Sri Lanka
Interview Liberal peacebuilding and civil society in Sri Lanka
Civil society organisations have played a very active and at times controversial role in the peace process in Sri Lanka. According to Oliver Walton, Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, much of the controversy has been caused by the relationship between civil society organisations and international donors. Oliver kindly agreed to be interviewed about his research. Read more >>>
National Ethnic Unity Foundation (NEUF)
National Ethnic Unity Foundation (NEUF) stated working in the early 1990’s and registered as a non-governmental organisation in 1996. They have 6 members of staff based in the office in Batticaloa and organised groups at the villages where they work. In their early years, NEUF had worked to raise awareness about the need for a [...] Read more >>>
Centre for East Lanka Social Services (CELSS)
The Centre for East Lanka Social Services (CELSS) started its work in 1994 to promote peace and understanding in the Ampara district and to support the rehabilitation of children, women and young people affected by the war. It is jointly formed by Tamil and Muslim youth who have directly experienced the conflict and have realised [...] Read more >>>
Jeeva Jothy
Jeeva Jothy was established in 1992 primarily for the rehabilitation of female former Tamil Tiger (LTTE) child soldiers. With the vision to work towards ‘Happy Children’ irrespective of their ethnic identity, Jeeva Jothy has continued taking in former female LTTE soldiers and orphaned children from war into their children’s home in Batticaloa. Jeeva Jothy has taken [...] Read more >>>
Deepaloka Foundation
Deepaloka Foundation was started in 1996 in the Ampara District and now it has spread to the North and Eastern Provinces. At the moment the organisation has 6 officers and 75 volunteers and is well established with a network of Community Based Organisations (CBO) based in over 180 Grama Niladhari Divisions. Deepaloka Foundation believes that the [...] Read more >>>
Sri Lanka Unites (SLU)
The Sri Lanka Unites movement brings together young people, aged 12 to 30, from different ethnic and religious groups to rise up, to give them a voice and to unify their efforts to strengthen the peace-building process in Sri Lanka. Emerging out of decades of great adversity, and a culture of suspicion and divisiveness, the [...] Read more >>>
Peace Development Foundation (PDF)
Peace Development Foundation (PDF) was established in 2002 with a focus on the Mannar District of Sri Lanka. The multi-ethnic community residing in the district, as well as the large internal displaced community from the conflict, resulted in creating a need for the peacebuilding work of PDF. PDF believes in the significance of human rights and [...] Read more >>>
People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL)
People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL) started in 1987 to fill what they saw as a crucial gap that had arisen in Sri Lankan civil society organisations. Ensuring a free and a fair election is the basis for a democratic country. PAFFREL is based on the notion that for a political solution to ethnic [...] Read more >>>
People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections (PPF)
People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections (PPF) was founded as a united civil society voice for peace in Sri Lanka in 1999. It is a coalition of over 200 organisations all of which work in the social service sector in Sri Lanka. In the face of the heightening conflict, working for peacebuilding became an [...] Read more >>>
Suriya Women’s Development Center (SWDC)
Suriya Women’s Development Centre (SWDC) was established in 1991 with the objective of working with women and children displaced by conflict. Suriya started working with women and children in refugee camps and continued working with them when they were resettled in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka in early 1993. Though their initial objective was [...] Read more >>>
