vavunia programme report

Women for Development Alternatives

The programme of Drafting a work plan with the North, the East & the South

27th and 28th July 2011

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@Rural Development Foundation (RDF) in, Vavunia

IndexPage No.

1. The Programme of Drafting a work plan to the North,03

East and South for next six months

1.1 Ground for the Programme03

1.2 Intension of the programme03

1.3 Approach

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02. First day of the programme on 27th July 2011

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02.1 Opening the programme

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02.1.1 Brief introductions of organisations05

Udeitharagai Women’s Federation(UWF) in Jaffna Centre for Peace & Reconciliation (CPR) in Vavunia Non Violence Peace Programme(NVPP) Peoples Action for Peoples Development (PAPD) in

Batticaloa Community Education Centre Savisthri

03. Identify the objectives06

03.1 How to implement the programme for first objective 07

04. Preparing work plan for next six months

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04.1Interim Committee Members selected from the

North, 11

South and the East

05. Participants for the Programme12

End of the programme

1.The Programme of Drafting a work plan to the North, East, and South for next six months

Dates: 27th and 28th July 2011 Venue: RDF training

Centre, Vavunia

Organized by: “Savisthri”, Women in Development Alternatives, 997/43, Park Lane, Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka

1.1 Ground for the Programme

Our antecedent “good will mission “visits to the North on 5th March 2011

and to the East from 08th to 10th June 2011, we could able to build close

relationship in between the North and East with the South .As well as

these visits provided opportunity to us for identify their native issues and

we needed to prepare a proper work plans for address those issue for

attain their needs with a combinations of the North, East and the South.

This background proved again and again that though we living in a

democratically structure as a women they are still suffering from

particular problems and they are eager to solve it. This is an effort to pool

the feelings, ideas and expectations and suggestions of the women in the

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North, East and in the South on real and sustainable peace building

among different communities and to come up with a sustainable program

which is actively to get support from bottom as people’s participation, to

establish it positively.

1.2 Intension of the programme

1. To look at the present favourable situation to identifying own issues that

they have been suffering, from a women’s perspective

2. To arrange the groups to establish sustainable peace among all the

different communities with re-strengthening past relationship

3. To get assistance from the government authorities/ institutions to work-

out the program

4. To promote their present developments with sharing their own

experiences identify the native options to implement new programme by

women in the North, East & the South.

1.3 ApproachFor attain above intensions As SAVISTHRI we planned the programme of

drafting a work plans for the North, East and for the South in Vavunia.

Vavunia was the middle centre that everyone represented from the South,

East and the North can be reach soon to this programme. In continuation

of our peace building efforts, the journey to Vavunia started on 26th July

around 4.30 p.m. from Savisthri Office, Colombo by Van. District

representatives, Committee members from Anuradhapura, Matale,

Nuwara Eliya, National Secretary, Programme Manager as well as network

facilitator representing SAVISTHRI and our network members had

participated in this journey. We reached to the RDF training centre around at

2.00a.m. Committee members from Monaragala Had visited to the training

centre by bus around 1.30p.m.on 26th July 2011.Other committee members from

Vavunia, Jaffna and Batticaloa reached by bus to the centre around at 10.30a.m

on 27th July 2011.

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RDF Training Centre at Vavunia

02. First day of the programme on 27th July 2011

02.1 Opening the programme

At the beginning of the programme a facilitator, Mr. Lalith Abeysinghe invited to participants for identify themselves to other participants and to introduce the organisation which they represented from.

02.1.1 Brief introductions of organisations that they represented

Udeitharagai Women’s Federation(UWF) in Jaffna -By Ms. Meelasini

This woman organisation started in 2003 with 20 members of women and now it has more than 2000 members. Currently they are receiving donations from various organisations and assisting by giving aids for small groups of self employment. These aids are not a loan but the material things.

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another participant attended to the programme from Jaffna representing Women Rural Development Society(WRDS) in the noon.

Centre for Peace & Reconciliation (CPR) in Vavunia - by Miss.Jasothini

Main function is to conduct Peace programme in school level. Through these programmes they tried to ensure peace .Ministry of Education allow to visit to these schools. In Vavunia the CPR has started before two years. They have selected some school students for granting a scholarships including to disables.

