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We Can and WDC

“The award I accept today belongs not so much to me as to my colleagues who steadfastly help multitudes of women find a better life – one free of fear and violence.” These were Pearl Stephen’s words...

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LiveliHood Forum

  http://www.humanitarian-srilanka.org/Livelihood/PDFs/Meetings/20Jan2007/Livelihood_Forum_Minutes_Jan_26_2007.pdf

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Canadian Community Economic Development Network Conference

Motivated by the issue Rooting Development in the Community, Uniterra volunteers from Guatemala, Botswana, Vietnam and Sri Lanka participated in the Annual National Conference of The Canadian Community...

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Sri Lanka: Happily Immune From AIDS?

AIDS was a mere speck on the horizon when the World AIDS Day was first observed in Sri Lanka in 1990. At the time there was a sense of complacency about AIDS in Sri Lanka. Though other South Asian...

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Celebrating Womanhood 2008

The first Celebrating Womanhood Regional Awards encapsulating the 7 SAARC countries concluded successfully on October 20, 2008. The awards were presented on the same night as the Celebrating Womanhood...

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Protest against Gender Based Violence & Child Abuse in Sri Lanka…

Women’s Development Centre has planned to organize island-wide pickets against Gender Based Violence and Child abuse. The first step towards it was taken in partnership with Matale Women’s forum. WDC...

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TRADITIONAL FOLK GAMES FOR THE UNIVERSAL CHILDREN’S DAY -2012

Ulapane Maha Vidyalaya, under the guidance of Women’s Development Centre (WDC), organized a festival of traditional folk games with the participation of 330 students at school premises. The festival of...

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Celebrating Universal Children’s Day with an Arts Exhibition

Disabled children also have a right to enjoy the beauty of the world despite the challenges they go through in their day-to-day lives. If they are trained well they gain the ability to improve their...

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Annual Concert by the CBR program of Women’s Development Centre

Community Based Rehabilitation program (CBR) of Women’s Development Centre organized the annual concert of the disabled children successfully for the 22nd time on the 04th of December,2012 at the Kandy...

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KANTHA MELA -2013

Kantha Mela was celebrated on Wednesday, March 14th, 2013 at the Kandy Cultural Centre. The annual event celebrates International Women’s Day with the the network of women’s organsations linked to the...

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Super Kids Nursery Kirimetiya

  The Kirimetiya Tea Estate project began in early 2016, funded by Shining Light Chidlren’s Trust (SLCT). SLCT works in partnership with Women’s Development Centre to achieve their goals. When SLCT...

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Developing skills through candle making

The WDC ‘Sthree’ women’s initiative is a social enterprise mainly for women and disabled entrepreneurs. Not only does the Sthree provide a market for individual entrepreneurs but also provides various...

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Newsletter 2015-2016

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Inclusion of women with and without disabilities in Sri Lanka’s...

The post Inclusion of women with and without disabilities in Sri Lanka’s reconciliation and development processes appeared first on WDC.

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Newsletter 2016-2017

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Kandurata Women’s Forum Celebrating Women’s Day

On the 19th of March the Kandurata (Hill Country) Women’s Forum, members of WDC’s Network of Women (NoW) commemorated International Women’s Day at the WDC headquarters. Women from 17 divisions within...

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The value in giving

We were able to witness happiness from the act of giving and the importance in coming forward and voicing one’s concerns and hardships at the right place and time. Moses Thangarasu, a 40 year old from...

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Newsletter 2017-2018

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Give a Girl a Dream

Heir Foundation is a UK-based charity working to help disadvantaged, vulnerable, abused and underprivileged women around the world. Our aim is to work with disadvantaged, vulnerable, abused,...

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Newsletter 2020-2021

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