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...
View ArticleLiveliHood Forum
http://www.humanitarian-srilanka.org/Livelihood/PDFs/Meetings/20Jan2007/Livelihood_Forum_Minutes_Jan_26_2007.pdf
View ArticleCanadian 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...
View ArticleSri 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...
View ArticleCelebrating 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...
View ArticleProtest 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...
View ArticleTRADITIONAL 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...
View ArticleCelebrating 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...
View ArticleAnnual 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...
View ArticleKANTHA 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...
View ArticleSuper 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...
View ArticleDeveloping 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...
View ArticleInclusion of women with and without disabilities in Sri Lanka’s...
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View ArticleKandurata 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleGive 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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