This publication discloses an account of a particular approach developed and implemented by Save the Children Norway (SCN) in Eastern Sri Lanka to support children separated from their parents in a time of war. The document details the pilot-project that was launched in 1992 and further describes an ongoing project by the Eastern Self-Reliant Community-Awakening Organization which continues to implement and further develop the methodology of SCN. The work described here was started during a time when existing care arrangements for children throughout the country were felt to be hopelessly inadequate. Unfortunately, the hoped-for shift in the nature of quality of care services has not been achieved and since then the number of residential homes for children orphaned by war has multiplied throughout the island. The growth of these institutions has been to a large extent, unsupervised by state authorities or other external bodies. This document, also intends to revive the development of alternatives to institutional solutions and problems of separated children.