Our Children's Centres Appeal

Never a dull moment here in Sri Lanka. As some of you who follow my blog will know my organisation, Nonviolent Peaceforce, now focuses its work in the North and East of the country. We deliver training in basic negotiation skills and conflict mitigation. Yes might be a mouth full but we are over subscribed with local civic leaders, Mediation Panel members and even Grama Sevekas (local government civil servants) all wanting to do the short course. 

We also have focused on child protection for several years, initially this was helping in the protection and rehabilitation of former child soldiers and now takes the form of child rights training at a village level. We work with the National Child Protection Authority in selecting and training Child Rights Defenders. An earlier blog post describe a meeting with one.

As part of this child protection programme we have become engaged with two small communities. Karaveddy  in Batticalao District and Muthumarinagar in North Vavuniya District. They both each desperately need a community hall which would have multiple uses, one being as a pre-school and post school youth centre. Can you help us assist the Women's Rural Development Societies of each village to build their simple centres?

The centres will be owned, managed and developed by the WRDSs of both communities and overseen by the local District Secretariat. Our role is simply help then get their voice onto the national and international level to appeal for fund to help them rebuild their communities. Both villages have been brutally affected by war but then more recently by devastating floods.

Details of how you can contribute are here. You can also join our facebook group (Karaveddy and Muthumarinagar Village Support Group)


Thanks