Non Violence Peace Programme(NVPP)- By Miss.Sivakasenthiny

Started 2009 as peace organisation. Same as other organisations mentioned in above they are providing aids for Self employment. Especially they assist to ensure security within the period of election in the country.

Peoples Action for Peoples Development (PAPD) in Batticaloa- By Miss.Prema

Basically they activate with small groups and started in 2004.Most members are widows in this movement. In every small group have Chairman, Secretary, And Treasurer and including two of them in particular small group open a bank account and through it they giving a loans for self employment. Mostly they do not give money as loan. Giving some resources for self employment .Within two years they reimburse particular loan without any interest.

Community Education Center- By Ms.Daya

Started in 1978.Targeted to ensure the rights of all Sinhala Tamil and Muslim Community. With initiating stage of this organisation they had not any support from any person or org. But small professional groups worked together. Then aids have received and through it as an org. they empowered women as well as Childs and established later as “Wikalpanee”. They Promote concepts on women empowerment in all stages with giving priorities in decision making level, good education for children from their childhood in nursery, and Ayurvedic medicine. Extraordinarly engage with other women org as network.

Savisthri- by Ms.Shanthi

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In next time Mr. Lalith gave exercise to identify the purpose to attend for this programme.

03. Identify the objectives

Why we came here today?

To gain new knowledge to upliftment of women To give new knowledge to the society How to share my current knowledge with these knowledge which

would be able to get today from this programme. To build new relationship and share Ideas To Sharing new methodologies To sharing knowledge and resources To get awareness on other organisational works To create own programme to work with North, South and East

women To create unchangeable women Unity To help to build up co-existence and Unity through SAVISTHRI To build up secure situation through this programme

Objective of this identification is to build up own framework to work together with getting support from North, South & the East.

After the Tea break Mr.Lalith clustered all above objectives in to 06 as

1. Gain awareness on new knowledge/Methodologies for provide those to the Society.

2. Exchanging Experiences.3. Share current knowledge and resources.4. Build up new relationships and confirm it.5. Build up secure situation through this programme to prevent

insecurity and racial discriminations.6. Design a programme to empower women with combination of the

North, South & the East

And he invited to participants, to give their priorities as what would be the first they wants to do immediately in near future and what would be the second as they wish. According to their priorities,

a) 2 participants has given their priority to 01st objective as first to do and 2 participants has given their priorities to 01st objective as second to do

b) 4 participants has given their priority to 02nd objective as first to do and 2 participants has given their priorities to 02nd objective as second to do

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c) 3 participants has given their priority to 03rd objective as first to do and 4 participants has given their priorities to 03rd objective as second to do

d) 8 participants has given their priority to 04th objective as first to do and 1 participant has given their priorities to 04th objective as second to do

e) 7 participants has given their priority to 05th objective as first to do and 9 participants has given their priorities to 05th objective as second to do

f) 3 participants has given their priority to 06th objective as first to do and 7 participants has given their priorities to 06th objective as second to do

According to these priorities Mr.Lalith has given 2 marks for first priority in whatever objective mentioned in above and 1mark for second priority in whatever objective. Result was,

01st objective got 06 marks altogether

02nd objective got 10 marks

03rd objective got 10 marks

04th objective got 17 marks



Then Mr. lalith selected 05th and 04th objectives to prepare work plan and segregated participants in to 03 groups. Invited them to suggest that what we will be doing and how it will be implementing in own region for succeed of both objectives (04th & 05th) in here and after participants agree to use first objective for 05th and second objective for 04th.

03.1 How to implement the programme for first objectiveSegregated groups as,

01st group-: Empower women by meet them who are living in own area

02nd group: Identifying women’s needs and build up women’s organisation

03rd group

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: Have to obtain our rights as women by us

04th group: Build up broad and strength full women organisation representing

from S/E/N (South, East, and North)

Group works

When all these summarised it was generalised as,

“Build up women’s Organisation in national level”This was the outcome and above objective regarding with this was the goal.

Then Mr.Lalith segregated participants again according to 01st objective needs as

Organisational structure Face to challenge Prevent violence against women build up securable future

To find and discuss what are the activities to attain these needs and to identify threats and sources that they have currently. Every need should come from bottom of the society

Ex: to build up National Women’s Organisation as a outcome to attain this create activities from bottom and gradually develop up to top.

