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After an year's productive & innovative work "Reconciliation at Grassroots Led by Women Councilors" ended on 28 September. Congratulations, women leaders & community activists for taking a step towards peace with commitment and dedication! Thank you Netherlands for your support!!

Visiting a Mosque, Church, Hindu Kovil and Temple in Kurunegala & Galle by Women Local Govt Members & Communities was groundbreaking to most participants. Awareness raised and misplaced ideas rectified. Participants will share this experience within their communities.🇳🇱assisted.

Building reconciliation at grassroots through Drama -first workshop for effective communication concluded in Ampara with women local govt members and the community attending. Personal experiences linked together to communicate relatable messages to the community.Galle is next.

Vavuniya Bakthi Geetha team 1.Vithusha Ragu 2.Steeping Sasi Mathusha 3.Nimaadeen Rakshika

Targeting grassroots reconciliation thro women local govt members SAPRI held Zoom events in June for 4 districts on Poson. Buddhist, Hindu, Islam & Christian clerics contributed. Students items were key. Hindu, Islam and Christian students sang Bakthi Gee together in Vavuniya.

Galle Bhakhi Geetha Team 1. Y.I. Chandani (Councillor) 2. M. Shani Piumika 3. M.Oshadhi Chathurya 4. N.W.K. Pidumi Nehansa 5. Naveeni Tharushika

Capacity Building Workshops of SAPRI's Reconciliation & Women Councilors project concluded. Bridging, team playing, effective organizational & communication skills, enhanced cultural sensitivity were priorities. Netherlands assisted. Art/Culture for grassroots reconciliation next

Eid Mubarak! Three Iftar ceremonies held in Ampara,Galle & Vavuniya on 30 April by Women Councilors & community leaders of SAPRI's Grassroots Reconciliation & Women Councilors project with multi-faith clergy, children & youth joining. Thanks Netherlands.

Multi-religious clergy, children and community leaders led by women local govt members joined to celebrate Christmas under SAPRI’s reconciliation at grassroots project in four districts. Netherlands Embassy supported. Kurunegala event on Zoom had messages of peace from Clerics.

Women councilors & community leaders of Vavuniya joined Awareness Raising workshop, last of four workshops on peaceful coexistence & reconciliation to recognize challenges to unity & early warning signs of conflict. Women Clrs empowered by SAPRI in 2018 grasped new themes quickly

Women councilors and community members in Kurunegala identify the means of detecting early signs of a conflict, different stakeholders and mitigation through mapping exercises at the Awareness Raising Workshop of SAPRI’s Reconciliation thro’ Women Councilors project.

SAPRI’s Awareness Raising workshop participants in Galle eagerly shared stories of harmony & conflict resolution. Conflict mapping introduced. Multi-faith members to plan Christmas celebration with Christian/Catholic colleagues. SAPRI,Chair Madam CB Kumaratunga joined the event.

SAPRI is pleased to join annual “Orange the World: Against Gender-Based Violence” campaign with Netherlands Embassy. Banner brought to SAPRI by Netherlands Ambassador prominently displayed at SAPRI premises. Much appreciate the initiative of Netherlands Embassy.  #OrangeTheWorld

Ampara’s Women Councilors and activists recognize early signs and different stakeholders of a conflict and their interactions through virtual Awareness Raising Programs of “Reconciliation Through Women Councilors” project. Thank you, Netherlands, for assisting.

Roundtable for Reconciliation thro' Women Councilors hosted by SAPRI on Zoom successfully concluded. Women Local Govt Councilors & community activists of 4 districts engaged with academics and experts to share concerns and collectively seek sustainable solutions. Workshops next!

Launching SAPRI’s newest initiative to promote reconciliation at grassroots level while empowering Women Local Govt Councilors. Assisted by Netherlands Embassy. Women Councilors, local communities and experts join Roundtable of project on 7 November on Zoom.

Mrs P.D. Punchi Kumari, Member, Vavuniya Urban Council and active participant of SAPRI’s Women Empowerment programmes in Vavuniya passed away from Covid-19. SAPRI extends condolences to the Council, and family of Mrs. Punchi Kumari. May she attain the supreme bliss of Nibbana.

To assist SAPRI's Women Local Govt Members network to adapt to ‘new norms’ in interpersonal contact during Covid-19 pandemic, training in web conferencing was provided to Members in Ampara, Colombo, Gampaha & Vavuniya. They now actively join interactive sessions at webinars!

Councilor Suganthi Shavika of Uhana Pradeshiya Sabha emphasized the importance of Integrated Pest Management training during field visit of trainees in Uhana on March 6th. She thanked SAPRI and Netherlands Embassy for organizing activity.

SAPRI, together with women local govt members, organized in Ampara district, 5 day Integrated Pest Management training- Ampara, Akkaraipattu, Ninthavur, Kalmunai & Uhana last week to empower local farmers and stakeholders. Netherlands Embassy supported.