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Through two national networks of community based and non-governmental organisations, Samadeepa have been working towards positive conflict transformation in Sri Lanka. Their efforts have been focused on the promotion of peace and good governance, the strengthening of civil society, and the empowerment of the nation’s people.
Video interview with Mr. Chandrarathna Bandara of Samadeepa. Buddhika Harshadeva, November [...]
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Centre for Peacebuilding and Reconciliation (CPBR)
CPBR aims to bridge divisions in Sri Lanka by creating networked peacebuilding groups in diverse areas of the country, simultaneously empowering communities to address their own needs and raising awareness of the similarity of such needs across the country’s ethnic boundaries.
CPBR conducts workshops, dialogues, gatherings and camps on peacebuilding and conflict transformation. Through these methods [...]
Batticaloa Befrienders
This well-established organisation runs various projects to help Muslim and Tamil communities escape the cycle of violence in Eastern Sri Lanka. By working to provide better lives for young people from both communities, they create hope for a peaceful future. Batticaloa Befrienders has been working for 16 years to enhance peaceful relations between Muslim [...]
Peace and Health Progressing Organisation (PHPO)
PHPO perceives the lack of interaction between ethnicities as a main cause of the conflict in Sri Lanka, and intends to promote national integration through their organisational work. PHPO was initiated by the Muslim community, but today staff are drawn from all of Sri Lanka’s ethnic groups. PHPO conducts peace building and conflict transformation programs [...]
Jeewa Shakthi Foundation
Jeewa Shakthi started as a group effort to find a solution to the extremely high suicide rate in the Thanamalvila area, they concluded that the root causes were not only conflicts on a personal level, but those that existed on a community level across Sri Lanka. As a result they began to work on achieving [...]
Human Resource and Environmental Protection Organisation (HREPO)
HREPO aims to improve peace and security through environmental sustainability and the fostering of inter-ethnic relationships. They perceive poverty as one of the main causes for conflict in Sri Lanka, and believe therefore the poverty alleviation is a vital component of peacebuilding. They also act for environmental protection and, in relation to this and poverty [...]
Social Policy Analysis Research Centre (SPARC)
SPARC provides a focal point within the Sri Lankan University system to integrate research, teaching, training, policy analysis and advocacy on critical areas of social and economic development. It perceives the conflict as a main obstacle to the social and economic development of the country and, with the intention of finding alternative ways of addressing [...]
Samasevaya
Samasevaya works for peace, democracy, and human rights through development. It helps to strengthen the peace process in the country and aims to further the acceptance of peoples’ right to peace and development, and to strengthen civil society’s contribution to conflict transformation. Through their programmes they have been able to unite people to work for [...]
Rural Development Foundation (RDF)
RDF aims to improve the social and economic situation of people in underdeveloped areas of rural Sri Lanka. Their organisational objectives focus on instilling mutual understanding among different ethnic groups and promoting the ethics necessary for a harmonious life in a multi-cultural environment. They try to achieve this through educational programs, involvement in reconciliation activities, [...]
Sithumina
Sithumina aims for the promotion of peace and development in the family, community, and the country. They work in the region of Kahatagasdigiliya, a mulit-ethnic region that has for generations been home to Tamils, Muslims, & Sinhalese, to counteract the destructive ideologies that come out of the conflict and threaten to destabilise the community.
Multi-ethnic Pre-schools
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