In addition Suwa Arana  provides housing for children and their families that travel from all over the Island to seek treatment for their cancer stricken children at Apeksha Hospital, Maharagama (the only paediatric oncology unit in the country) Treatment regimes tend to be long and intermittent, which doesn’t allow them to go home and return for treatment due to financial constraints and/or the child being unwell in the majority of cases.

Suwa Arana is located within walking distance from the hospital.  Our building has 32 en suite family rooms where the child and family can be accommodated between treatment schedules, which take place at Apeksha Hospital, without the added burden of incurring the cost of such a facility.

Suwa Arana is a ‘home from home’ a comfortable place to recover from one treatment and better prepare for the next. Our roof top garden has space where yoga, meditation, music and art therapy are offered or just watch the world go by from tree top level.  The school/play room is very popular with our residents and volunteer teachers attend morning sessions for any child who wants to keep up with the school work they are missing. The evening, is time for play when volunteer groups either engage or entertain.  Parents gather and ‘unload’ their worries with like minded while watching their children play.  Our chefs provide nutritious, tasty meals served in the dining room.