OfERR (Organization for Eelam Refugees Rehabilitation) was born in 1984 as a voice for Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who were forced to flee their homeland and take refuge in India during the armed conflict that went on for over 25 years, displacing tens of thousands of families. OfERR is a non profit, non political humanitarian organization of Sri Lankan refugees whose mission is to speak up for the rights of other such refugees and to provide them peace, dignity and empowerment.

There are currently over one lakh Sri Lankan refugees in India, and sixty thousand of these refugees live in over one hundred camps across Tamil Nadu that benefit from OfERR’s programs. These programs include education (both primary and higher learning), income generation training,