Arc-En-Ciel
Designed and developed as a charity web project, this static website was created for Arc-En-Ciel (Dedunu / Rainbow), a Sri Lankan social service organisation dedicated to supporting underprivileged children and single mothers through childcare, education, nutrition, and community development programs. The website was archived by the Internet Archive during the mid-2000s, showing the original structure and content of the project.
The main objective of the website was to create an online presence for the organisation, allowing donors, supporters, and visitors to understand its mission, ongoing projects, and the impact of its services. The website highlighted the organisation’s history, childcare programmes, educational activities, and community support initiatives.
Website Sections Developed:
- The Inside Story – Introduction to Dedunu’s background, vision, and the stories of children and families supported by the organisation
- Day Care Centre – Information about childcare facilities and services provided for infants and working mothers
- Pre School – Details about early childhood education programmes
- After School Care – Information about educational support and care for school-going children
- Aims & Objectives – Presentation of the organisation’s goals and social development activities
- Projects – Showcasing completed community projects and initiatives
- Tsunami Helping Home Project – A dedicated section developed to highlight post-tsunami humanitarian activities and support programmes
- Donation Contact Form – A communication facility for individuals and organisations interested in contributing financial or other assistance
Development & Design Approach
The website was designed with a simple, warm, and humanitarian-focused visual style to reflect the organisation’s values of compassion, care, and community service. The layout was created to make information easily accessible for international donors and local supporters.
As a static website, it focused on:
- Fast loading performance
- Simple navigation structure
- Image-based storytelling
- Clear presentation of charity activities
- Easy access to donation and contact information
Technologies & Tools Used:
- HTML – Website structure and page development
- CSS – Layout styling and visual presentation
- JavaScript – Basic user interaction and form enhancements
- Adobe Photoshop – Image editing, banners, and website graphics
- Microsoft FrontPage / HTML Tools – Page creation and website management
This project represents an early stage of non-profit web development, where the internet was used as a platform to connect charitable organisations with global supporters. The Arc-En-Ciel website helped communicate the organisation’s social mission and provided a digital gateway for donations, awareness, and community involvement.
ARC-EN-CIEL (DEDUNU) have been providing services to underprivileged newborns and children for the past 34 years as an authorized charity, with a particular focus on single moms and parents with drug addiction who reside in and around Sri Lanka’s capital city. ARC-EN-CIEL (DEDUNU) was founded in1990s. It is a well-established organization that has been listed as a guarantee limited since 1991. It prioritizes continuity, quality, and good management over expansion. We are providing care for about 35 children, ranging in age from three weeks to three and a half years. Our organization is registered as an authorized charity and has obtained the necessary licenses and certifications from the relevant Sri Lankan government authorities.
Many of our parents are struggling mightily to find even one square meal a day to sustain themselves or their child, especially the impoverished. According to statistics, Sri Lanka’s malnutrition rate has risen to as high as 60%. A large number of the children we feed are without any fixed abode. Most of the fathers being addicted to drugs and the victims are the mother and the child. Many of them are low educated laborers who earn less than Rs.1000/- a day as housemaids or in insecure small businesses in our area. A large number of people reside in monthly rented small abodes that lack sufficient shelter and even basic amenities. Children in these communities suffer from inadequate food, inadequate security, inadequate education, and other essential sanitary conditions in both their inner and exterior environments. A typical family of four to five people makes insufficient money each day to support the family, and they are always in debt and in want.
The ARC-EN-CIEL (DEDUNU) daycare provides children with a happy, healthy atmosphere that is conducive to their development. It also provides them with enough nutritious meals, comforting surroundings, appropriate attire, toys, books, and medical supplies. We offer this service five days a week, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., whole year around. Every child is given the opportunity to read, dance, sing, and play, all while receiving appropriate early childhood development from the highly skilled and knowledgeable personnel.
Over the course of ARC-EN-CIEL (DEDUNU)’s 34 years of operation, we have assisted over 2000 families, enabling them to make progress toward a respectable level. It gives us great pleasure to report that, despite coming from unstable, drug-addicted, and ignorant homes, many of the children for whom we had cared are now highly educated adults who occupy influential positions in the country. We get an inner joy knowing that we were the ones to support their early development and provide the groundwork for them to become a contributing member of the community.
We have achieved the status of being stable as at now, solely because of the immense support we have received from patrons within and outside Sri Lanka. Any donation that you offer us will undoubtedly enable us to assist many numbers of more deserving people in our area.
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