YMBA Maharagama – YMBA

Invoking Blessings

The members of YMBA compassionately bestow blessings on inmate patients, staff and the general public by carrying out regular alms giving to Bhikkus and also to a group of mothers (Kirammawarunge Dane) and inmates of an elders’ home as annual events.

Cultivation of in-depth concentration

One can rediscover mindfulness that has gone amiss and find you’re the inner calmness by practicing the right way of meditation under the guidance of an experienced and knowledgeable Bhikkus.

Helping the sick is also a priority

We provide comfortable lodgings, food and other essential facilities including the provision of prescribed drugs when requested, to cancer patients who report to Apeksha Hospital for outdoor treatment.

Donation of Blood

Annual blood donation campaign is conducted in July, to assist the Blood Bank of Apeksha Hospital to augment their blood supply kept for emergencies.

Educating the Young Spirits

The Association assists needy children in their education to achieve a good status in the society, With this objective, YMBA offers scholarships to Ordinary Level and Advanced Level students.

Empowering the Youth

Facilitating the under privileged school leavers the opportunity to follow a 6 months Software Development IT course followed by practical training.

YMBA Maharagama

YMBA Maharagama

YMBA Maharagama was inaugurated on 9^th of October 1993 by a group of enthusiastic social workers, who recognized the necessity for an association of lay persons, to carry on religious and social activities for the Buddhist Community of the urban area. Beginning from conducting religious and social activities in a rented house, YMBA expanded its wings in establishing a pre-school and a daycare center, organizing Dhamma discourses and discussions, blood donation campaigns, educational seminars for school children, and a scholarship scheme. Soon after building the ground floor of its own premises, the YMBA launched the project of providing free food and lodgings to cancer patients who report to outdoor treatment at the Apeksha Hospital. YMBA, now has a fully-fledged four storied building in which the construction of each of the three upper storeys was sponsored by a philanthropist. This enabled the Association to improve and enhance its religious and social activities that it carries out now.

YMBA Maharagama

Vision

To serve mankind with spiritual mindfulness

Mission

To deliver best services to needy people by initiating and executing humanitarian service projects and thereby enhancing health, education and quality and value of their lives. All these being altruistic

YMBA renders all its services absolutely free. Funds required for the social service projects are raised through regular fund raising programmes in addition to the voluntary contributions of members, well-wishing organisations and individuals. A few philanthropists have left endowments through last wills and often the members of the general public who have been inspired by the Association’s humanitarian services too contribute towards the Association’s activities.

The project that provides free food and lodgings to cancer stricken patients is operated through a special Trust Fund launched for the purpose. YMBA has since its inception has served more than 50,000 patients and caregivers and hopes to strengthen this Fund through voluntary donations.
The Cancer Stricken Patients Drug Assistance Fund has been established to provide relief to needy patients to obtain drugs and medical test reports from external laboratories when recommended by medical professionals. This Fund too is maintained through voluntary contributions received from local and foreign donors.
Scholarships to students are too funded through sponsorships and donations received to the Scholarship Fund.
Religious services such as alms giving, assistance to Buddhist Temples, conducting Dhamma discourses and discussions too depend on donations of pious persons.
Social services such as blood donation campaigns to assist blood bank at Apeksha Hospital, family health camps, women’s welfare programmes and special projects to assist those affected by natural disasters and calamities.

YMBA respectfully invite donations from concerned members of the public to fund their humanitarian services. The Management Council of the Association requests you to send your kind donation to the bank account with details given below:

Account Name	Maharagama Young Men's Buddhist Association
Bank	Sampath Bank
Branch	Maharagama
Account No	001360000504

We thank you to provide information of contributions to the Hony. Treasurer of the Association by post, email or telephone, sending a photocopy of your deposit slip mentioning the project or programme towards which you contribute will help in the maintenance of proper records.

Your contributions are highly valued and will help YMBA Maharagama in successful provision of service to the needy sections of the society.