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The project, "Let the Women Decide the Margin," funded by the European Union and implemented by Sri Lanka Centre for Development Facilitation (SLCDF) ...

Tharanga Priyadarshani like other women in her fishing community faced the problems of poverty and marginalization. Her husband is a laborer earning d...

Sunimal is a 35-year-old young man from Negombo, an open-air fishing town in Sri Lanka known for its large fishing industry. However, despite the abun...

The village Medagamgoda Central, is located in the far south of the country, remote and disadvantaged due to poor infrastructure. About 130 families a...

Three GN Divisions in Batticaloa District in Vavunatheevu DS Division were selected for this project and further filtered into 11 villages belonging t...

The aim of this project is to provide support for the poorest of the poor population in the Medirigiriya DS Division in Polonnaruwa District to uplift...

Nirmala aged 41 years lives at a temporary hut in Suthanthirapuram Colony with her husband and child. Recently they received a house through a governm...

This is Uthayaruby Balakirusnan, aged 28, a mother of 1-year- old child in Iruttumadu village. Her's is one of the families that suffer from extreme p...

P.G. Dhammika who lives in Kapuliyadda is a 45 years old mother of two boys. Her husband works as a temporary driver, but earning a regular income ran...

Vishnuka Sivananadan is a rather determined ToT trainer who strongly believes and follows the prevention of SWM mechanism in her day to day life. Som...

"I was so excited to be chosen as an election observer," says Shalini from the village of Korakankattu in the Kandawalai DS division. 18 participant...

Manthai-East is located in the west direction of the Mullaitivu district. The Livestock Breeders Cooperatives Society well known as LIBCO of Manthai-E...

This is the story of the transformation of one youth participant in the Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation funded "Crossing Boundaries - Youth Groups Sri...

K.K.D.S. Malkanthi, 45 years of age, was born in Kalpitiya. Her father was a sea going fisherman and mother was a housewife. Malkanthi had six sibling...

Komathidevi born in 1952 married Kanakasunderam in 1972. They have four sons and a daughter who are currently married. The daughter's husband has left...

Selvaranjan Rahini born on 20th April, 1980 to Sunderalingam and Sarojini was compelled to stop her studies in Grade 10 due to poverty. She married Se...

Sunderarajan Kalyani born in 1980 settled down in Maniyankulam after being displaced due to the ethnic conflict. She could not continue her education ...

Mariyaseelan Theresmalar from Manthuvil in Puthukudiyiruppu Divisional Secretary?s Division now 49 years old is at present the head of her household h...

Veerasingam Vasanthakumari is 36 years old with six children (7 to 18 years old). The family lives in the Puthukudiyiruppu Central Grama Sevaka Divisi...

The purpose of the RESTORE project is to implement a multi-sectoral approach to environmental restoration, sustainable livelihoods and development, wi...

Rubia Ummah is 30 year old and lives with her husband and two young children. The family currently lives in Sennel village, part of Sammanthurai Distr...