Caritas Sri Lanka - SEDEC

• 17th January - Safe Migration Training for around 20 Program Officers of Badulla, Ratnapura, Batticaloa/Trincomalee Dioceses
• 17th - 20th January - Second Module of capacity building training on Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting for around 40 representatives of all Dioceses. Venue -SEDEC.
• 18th January - National Workshop on Livelihood Development for around 30 Field Officers and Coordinators of the IHD Program in all Dioceses.Language medium - Sinhala and Tamil.
• 18th - 20th January - Capacity improvement workshop on advocacy/migration projects for Diocesan participants from Anuradhapura, Galle, Kurunegala, Kandy, Badulla, Ratnapura and Trincomalee/Batticaloa.
• 19th January - Orientation program on pre-departure and post-arrival assistance for migrant workers. Around 20 representatives from Anuradhapura, Galle, Kurunegala and Kandy Dioceses will participate.

Caritas Sri Lanka SEDEC has arranged a Study Session on the recently released Report of the Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) appointed by the Government in 2010.

Many families returning to Musali Division in Mannar District are benefitting from a project funded by Misereor Germany and implemented by Valvuthayam under the direction of Rev Fr S. Jeyabalan, Director and the overall guidance of Caritas Sri Lanka SEDEC. These families were displaced in 2007 as a result of military advancement in that area.

Rev Fr George Sigamoney, Director of Caritas Sri Lanka SEDEC recently led a team of SEDEC Officers on a visit to Jaffna to review the progress of the VICJAF Fishnet Factory functioning under the purview of Caritas Jaffna HUDEC. They  held discussions with Rev.Fr.Bernard Regno,  Director of Caritas Jaffna – HUDEC and also met the employees and some members of the Board of Directors of the project to get first-hand information on its operational and administrative aspects.

Hon. Dilan Perera MP, Minister for Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare was the Chief Guest at the International Migrant Day commemoration event organized by Caritas Sri Lanka on 17th December 2011 at the SEDEC Auditorium.

A consultation with members of Religious Congregations who are engaged in the care of children  will be held on 24th January 2012 at the SEDEC auditorium.

Around 100 representatives from all dioceses have been invited to participate in this session where the current legal frameworks and other procedures relating to child care will be examined and articulated by leading lawyers and State Officials.

“ Let us firmly resolve that we shall no more permit our migrant workers to be exported, exploited, exposed and abused”, said Rev Fr George Sigamoney, National Director of Caritas Sri Lanka SEDEC at the International Migrant Day commemoration event held at the SEDEC Auditorium on 17th December 2011.