[yunohn]

> Dilmah tea to help, Hand made Batik shirts

In my experience, exported goods provide very little profit to the original manufacturer. The middle layers greedily absorb all the profit. In fact, in the west, labor costs to stock/sell it in the supermarket are significantly higher than what the manufacturer made for their effort.

Instead, I’d really recommend donating the money to an action group or trusted charity, ideally if you can also verify they are doing actual things on the ground.

[lanstin]

It is hard to do from the US. I can donate directly to my family and have them give to local aid groups but have not been able to donate directly except to groups that have a US presence (and no doubt much higher aid overhead).

But longer term, having Sri Lanka goods be valued on the world market will help the island. Dilmah employs a lot of people on the island.