Our Projects
| Reference no: | Project title: Child Protection Child Rights and Phycho-social support | |||||
| Name of organisation | Location of the action | Cost of the action (EUR) | lead manager or partner | Donors to the action (name)
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Amount contributed (by donor) | Dates (from dd/mm/yyyy to dd/mm/yyyy) |
| Peace & Community Action | Ampara, |
111,192.00 | PCA | UNICEF, |
111,192.00 | 01.08.2006 to 1.04.2010 |
Object and results of the action
Objective :
To ensure the safety and reintegration of children affected by war in Ampara District and to provide psychosocial support.
Result of the Action :
1. Child soldiers were approached and their problems and rights issues were addressed.
They were reunited with community and started their normal life and school education and non formal education facilities were provided.
2. Local Mechanism was developed to support child soldiers and effected community by war and other destructions.Description :
This project was funded by UNICEF from 2007 to March 2010. The following activities were conducted .
• Forming child protection & rights committees at village level and strengthening them by providing skills and support.
• Net work among local psychosocial organization ( NAPO) was formed and training were provided to build their capacity to implement their project effectively.
• Net work was built with government sector to deal with children issues.
• District level forum was formed to address the child issues at district level
Objective – to develop local machanism at community level to resolve conflict whenever it occured at community level in irrakkamam, Sammanthurai, Uhana, Attalachchenai and Navidanvelli DS division of Ampara District and build the capacity of local community based on non violence.
Result of the action
1. 18 Village level co-exsistance commitees (VCC) were formed to deal with there conflict at their village level.
2. 08 Peace co-exsistance commitees were formed in order to support VCCs and to take issues to other forum at district level.
3. VCCs and PCCs are actively functioniing in these divisions and dealing with thir problems and other issues including development.
Description
This project was started in 2007 with the support of Helvetas to work with farmers and farmer organisations from all three communities and to build relationships to make them to be able to deal with their problem through dialog based on non violence. The following activities were carried out.
1. Forming 24 problem solving community organisations in 5 DS divisions in Ampara district.
2. Providing Capacity building on non violence , human rights, conflict transformation and peace building