - 3 years, interest rate 13% 

LKR 15 million will be used to face the liquidity problems due to tsunami and to reschedule the loans of tsunami affected people; LKR 10 million will be used to lend to paddy farmers most of whom were affected by the tsunami, for paddy cultivation. 

 

Francesca Lore 

GTZ 

Habaraduwa Participatory Development Foundation 

Galle 

Grant 

TA 

 

 

 

Implemented 

Dr.Dagmar Lumm 

GTZ 

Janasuwaya 

Nationwide 

Grant 

On-lending 

0.0285 Mn US$  

 

 

On-going 

Dr.Dagmar Lumm 

GTZ 

Janashakthi WDF 

Hambantota / Monaragala 

Grant 

TA 

 

12.3 Mn LKR 

 

On-going 

Dr.Dagmar Lumm 

GTZ 

Lakjaya Microfinance 

Colombo + surrounding 

Grant 

TA 

 

 

 

Implemented 

Dr.Dagmar Lumm 

GTZ 

Berendina Microfinance Institiute 

Nuwaraeliya/Kegalle 

Grant 

TA 

 

1.84 Mn LKR 

 

On-going 

Dr.Dagmar Lumm 

GTZ 

Pragathi Sewa 

Anuradhapura 

Grant 

TA 

 

 

 

On-going 

Dr.Dagmar Lumm 

GTZ 

Rajarata Development Bank 

Anuradhapura 

Grant 

TA 

 

 

 

Implemented 

Dr.Dagmar Lumm 

GTZ 

Sabaragamuwa Development Bank 

Ratnapura 

Grant 

TA 

 

 

 

Implemented 

Dr.Dagmar Lumm 

GTZ 

SANASA 

Nationwide 

Grant 

TA 

4.9 Mn LKR 

 

 

On-going 

Dr.Dagmar Lumm 

GTZ 

Sareeram Sri Lanka 

Batticaloa 

Grant 

TA 

 

 

 

On-going 

Dr.Dagmar Lumm 

GTZ 

Sewa Finance 

 

Grant 

TA 

 

 

 

On-going 

Dr.Dagmar Lumm 

GTZ 

Wayamba Development Bank 

Kurunegala 

Grant 

TA 

 

 

 

Implemented 

Dr.Dagmar Lumm 

GTZ 

TCCS - Jaffna 

Jaffna 

Grant 

 

 

 

 

On-going 

Dr.Dagmar Lumm 

GTZ 

YMCA - Batticaloa 

Batticaloa 

Grant 

TA 

 

 

 

On-going 

Dr.Dagmar Lumm 

JBIC 

RDBs 

Matale,Kurunegala/Nuwara Eliaya/Badulla/Kalutara /Hambantota 

Loan 

On-lending 

Loan to CBSL for TA (5 Mn US$) and onlending (12 Mn US$) to RDBs 

1.8% to CBSL, 7% to RRB, max 24% to end borrower 

 

Implemented 

Danura Miriyagalle 

KfW 

 

Nationwide 

Loan 

On-lending 

Up to 5Mn € 

 

 

 

 

Microsoft Corp. 

Arthacharya Foundation 

South 

Grant 

On-lending 

 

 

 

Implemented 

 

Microsoft Corp. 

Janashakthi WDF 

South 

Grant 

On-lending 

 

 

 

Implemented 

 

Norges Vel 

SANASA 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Planned 

 

OXFAM/NOVIB 

BRAC Sri Lanka 

Galle/Hambantota/ Matara/ Trincomalee/Ampara/ Batticaloa/Jaffna 

Grant 

On-lending 

3.4Mn € of which 1.9Mn € for MF activities plus 

interest rate 10% (interest free for the poorest) 

 

On-going (till 31.03.2007) 

Rixt Bode 

OXFAM/NOVIB 

Seeds 

Matara/Galle/Hambantota/ Trincomalee/ Ampara/Batticaloa 

Grant 

On-lending 

0.54Mn€  

Interest rate to beneficiaries 12% 

 

On-going (till 31.03.2007) 

" " 

OXFAM/NOVIB 

Sewa Lanka 

Hambantota/Ampara/ Batticaloa/Trincomalee/ Kilinochchi/ Mullaitivu/Jaffna 

Grant 

On-lending 

0.09Mn€  

Interest rate to beneficiaries 10% 

 

ended on 31.12.2006 (as planned) 

" " 

Plan Sri Lanka 

Fisheries Cooperative Societies 

Hambantota (22 societies) 

Grant 

On-lending 

0.27 Mn US$ 

Grant to provide revolving loan fund for co-op members 

capacity building (through training and exposure) also provided 

Disbursed 

Milton Batagoda 

Plan Sri Lanka 

Janashakthi WDF 

South 

Grant 

capacity building 

0.05 Mn US$ 

Grant to help write off loans of tsunami victims 

 

Disbursed 

Paul Lobo 

Plan Sri Lanka 

Seeds 

Mainly South/Hambantota 

Loan 

on-lending operations for tsunami victims 

0.2 Mn US$ 

5 year loan Interest-free 

 

Disbursed 

" " 

Plan Sri Lanka 

Seeds 

Kurunegala 

Grant 

capacity building 

0.034 Mn US$ 

 

direct technical assistance also provided 

Partly disbursed 

" " 

Planet Finance 

SLPSM 

 

Grant 

 

0.1 Mn US$ 

 

 

 

 

Rabobank 

SANASA 

Nationwide 

 

FA & TA 

 

 

 

 

 

Rabobank 

Sewa Finance 

Ampara and Hambantota  

Grant 

Capacity building 

0.033Mn € 

 

 

Pending 

Frank Bakxs 

Relief International 

Agromicrofinance 

South 

Grant 

On-lending 

0.025 Mn US$  

To NGOs 0% and to borrower 6% 

 

Implemented. Not eligible for a second period.  

