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2007 Activities of ODW Sri Lanka

 
     
 

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Project Components

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Partner Activities

   
 
FIOH KV NERTRA WDC EU OUSL PSO  
 
     
   Project Components - 2007 in Brief  
     
 
Component FIOH KV NERTRA DC OU/ EU Total in 2007 Project Total in 5 years
MAIN OBJECTIVE 1              
School drop-outs back to schools and weak Students received tutoring to retain them in schools 0 0 75 290 0 365 3530
Establish or upgrade educational/resource centres       1   1 19
Awareness  campaigns (number of families reached)       200   200 7150
Literacy class for parents and youth           0 200
Counselling and psycho traumatic support / disable youths     30     30 2495
Micro-credit, income generation for families     105 16   121 2000
               
MAIN OBJECTIVE 2              
Agriculture vocational education 30       190 220 4220
Non-agriculture vocational education 30 250 140 40   460 5885
               
Main Objective 3              
Using environmental activities as a way to strengthening ethnic harmony among school youth 1000         1000 5000
Number of water catchments area restored from above 23         23 50
Language studies 420   50 150   620 2870
Network of youths 1000 250 140 60   1450 12650
 
     
   Partner Activities  
     
 
 
FIOH KV NERTRA WDC EU OUSL PSO  
   

 Future In Our Hands (FIOH)

   
¨ Results expected in the year 2007
  - Facilitate 16 new youth clubs.
  - Enrol 1000 environment cadets.
  - Establish 120 organic home gardens.
  - Restore 23 new catchments areas. Existing 30 catchments to be maintained and balance planting to be continued.
  - Develop Language skills of 420 Tamil and Sinhala youths.
  - Strengthening 09 divisional level networks and 01 provincial level network. 118 progress review meetings will be held under this activity.
  - Provide assistance for education and higher education-30 youths.
  - 21 educational seminars will be held. 20 students will be financially supported.
   
¨ Activities to achieve above result
  - In the year 2007, FiOH will facilitate 16 youth clubs in the areas of Dehiattakandiya, Mahaoya and Kalmunai DS divisions.
  - Enrolment of environmental cadets – In the year 2007 FiOH will recruit 1000 youths as environmental cadets.
  - FiOH has planned to establish 120 Organic Home Gardens.  In this activity, youths learn to make compost and liquid manure in order to control pest and diseases.
  - Planning for restoration of 23 new catchments areas. Existing 30 catchments to be maintained and balanced planting to be continued.  Many feeder catchments areas in Uva province are been destroyed.  Therefore, this is one of the major activity carried out by the youths.
  - Provided opportunity for learning Tamil and Sinhala languages for the youths.
  - Strengthen the Uva Provincial level youth network. In this programme youths have opportunity for sharing and learning from others. Working as office bearers and develop their leadership qualities, participatory program planning, monitoring and evaluation of youth development activities.
  - Provided assistance to youths to get through GCE OL exam by conducting educational seminars in weak subjects and provide special education support for selected students, who are unable to pay the expenses.  This activity helped students to get their basic education and then facilitated the university education course conducted by the Sabaragamuwa University on organic farming. The course is for GCE (OL) passed youths.
 

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 Kinniya Vision (KV)

   
¨ Results expected in the year 2007
  - 40 young girls will graduate for sewing and painting – Demand is available at the local level and this course also has planned in the new locations (in the areas attached to Kinniya Vision due to CFHD withdrawal from the project.)
  - 40 youth will be trained as welding technicians.
  - 60 youth trained as light vehicle driving – KV has observed that, the needs of vehicle driving in the Kinniya, Thampalahamam and Kanthale are demanded by the youths.
  - 60 youths trained in Computer use. Computer training is very important to find job in any field.
  - 40 youths trained for house wiring.
  - 20 youths trained for aluminium fitting.
  - 40 youths trained for electronic works.
  - Career guidance for all the above trainees- 250.
  - Exchange programs have planned towards the purpose of Peace building and sharing experience.
  - Youth net work will be involved in to the cultural and peace related activities.
   
¨ Activities to achieve above result
  - Identification of school dropouts and school leavers  who needs the non formal education
  - Preparation necessary to run vocational trainings.
  - Ensuring active participation of the youths in its planning and implementation activities.
  - Facilitation of income generation activities for trained youths.
  - Conducting peace building program. Youths have main role in the peace promotion activities. Such as Sports, arts and cultural activities which are planned to the year 2007.
  - Preparation necessary to run language courses.
  - Continuous monitoring and following–up.
  - Facilitating youth’s activities in environmental conservation and exchange programs.
  - Facilitating the meeting between youth from multi-ethnic communities .
  - Promoting activities of youth net work.
 

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 North East Rehabilitation Training and Research Association (NERTRA)

   
¨ Results expected in the year 2007
  - 45 students will be admitted to Govt. schools.
  - 50 youths would be competent to be employed after training in Sewing, Icing of cake, Facial and Hair styling and in repairs of machinery.
  - 30 girls have obtained training in manufacturing coir ropes, coir broom and foot racks. A Centre for this trade will be established locally.
  - 20 girls will be trained to manufacture various items from waste – materials. A business centre will be established locally.
  - 10 girls to be trained in processing preparation of food. A centre will be established locally.
  - The family income of 15 disabled youths will be increased.
  - A Youth Group will be functioning at District Level and will be eligible to have access to revolving funds.
  - 30 youths with psychosocial problems will be identified by the NERTRA staff for counselling and facilitate treatment if necessary
  - At the end of the year 100 youths will be trained in various trades. At least 30% of them will be employed by the end of the year. The rest will be employed the following year
   
¨ Activities to achieve above result
   
  Catch up education
  - Discussion with parents and students
  - Supply required material for the students and Teachers
  - Proceed on the Educational tour to visit area outside
  - Admission in government school
   
  Vocational Training
  - Continuation of sewing training
  - Continuation of house wiring training
  - Preparation start the new VT courses
  - Inauguration of new VT courses
  - Conduct staff trainings which are necessary and required
   
  Psychosocial
  - Identify those who need psychosocial support
  - Meeting them in their houses and identify problems
  - Examine the problems and conduct suitable discussion
  - Guide them to coordinate in to the appropriate sources to solve their problems
  - Provide training to psychosocially affected youth
   
  Youths club activities by  NERTRA
  - Preparing the project in participation and consultation of existing clubs
  - Form new youth groups
  - Conducting monthly network meetings
  - Provide necessary training to strengthen their activities
  - Facilitate to increase their income through loans for self-employment
  - