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Sri Lanka: Recovering from conflict

 

Who will benefit?

Over three years, 3,600 people will receive training to restore their farms and improve their income. Improved water supplies, roads, and market access will benefit 10,000 more people.

Target £160,000

 

Raised £12,804

About the project

After 30 years of conflict, many communities have lost everything. Infrastructure has been destroyed, farms neglected, livelihoods lost and thousands of people displaced. It has also left women as the main earners in 25 per cent of households. 

Our long experience of working with partners in the region has paved the way for a better future for 67 villages in the north of the island. Your donation will enable us to continue to restore water supplies, repair roads and rebuild even more communities. It will also enable us to provide agricultural training to improve women's economic prospects and ultimately enhance their role in society.

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Project aims

  • Help farmers return to their land and re-establish their livelihoods by restoring water and irrigation systems and transport links.
  • Improve farmers' incomes by supporting them to improve and diversify their produce, and helping to  raise the status of women growers.
  • Increase market opportunities for farmers by helping them to establish farm enterprises, and build relationships with agricultural organisations and banks.

How we are helping

After the end of the hostilities, Sukitha joined a diary co-operative supported by Oxfam. She worked collecting milk from local farmers. She was also trained in making milk-based products such as toffee and ice cream.

 If we can increase the production of milk-based products we can increase the income of the co-operative, and it can grow and accept more members. People know that there are many advantages of being a member of the co-operative. I now have a regular salary and am able to cover my family's needs.

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Your donation will help us continue to restore water supplies, repair roads and rebuild even more communities.

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