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For the 3rd consecutive year, Caritas Kurunegala – Janasetha organized an event to commemorate this year’s World Food Day. Under the flagship programme on sustainable agriculture, titled “Substantiation of Community Institutions for Sustainable Agriculture to Ensure Food Security”, a commemoration event was held on 30th October 2017. A group of about 200 project beneficiaries participated…

My name is Preethini Roshika Perera. I am 27 years old, a third year undergraduate at the Univerisity of Kelaniya. I am from Yaya 2, Rajanganaya in the North Central Province. We come from a very poor family and my father is a labourer and mother is a house-wife. I have one sister who is…

Caritas Sri Lanka-SEDEC officially launched its Golden Jubilee Year today, 7th of November 2017 at the SEDEC National Centre premises. The organization that serves as the social arm of the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka will commemorate half a century of service to the poor, marginalized and vulnerable during the next 12 months. Plans are…

Caritas Batticaloa- EHED organized this year’s World Food Day commemoration for the 4th consecutive year on 19th of October 2017 with the participation of religious leaders, government officers, farmers, members of the Caritas staff and a large number of invitees. In total, more than 450 farmers from the districts of Ampara and Batticaloa took part…

Caritas Sri Lanka handed over 44 newly built houses to the families in Neelakerny Village on 23rd October 2017 with the funding support of Caritas Swiss. Neelakerny, a village in Muthur Divisional Secretariat was hit by two calamities over the past decade. In 2004 the Tsunami hit this area, and thereafter in 2006 when conflict…

The third and final symposium on Religious Harmony, organized by Caritas Sri Lanka was held in Kilinochchi on the 12th & 13th of October 2017 under the theme “Religious Harmony for Peace and Prosperity’’. This is part of the project titled “Religious Amity”, funded by Caritas Norway/NORAD from 2015. A group of approximately 130 participants…

World Food Day Commemoration 2017 Caritas Sri Lanka commemorated this years’ World Food Day on October 16, at the Maithripala Sirisena Buddhi Mandapaya in Polonnaruwa under the global theme, ‘‘Change the future migration – Invest in food security and rural development”. More than 1600 farmers, government officers, Polonnaruwa District Secretary Mr. Ranjith Ariyaratne, Ambassador of Norway…

Caritas Sri Lanka Participates at the International Conference on Localizing Response to Humanitarian Need: The Role of Religious and Faith – based Organizations Caritas Sri Lanka was one of several faith-based organizations (FBOs) who took part in a 3-day International Conference on “Localizing Response to Humanitarian Need: The Role of Religious and Faith – based…

A Resource team from Caritas Sri Lanka-SEDEC National Centre, conducted a total of three training sessions and demonstrations on Solid Waste Management on September 25 – 26, 2017 in Kandy and Kurunegala, aiming at creating awareness on the problem of waste management practices in Sri Lanka while enhancing the knowledge of the participants as to…

World Food Day was commemorated at an event held in Kurunegala on 16th October 2016 with the participation of a large number of invitees, farmers and general public under the global theme “ Climate is changing: Food and agriculture must too.” It was organized by Caritas Sri Lanka in collaboration with Caritas Kurunegala – Janasetha,…

The second Inter-Religious Symposium organized by Caritas Sri Lanka was held in Batticaloa recently with the objective of creating opportunities for peace and harmony between different religious groups in the country. Several religious leaders representing Buddhist, Hindu, Islamic and Christian faiths, Diocesan level inter religious group members, government officers, Caritas Batticaloa – EHED staff and…

A pre-decision orientation workshop for potential migrant workers and their families was held in Anuradhapura on 28th August 2017 with the objective of enhancing the practical knowledge on currently faced legal and social issues of migrant workers. The programme held in Ippalogama divisional secretariat had more than 60 participants comprising potential migrant workers, returnee migrants,…

The Catholic Bishop’s Conference of Sri Lanka (CBCSL) gave its green light and officially committed itself for the Caritas Sri Lanka – SEDEC led community level awareness campaign on the Solid Waste Management Programme. The official launch was held at the ‘Lankarama’ Balcombe Place on the 23rd August 2017 amidst a large gathering of Bishops,…

The Caritas Solid Waste Management Programme is gaining increasing popularity and several schools, higher educational institutions, and religious institutions have made use of the provided by Caritas Sri Lanka to learn about this subject. In the month of July and August 2017 the programs were conducted at the St. Anthony’s Nursery, Borella, the Aquinas University…

A National Reconciliation Camp was organized by Caritas Sri Lanka in collaboration with Caritas SED-Galle under the Healing and Reconciliation Project funded by Caritas Australia/MISEREOR from the 2nd to 4th August 2017, at the Halpathota Theological Center. The 2-day camp, which was held under the theme “Reconciliation through Cultural Diversity”, saw the participation of 120…

They were given a brief introduction of the sources of waste generation and how in Sri Lanka solid waste is disposed of indiscriminately mostly by ‘dumping’ and undertaken without any proper procedures, causing a grave damage to the environment, and health of thousands of ordinary people. A comprehensive analysis and impact assessment of the use…

Capacity Building Workshop under the Safe Migration Project Caritas Sri Lanka organized two regional workshops recently under the Safe Migration Project in Kurunegala and Jaffna on 25th and 27th of July 2017. The main objective of the training workshop was to enhance and create awareness among the government officers, community leaders and other stakeholders who are…

‘’ As SEDEC family, we warmly welcome you into the Social Arm of the Catholic Church of Sri Lanka, while wishing you God’s Blessings and sincere congratulations for the Silver Jubilee of your Priestly Ordination.’’Ad Multos Annos! The Staff of Caritas Sri Lanka – SEDEC  celebrated  Holy Mass  on July 25, 2017  in praising  the…

Caritas Sri Lanka organized a training session on solid waste management systems recently, with the objective of creating awareness among its staff of the importance of managing waste through waste separation and composting with the home produced bio-degradable waste. Mr. Anurudha Wijayawardena, Community Development Officer, who is also a self-disciplined expert on Waste Management Methodologies,…