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2018:
Providing of Relief to the Gale Affected CBO Members of Diklanda
in the Gampaha District |
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The houses of several members of the Diklanda Women’s Savinga
Organization in Gampaha were badly affected by gale force winds
on 12th January 2018.
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2017:
Awareness Programme on Micro Credit in the Divulapiitiya AGA
Division |
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An Awareness Programme on Credit Disbursement was conducted for
200 CBO members of the Divulapitiya cluster on 22nd September
2017. |
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2017:
Christmas Celebration |
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The Christmas celebration of 2017 was successfully held on 20th
December 2017 at the PRDA Training Center in Chilaw. |
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2017:
New Year Festival |
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Members of the CBOs in Chilaw, Puttalam and Gampaha as well as
their family members come together every year to celebrate the
New Year Festival which falls in the month of April. |
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2017:
Art Competition |
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An Art Competition ‘NISALA SITHUWAM’ was organized by the
Nalanda Library at the PRDA Training Centre to mark the World
Children’s Day 2017. |
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2017:
Book Exhibition at the Nalanda Library, PRDA Training Centre,
Chilaw |
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A book exhibition was organized by the Chilaw Nalanda Library of
PRDA with the support of ‘Lahiru Book Publishers’ to coincide
with other literary festivals that are held during that
particular month of the year. |
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2017:
PRDA run Libraries in Mirissa and Chilaw |
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The Sri Pragnaloka Public Library located in the Sri Sunandarama
Temple premises in Mirissa contains over 6000 books while the
Nalanda Public Library located at the PRDA Centre in Chilaw has
a collection of 6838 books. |
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2017:
Computer Courses for Children |
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The IT Service and Training Centre (Nenasala) located within the
PRDA Training Center in Chilaw has conducts short term (Three
Month) computer training courses for children who have completed
the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination. |
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2017:
Chilaw Nenasala |
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The Nenasala (Information Communication Technology Centre) in
Chilaw records a membership of 106. |
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2017:
Capacity Building |
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Training Programmes for capacity building are regularly
conducted for CBO members to strengthen their institutional
capacities, leadership qualities, entrepreneurial capabilities
and financial management practices. The programmes are conducted
by both the PRDA programme staff as well as by external resource
persons. |
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2017:
Women’s Enterprise Development (WED) Programme |
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The Women’s Enterprise Development (WED) Project revolves round
a financial mechanism established by PRDA for providing
financial support to the members of the Women’s Savings
Organizations which are a sub-sect of the CBOs affiliated to
PRDA. |
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2017:
Revolving Loan Funds |
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The total value of the accumulated assets of the revolving loan
funds operated by the 31 CBOs amounts to Rs. 26,692,606/. |
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CBO
meetings at the PRDA Training Centre, Chilaw (2017) |
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Monthly meetings of the CBO leaders are
conducted at the PRDA
Centre in Chilaw on every second Wednesday of the month where
progress of CBO activities is reviewed. |
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2017:
PRDA - CBO Network |
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The network of CBOs affiliated to PRDA is
composed of 31 organisations with 18 located in Gampaha; 7 in
Chilaw and 6 in Puttalam. The total membership is 1075 and they
are exclusively women. PRDA thus reaches our directly to 1075
families and 31 village communities. |
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New
Year Festival of April 2014 |
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The New Year festival of 2014 was successfully
held on 26th April 2013 at the PRDA Centre in Chilaw
with the participation of the members of the Kantha Ithurum Parshramayas of
PRDA in Puttalam, Chilaw and Gampaha. |
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Monthly meetings of the Women’s Organizations 2013-2014 |
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The Kantha Iturum Parishrama, (Women’s
Savings Organizations), which are affiliated to PRDA, conduct
their monthly meetings to discuss their status of welfare
activities, revolving loan funds and the loans provided under
the Women’ Economic Development (WED) programme. |
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Guidance and Support for Self-Employment |
