The new peace building project under Caritas Sri Lanka (CSL) SEDEC was started funded by the German Catholic Organization AGIAMONDO (previously known as AGEH). The project      focuses on “Empowering Youth for Social action and as Ambassadors of Peace.”  All activities…

The plantation people of Sri Lanka harvest some of the world’s finest tea, yet they don’t get to enjoy it themselves. Instead, they are only allowed to take the bitter dust of the leaves. Poverty and poor cash management, unsatisfactory…

Sri Lanka has been able to achieve considerable headway towards reducing poverty. Yet poverty continues to be a considerable problem.  Most of the farmers have borrowed money to invest in their farming activities and if their crop fails, they have…