National Level

Provincial Level

District Level

Divisional Level

Village Level

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Family

Engaging participants with group activities

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04. Preparing work plan for next six months

Second day of the programme on 28th July 2011Outcome Future plan Activities to attain outcome When ResponsibilityOrganisational structure

Identify Women Org. in district level

Empower the women groups/establish network

collect data and information

05 months Dec.28th

Ms.Daya

Face to challenge

Obtaining Documents Get consultations from AGA,GS & other relevant authorities

05 months Dec.28th

Ms.Meelasini

Create women leaders

Awareness programme 03 months Oct.28th

Ms.Jesunadan

Prevent violence against women

Prevent violence against woman who is doing jobs

Awareness workshop Nov.25 Ms.Janaki

Build up specialised women collective in National Level

Collect information to identify women leaders in national level

Nov.28th Mr.Rasak

build up securable future for women

Implement anti drug programmes through identify other agencies to get support for this

Prepare posters, distribute leaflets, Awareness programme

05 months Dec.28th

Ms.Sivatharsini

Form women network for peace collect contacts and information of war effected women and abandon women in village level up to national level

06 monthsJan.28th

Ms.Komaleshwari

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Second day of the programme totally allotted for preparing a work plan and finally all participants agreed to prepare immediate activities to do in next six months and they have selected two activities from each criteria and finalised above work plan and nominated committee members.

ProupDesign work plan by the groups

04.1Interim Committee Members selected from the North, South and the East

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Name Represent from Contact NumberMs.S.Sivatharsini Vavunia-CPR 077-2989170Sister Nichola Vavunia-NVPP 077-8010032Ms.Anthony Jesunaddasan Batticaloa-PAPD 077-1832003Ms.S.Meelasini Jaffna-UWF 077-9251991Ms.Komaleshwari Jaffna-WRDS 077-7545774Ms.Chandrani mendis Monaragala 071-9624712Mr.Janatha Nuwara Eliya 051-3505857Ms.Janaki Matale 077-5732041Ms.Ariyawathi Anuradhapura 025-5786910Ms.H.M.Daya Colombo 077-9131044Mr.Rasak Kurunegala 072-4594686

End of the programme

Part of Participants attended to the programme

05. Participants for the Programme

1) Ms. Padma Pushpakanthi National Secretary,SAVISTHRI

2) Ms.K.P.Somalatha Network Facilitator,SAVISTHRI

3) Ms.W.S.P.Perera Programme Manager,SAVISTHRI

4) Mr.K.Janatha District Facilitator(Nuwara

Eliya),SAVISTHRI

5) Ms.Shanthi Samaraweera District

Facilitator(Monaragala),SAVISTHRI

6) Ms.Chandrani Mendis Member of SAVISTHRI ( Monaragala)

7) Ms.B.K.ChandralatI Member of SAVISTHRI

( Monaragala)

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8) Ms.Janaki Perera District Facilitator(Matale),SAVISTHRI

9) Ms.U.P.M.Pathirana Member of SAVISTHRI(Matale)

10) Ms.Ariyawathie Fernando Member of

SAVISTHRI(Anuradhapura)

11) Ms.W.M.Sumana Wijewardena Member of

SAVISTHRI(Anuradhapura)

12) Ms.Daya Herath Network Member of SAVISTHRI

13) Mr.Rasak Network Member of SAVISTHRI

14) Mr.Ansely Translator

15) Ms.S.Sivatharsani CPR,Vavunia

16) Miss.K.Jesothiny CPR,Vavunia

17) Miss.K.Naliny CPR,Vavunia.

18) Ms.T. Tharsini CPR,Vavunia

19) Ms.Siv akasenthiny CPR,Vavunia

20) Mr.Jude NVPP,Vavunia

21) Sister Nichole NVPP,Vavunia

22) Ms.S.Komaleshwari WRDS, Jaffna

23) Ms.Thava UDF, Jaffna

24) Ms.Meelasini UDF, Jaffna

25) Miss.R.Premawathy PAPD,Batticaloa

26) Ms.V.Sabina PAPD,Batticaloa

27) Ms.V.Anthony Jesudasan PAPD, Batticaloa

28) Ms.A.G.M.Karthigesu PAPD, Batticaloa

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The report evolved by Ms.W.S.P.Perera, Programme Manager, SAVISTHRI &

Checked by Ms.Padma Pushpakanthi, National Secretary on 28th July 2011.

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