DanChurchAid
Sri Lanka
List of partners in Sri Lanka
OfERR Ceylon
OfERR Ceylon (Organisation for Eelam Refugees Rehabilitation) was founded in 2004 with the overall objective of assisting and returning Tamil refugees from India and internally displaced in Northeast Sri Lanka by providing relief and rehabilitation support. OfERR Ceylon works rights based and with strong advocacy with both tsunami and war affected IDPs in districts of Mannar, Vavuniya, Trincomalee and Batticaloa in Sri Lanka. DanChurchAid supports the work to successful rehabilitation and reintegration of returnees and IDPs. DanChurchAid also supports large scale tsunami relief project implemented by OfEER (Ceylon) in Trincomalee and Batticaloa.
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OfEER Ceylon
Sewalanka Foundation
Sewalanka was established in 1993 and works throughout the island to empower target communities. It delivers relief, rehabilitation and long term development assistance. Relief and rehabilitation interventions have been implemented in the North East over a long period of time and the organisation is thus familiar working in conflict affected areas and has the transport and procurement capacity to do larger scale projects. The partnership was established in 2004 with support of livelihood recovery of IDP fishermen in Batticaloa. After the tsunami, DanChurchAid supported Sewalanka’s large scale delivery of emergency relief items and temporary shelter in the eastern districts of Ampara and Batticaloa.
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Sewalanka
Social Welfare Organisation in Ampara District
Social Welfare Organisation in Ampara District (SWOAD), established in 1995, is one of the leading NGO operating in the Eastern district of Ampara. The organisation's objective is to provide basic amenities and alleviate poverty. Micro credit schemes and boosting capacity of small CBOs is a major part of their work. SWOAD has gender sensitive approach. The women organised in CBOs are targeted for social problems such as alcohol abuse, domestic violence etc. Partnership with SWOAD was established in 2005. DanChurchAid is also supporting a SWOAD project to rehabilitate a Tsunami affected school.
