Civil society run social service organizations render an often silent service yet with tremendous impact; empowering and changing lives of marginalised children and families. Today we highlight SERVE- a Sri Lankan non-profit social work based organization.

The CPF is a brainchild of Attorney-at-Law Milani Salpitikorala, who has a vision to create a Safe Sri Lanka for children.

Dr. Tush Wickramanayake in an email interview with Lasantha Mendis

A call to Activists, Journalists, Lawyers, Educationists, Community leaders and like-minded individuals and organizations to come together in your own Districts for a common cause: END VIOLENCE and ABUSE of Women and Children in our own district.

This is a continuation of our article published on the 27th of July 2021

Tarangee Mutucumarana of HYPE SRI LANKA, in discussion with Shanthi Wijesinghe, on the subject of reforming Sri Lanka’s legal system to better respond to the crisis on violence against women and children.

Marini De Livera in discussion with Shanthi Wijesinghe sheds light on the efficiencies in our system in connection to the escalating issue of Abuse of Women and Children.

We, a nation of islanders, with a long cultural history which we never tire of flaunting at every given opportunity, have been neglecting our young over a long period of time followed closely by women who need to be protected and cared for in the same vein by the nation. We speak of women in glowing terms, in reverence of women as MOTHER and in the same breath curse upon her name especially under the influence of liquor.

Our second article appeared in page A8 of the Daily Mirror dated 5th April 2021, written by Early Childhood Expert Shanthi Wijesinghe from Seekers Research.

As politics is no more for the people’s issues, but a power struggle, It may be the best opportunity for the Tamil Diaspora who has been funding the war to fund the peace as well, working with southern civil society representative like Avanka Lanka, who have no political agenda but have demonstrated their interest in extending their helping hand in improving living standard of people by people.

COVID-19 has made an adverse impact in our economy where many businesses fall in to the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises category (MSME) and as well as some in the Small and Medium Enterprise category (SME). A majority of Sri Lanka’s businesses fall into both MSME and the SME category.

Some may see it as a blessing in disguise. Like all other daily wage earners, sex workers too have been out of work with the onset of COVID-19 in Sri Lanka since early March 2020.