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Members of the National Peace Council’s District Inter Religious Committees (DIRCs) across the country have been reaching out to disadvantaged people in their areas who are unable to access essential supplies due to lack of funds and availability caused by the Covid-19 crisis and the ensuing curfew.

Disadvantaged people of all religions and ethnicities received 2,000 parcels of dry rations and daily essentials from the Periyamulla Grand Mosque Trustee Committee and the Negombo Merchant's Association to assist them during the Covid 19 crisis that is gripping the country.

The National Peace Council’s Local Inter Religious Committee (LIRC) members in Weligama have taken swift action to deal with the Covid 19 virus crisis at the local level.

Members of the National Peace Council’s Local Inter Religious Committees (LIRCs) across the country have been reaching out to disadvantaged people in their areas who are unable to access essential supplies due to lack of funds and availability.

මේ ඉන්නේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජාතික සාම මණ්ඩලය පිහිට වූ බේරුවල ප්‍රාදේශීය අන්තර් ආගමික කමිටුවේ තවත් ක්‍රියාකාරී සාමාජිකයෙක්. ඔහු නමින් චන්ද්‍රලාල්. ප්‍රදේශයේ ක්‍රියාකාරී සිවිල් සංවිධාන නියෝජිතයෙක්.

මේ ඔහුව ඇගයීමක් !

මෙතුමා උවයින්. බේරුවල අය මෙතුමට කතා කරන්නේ උවයින් හාජියාර් කියලා. අපිට මෙතුමා මුනගැහෙන්නේ බේරුවල ප්‍රාදේශීය අන්තර් ආගමික කමිටුවේ සිටින ක්‍රියාකාරී සාමාජිකයෙක් විදියට. මෙතුමා කලුතර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ දහම් පාසල් බලමණ්ඩලයේ සභාපති විදියට කටයුතු කරනවා.

A two day training workshop on conflict sensitivity and conflict analysis was conducted under NPC’s project Religions to Reconcile: Strengthening Inter-Religious People-to-People Community Engagement for Reconciliation and Social Cohesion in Post-Conflict Sri Lanka, which is supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. government’s development agency.

A two day workshop on Training the Trainers (TOT) on pluralism and conflict management for 39 master trainers was held under NPC’s project Technical Assistance to Justice Institutions in Sri Lanka supported by the US State Department. The partner is Legal Action Worldwide (LAW).

Canadian High Commissioner David Mckinnon and US Ambassador Alaina Teplitz paid separate visits to the Matara District Inter Religious Committee (DIRC) and the Puttalam DIRC to learn about their work.

Three new Local Inter Religious Committees (LIRCs) were established in Kuliyapitiya, Batticaloa and Panduwasnuwara under NPC’s project Collective Engagement for Religious Coexistence (CERF).

The Civil Society Platform (CSP), founded by NPC in collaboration with other civil society organizations, will conduct a campaign to prevent the 19th Amendment of the Constitution from being abolished, it was decided at a meeting to prepare the CSP’s strategic plan.

Two solidarity visits were conducted to Nuwara Eliya and Jaffna under the Actively Countering Extremism (ACE) project funded by the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) to promote religious and ethnic understanding and harmony.

A training workshop on Non Violent Communication (NVC) was held for community members of the Navakkenikadu and Sumedankarapura villages in Seruwila in the Trincomalee district under NPC’s project Social Cohesion and Reconciliation (SCORE) Activity.

A solidarity visit was conducted to Horowpothana organized by Anuradhapura DIRC on the request of Ven. Yakaweva Jinarathana Thero, the Chief incumbent of the temple in the area. This was under NPC’s project ACE Actively Countering Extremism (ACE) funded by the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI).

Under NPC’s project Consolidating Ongoing Multi-Level Partnership Actions for Conflict Transformation (COMPACT), refresher workshops on pluralism were conducted for selected District Inter Religious Committee (DIRC) members from Jaffna and Vavuniya and Kegalle and Kandy.

A training programme on conflict identification, prevention and management was held for Grama Niladharis, government officials, police officers, religious leaders and NGO representatives in Weligama under NPC’s project Collective Engagement for Religious Freedom (CERF).