Life's Essentials is a UK charity established in February 2007; its fundamental premise is that, in this day and age ...

"... no-one in this world should be without the basic essentials of life"

A Sri Lankan schoolboy proudly shows off his school's new water pump

Our work is currently focused towards people in Sri Lanka, particularly children and their education, many of whom are suffering the effects of poverty, civil strife and the 2004 tsunami.

For this purpose, Life's Essentials is partnered by EMACE, a long-established Non-Government Organisation (NGO) geared to social and economic development in Sri Lanka, especially of the disadvantaged sections of society.