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The members of the Kantha Ithurum
Parshrama (Women’s Savings Organizations) of PRDA in the
Gampaha district are linked to this Liyaabhimana programme. |
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A Painting Competition |
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A
competition of paintings was organized by the members of the
Nalanda Library of PRDA to mark the World Children’s Day in
2013. The competition was held on 12th October 2013
with the aim of promoting artistic talents and abilities of the
school children in and around Chilaw area. |
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Support for the Pre-School of the Egodakiraloya Women’s Savings
Organisation |
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Providing equipment to the preschool conducted by
the Egodakiraloya Kantha Iturum Parishramaya was held at
its premises on October 9, 2013. |
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Celebrating the Second Anniversary of WED
Programme |
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The second anniversary celebrations of the
Women’s Enterprise Development (WED) programme was held on 14th August 2013 at the PRDA
Centre in Chilaw. |
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New
Year Festival of April 2013 |
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The New Year festival of 2013 was successfully
held on 26th April 2013 at the PRDA Centre in Chilaw
with the participation of members and their children
representing Kantha Ithurum Parshrama (Women’s
Savings Organizations) in Chilaw, Puttalam, and Gampaha. |
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Flood relief aid for affected members of the
Women's Savngs Organization in Wiarankattuwa and Weliwewa |
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PRDA initiated a
programme to provide relief aid to families of 25 members of the
Women’s Savings Organizations in Wairankattuwa and Weliwewa
severely affected by the floods of December 2012. |
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English
and Information Technology Education Programme conducted at the
Nalanda Nenasala |
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On February 12th
2009, the Nalanda Nenasala Chilaw situated at 1, Ebert Silva
Estate Colombo Road Chilaw re-invented the Nenasla concept by
introducing a number of novel programmes. This coincided the
launch of the Year of English and IT Programme by His Excellency
the President of Sri Lanka. |
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PRDA
Avurudu festival 2009 |
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The annual
PRDA Avurudhu Festival 2009 was held on April 30th
2009 at the PRDA Chilaw Centre. |
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A Nanasala in Chilaw |
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PRDA took the initiative to establish a Nanasala (Information
Communication & Technology Centre) at Chilaw with support from
the Presidential Secretariat and the Information Communication
and Technology Authority (ICTA) in Sri Lanka. |
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Photographing
the masks at the Sri Sunandaramaya temple in Mirissa, Matara |
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Deities, demons and magic form part of the popular beliefs of
the Sinhalese and are closely associated with the folk culture,
rituals, healing practices and play in Sri Lanka.
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Sunandaramaya temple in Mirissa is one of the religious centres
that have strived to protect and preserve a large number of
original masks of deities and demons that it inherited and used
in folk rituals, healing practices and drama in the ancient
times. PRDA took the initiative to photograph these masks and
preserve them in electronic form. |
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New Year
celebrations with CBO members |
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PRDA celebrated the 2008 Sinhala and Hindu New Year along with
the members of its CBOs. The Avurudu festival was held on 29th
April at the premises of the PRDA Centre in Chilaw. |
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Mental Health Workshops |
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PRDA in collaboration with the Institute of Psychiatry, Angoda
organized three training workshops for mental health
professionals and workers in Sri Lanka. The workshops were held
from 21st to 26th January 2008 at the
Institute of Psychiatry, Angoda. |
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Experience sharing visit of the PRDA staff |
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In November 2007, 15 staff members of PRDA selected from among
its Mirissa field office (10), Gampaha field office (2) and the
head office (3) participated in an experience-sharing visit to
Tamil Nadu and Kerala states in India. |
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Visit to PRDA Donors in Italy |
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Mrs. Shanti Fernando, Chief Executive of PRDA visited Rome,
Italy from 25th to 5th July 2007. Mrs.
Fernando was invited by the Province of Ferrara in Italy, who
supported the tsunami rehabilitation and reconstruction of
houses in Mawella, a fishing village in the Hambantota district. |
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Library and e-nenasala
opened at Mirissa |
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The Library
and e-nenasala was opened at Sunandarama temple, Mirissa in
Matara District on 18th June 2007. |
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