Sri Lankan actor and musician GK Reginold rides a motorised fishing boat through Colombo's suburbs, hoping to bring food and water to those in desperate need. Some of the families, Mr Reginold says, have not received aid for days, isolated by the South Asian island nation's worst weather disaster in recent years.
Cyclone Ditwah lashed the country last week, bringing catastrophic floods and landslides that killed more than 400 people, left hundreds missing and destroyed 20,000 homes.
But the deluge has also inspired volunteerism among its people, as they face what their president has described as the most challenging natural disaster in its history.
The main reason why I wanted to do this, is to at least help them to have one meal, Mr Reginold tells the BBC. And I was so happy that I was able to do that.
More than one million people have been affected by the disaster and President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has declared a state of emergency. Sri Lanka's military has deployed helicopters for rescue operations, while humanitarian aid is flowing in from foreign governments and non-governmental organizations.
In Colombo's Wijerama neighborhood, activists who protested against former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa in 2022 are now helping run a community kitchen that churns out food aid. Some volunteers came after work, some took turns and some even took leave to be there, says Sasindu Sahan Tharaka, a social media activist.
Mr Sahan also considers the kitchen as an extension of his volunteer work during the 2016 floods that killed 250 people. Volunteers have compiled hundreds of requests for help and organized the distribution of food to residents.
A flurry of activity is also happening online, where social media users have created a public database to direct donations and volunteers. Facing criticism over his handling of preparations for Cyclone Ditwah, President Dissanayake has urged Sri Lankans to set aside all political differences and come together to rebuild the nation.
On the ground, there remains a sense of unity as Sri Lankans pick up the pieces after the floods. In the end, the joy of helping someone else to save lives makes that tiredness fade, Mr Sahan wrote, encapsulating the community's resilience amidst adversity.
