Peace

The North and East regional peace forum workshop was held on 22nd of October 2025 at Caritas Valvuthayam in Mannar, as part of the peace program organized by Caritas Sri Lanka – SEDEC. Tamil dioceses from the North and East participated in this session, including their Diocesan directors, project coordinators and peace forum members. During […]

We conducted an awareness program on human rights and citizenship for the youth on August 19th 2025 at the conference hall, EHED Caritas, Trincomalee. Our resource person Mr.C.Chandrakumar (LLB), discussed the following topics with the participants: an introduction to fundamental rights, human rights, ways to respect these rights, maintaining self-dignity, cultural differences within the community,

On August 7th, 2025, Rev.Sr.Ushani and Ms.Kaveesha from National Centre – SEDEC conducted a monitoring visit. They met with women’s and youth groups in Ilupaikulam and Sirupitty, as well as a children’s group in Poompuhar, Trincomalee. In addition, they held discussions with Mr.Raguvaran, Grama Niladhari of Ilupaikulam, Ms.Kokilavathani, Development Officer – Poompuhar, Rev.Sr.Yasotha, Principal of

We held two sessions on using social media and digital platforms to promote gender equality among school children and youth on July 19th 2025 at the conference hall, EHED Caritas, Trincomalee. The first session, for the students from T/T/Vipulanandha College and T/T/Al-Minhaj Muslim Vidyalayam, took place from 9.00am to 12.30pm. The second session, for the

A trauma and healing session for women was held on July 15th  2025, at the Grama Niladhari’s Office in Palaiyootru, Trincomalee. The session was facilitated by Rev. Sr. Yasotha Louis, Principal of Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Tamil Vidyalayam, Palaiyootru. She led the session using a combination of meditation, group activities, drawing exercises, and

The session was conducted on June 26th 2025 at the multi-purpose building, Ilupaikulam, Trincomalee featured the valuable insights of our director, Rev.Fr.Dr.B.Paul Robinson. In his address, he shared the following thoughts: peace is disrupted when we are overly focused on self-protection, we should not compromise our rights based on social pressures, Peace can be maintained

An awareness session was conducted the session for selected group of women from the villages of poompuhar, Siruppitty and Illupaikulam  on June 18th 2025, at the conference hall, EHED Caritas Trincomalee. The session was facilitated by Mr. Angelo Raymond Niroshan, Attorney-at-Law, Trincomalee. He discussed several important topics with the participants, including: what does it mean to

We conducted three sessions on family-based mental health and well-being for selected women from Poompuhar, Sirupitty and Ilupaikulam located in the Trincomalee Town and Gravets Division, on May 27th May, June 3rd and June 5th 2025 respectively. The sessions were facilitated by Dr. M.M. Infas, Psychiatrist at the Psychiatric Health Unit, General Hospital, Trincomalee. During

We held a session on the formation of youth groups on April 27th 2025 at Ilupaikulam, Trincomalee. As youth are the future leaders of our society, we are committed to involving them in our project activities. Accordingly, a youth group consisting of 19 youth members was formed in Ilupaikulam village. Mr.D.R.Michael, the project coordinator, explained

We conducted project orientation programs in the selected villages, Ilupaikulam, Sirupitty and Poompuhar in Trincomalee on March 23rd, March 27th and April 10th 2025 respectively. During these sessions, Mr.D.R.Michael, the project coordinator, explained the project activities to the selected groups, and baseline survey forms were also completed. Three active volunteers were selected for the project