Hambanthota  district is situated in the southern most part of Sri Lanka. District in which  almost, the entire coastal belt was  devastated by the tsunami of 2004. The SFFL  Resource Center is in a very  remote and quiet village by the name of Bandagiriya. 

The center was opened on the 20^th of December 2000.At the very entrance to the building there is a plaque with the following words displayed on it.