A three day workshop was held at Ecumenical Centre in Colombo on 11, 12, 13 June 2010. A total of 30 social activists participated at this workshop from 14 districts.

The objectives of this workshop were to strengthen the capacity of the DAC members to understand the concept of reconciliation. At the end of the workshop follow-up were planned to practice non-violence as a means to promote peace and reconciliation in the post war context, by collecting evidences and reasons of effective ways in achieving peace & reconciliation in and around their society/working areas. The follow-up are to be facilitated by the NPC and the DAC members’ contribution is made in financial and human resources.

A total of 30 social activists participated at this workshop representing 16 districts, Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Galle, Matara, Hambantota, Badulla, Ampara, Trincomalee, Polonnaruwa, Vavunia, Kurunegala, Kandy, Nuwaraeliya, Ratnapura, and Kegalle. The participants were divided into groups and identified cases and planned activities based on selected districts by them.

Build reconciliation among Tamils and Muslims in Ninthavur village in Ampara, also build relationship among members of Tamil & Sinhala children's clubs in Hantana estates and Bahirawakanda areas in Kandy, and build unity among Sinhala & Muslims at Katukurunda in Matara through Shramadana program, mobile service to issue Berth Certificates and Identity cards for Estate Tamils who are suffering without the documents in Ratnapura & Kegalle are among those activities.

The DAC in Kegalle have organized a one day workshop on Reconciliation to educate government officers affiliated to Divisional Secretariat in Bulathkohupitiya. Those officers are to be involved in this mobile service to issue identity cards.

 

 

This awareness was held in Auditorium of Divisional Secretariat, Weligama in Matara District as the first phase of the case study planned at the end of the above workshop. The objectives were to make community leaders/field officers aware of the means of building reconciliation to understand the concept and to build better relationship among government officers and different communities (Sinhalese & Muslims).