The Family Planning Association of Sri Lanka (FPA Sri Lanka) is a volunteer-based organization that commenced operations in 1953. A company limited by guarantee and registered as a not for profit organization at the ministry of Social Services Sri Lanka, FPA Sri Lanka is an accredited member of the International Planned Parenthood Federation. The organization is funded by donors and supports itself through its Social Marketing Programme which markets contraceptive products across the country through a network of registered distributors and pharmacies.