Caritas Sri Lanka-SEDEC celebrated its golden jubilee at the BMICH on 29th November, 2018. His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference, the Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See to Sri Lanka, all the directors of Caritas diocesan centres, ambassadors of Switzerland, Germany and Norway and a large number of invitees including the…

After the end of war in 2009, many families who took refuge abroad in countries such as India have decided to come home. However for them, the journey of making a home in Sri Lanka has not been an easy task due to various reasons. Among the families who fled to South India during the…

Caritas Sri Lanka – SEDEC has implemented a programme to encourage the use of renewable energy sources to safeguard the environment with the funding assistance of Misereor, Germany. Under this project commenced in January 2016, solar power systems have been installed in 39 village locations in the Dioceses of Jaffna (Vanni), Anuradhapura, Kurunegala and Badulla.…

Caritas Sri Lanka –SEDEC organized an awareness programme to discuss and analyze the current political crisis in Sri Lanka on 15th November, 2018. Priests, religious, civil society leaders and staff of Caritas National Centre participated in the programme. The forum under the theme, ‘Reflection on Current Political Situation’ was chaired by Rt. Rev. Dr. Vianney…