Rajindra Jayasinghe 

Relief International 

Rural Savings Creation Project (with REVIVE) 

Ampara District- Pothuvil, Thirukkovil and Akkaraipattu DS areas 

Revolving Loan Fund 

Savings mobilization, capacity building, lending 

Collaboration with CBOs 

 

For tsunami affected families and women 

Program continuation approved for 18 months until July 2008 

Rajindra Jayasinghe 

Relief International 

Association For Rural Community Savings (ARCS) 

Ampara District- Pottuvil, Thirukkovil and Akkaraipattu DS areas. Also Dambulla. 

Revolving Loan Fund 

Savings mobilization, capacity building, lending 

Collaboration with CBOs 

2% interest by reducing balance method 

For tsunami affected families and women 

RI supervision and Guidance/Indefinite operating period 

Rajindra Jayasinghe 

SBFIC 

HNB 

Nationwide 

Loan 

On-lending 

1 Mn € 

0% interest on refinancing for 1 year 

For people directly and indirectly affected by tsunami 

Disbursed 

Bernd Benning 

SBFIC 

Lakjaya 

Western, Southern, Central Province 

Grant 

Capacity building 

 

 

 

Disbursed 

Bernd Benning 

SBFIC 

Seeds 

Nationwide 

Loan 

On-lending 

5 Mn € 

0% interest on refinancing for 1 year 

For people directly and indirectly affected by tsunami 

approved, partly disbursed 

Bernd Benning 

SBFIC  

Ruhuna Development Bank 

Southern Province 

Loan 

On-lending 

1 Mn € 

0% interest on refinancing for 1 year 

For people directly and indirectly affected by tsunami 

approved, partly disbursed 

Bernd Benning rrrrrr 

SIDA 

Flexible and open partner structure 

Nationwide 

 

 

up to 4 Mn € for TA 

 

 

Planned 

 

SLBDC 

SWEIDO Vision 

Ampara District Thirukkovil 

Grant & Loan 

Capacity building & On-lending 

1.68Mn LKR  

6 mths grace period, 18 mths repayment period, interest rate 6% 

For micro entrepreneurs 

Disbursed  

Charitha Ratwatte 

Stromme Foundation 

Association of A/L Qualified Persons 

Kaluthara 

Loan 

On-lending 

1 .0 Mn LKR 

To Partner at market rate 

 

Disbursed 

Upul Batagoda 

Stromme Foundation 

Borella Kantha Bank 

Colombo/Galle/Matara 

Loan 

On-lending 

39.6 Mn LKR 

To Partner at market rate 

 

Disbursed 

 

Stromme Foundation 

Help to Helpless Organisation 

Colombo 

Loan 

On-lending 

3.2 Mn LKR 

To Partner at market rate 

 

Disbursed 

 

Stromme Foundation 

Habaraduwa Particpatory Development Found 

Galle 

Loan 

On-lending 

5.8 Mn LKR 

To Partner at market rate 

 

Disbursed 

 

Stromme Foundation 

Humanitarian Organization for Poverty Eradication. 

Trincomalee 

Loan 

On-lending 

7.1 Mn LKR 

To Partner at market rate 

 

Disbursed 

 

Stromme Foundation 

Humanitarian Brotherhood Foundation 

Puttlam 

Loan 

On-lending 

31.7 Mn LKR 

To Partner at market rate 

 

Disbursed 

" " 

Stromme Foundation 

HELP-O 

Matara 

Loan 

On-lending 

7.2 Mn LKR 

To Partner at market rate 

 

Disbursed 

 

Stromme Foundation 

Lahugala - COOP 

Ampara 

Loan 

On-lending 

2.0 Mn LKR 

To Partner at market rate 

 

Disbursed 

 

Stromme Foundation 

Lakjaya Microfinance 

Colombo 

Loan 

On-lending 

1.2 Bn LKR 

To Partner at market rate 

 

Disbursed 

" " 

Stromme Foundation 

LEAP Project 

Ampara 

Loan 

On-lending 

5.0 Mn LKR 

To Partner at market rate 

 

Disbursed 

 

Stromme Foundation 

Matale District Ekabedda Lama Praja 

Matale 

Loan 

On-lending 

2.0 Mn LKR 

To Partner at market rate 

 

Disbursed 

" " 

Stromme Foundation 

National Pre School Development Foundation 

Kaluthara 

Loan 

On-lending 

42.8 Mn LKR 

To Partner at market rate 

 

Disbursed 

" " 

Stromme Foundation 

Pottuvil - Womens COOP 

Ampara 

Loan 

On-lending 

8.8 Mn LKR 

To Partner at market rate 

 

Disbursed 

 

Stromme Foundation 

Sareeram Sri Lanka National Foundation 

Batticaloa 

Loan 

On-lending 

27.9 Mn LKR 

To Partner at market rate 

 

Disbursed 

" " 

Stromme Foundation 

Samanthipoo - Womens COOP 

Ampara 

Loan 

On-lending 

2.0 Mn LKR 

To Partner at market rate 

 

Disbursed 

 

Stromme Foundation 

Sea Street-Kudapaduwa Fishermen Federation-Negombo 

Negombo 

Loan 

On-lending 

8.8 Mn LKR 

To Partner at market rate 

 

Disbursed 

" "