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The Australian Medical Aid Foundation Ltd (AMAF) is a registered voluntary not for profit charitable organisation and a member of the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID). The AMAF is a collective that includes medical and non-medical volunteers who share a vision of restoring and providing basic health care for those in need. Our major focus has been on North East Sri Lanka, a country ravaged by three decades of war, economic deprivation and natural disasters like the 2004 Tsunami, recurrent droughts and floods.

Historically, this collective was born in 1996 to help those civilians caught in the ravages of the civil war. It was formally inaugurated in Sydney, Australia on the 10th of March 2001. The main task of the Foundation was to evaluate and intervene in the deteriorating health care crisis in the North East of Sri Lanka. The armed conflict had led to a significant deterioration in the provision of health services, impacting at all levels from primary to tertiary care. We strived to rebuild the health infrastructure of the region and maintain services by a multi-faceted approach. The experience garnered in providing relief and health services served the Foundation well during the Tsunami disaster of 2004. The Foundation discovered itself to be in an ideal position to mobilise resources, provide relief aid and restore health services rapidly after the Tsunami devastated the coastal regions of Sri Lanka.

Since the armed campaign ended in May 2009, our efforts have focussed on the rebuilding of medical infrastructure that would benefit the region in the long term. Working within the broader definition of Health as defined by the WHO we have carried out projects that encompass nutrition, physical, psychological and social wellbeing and rehabilitation.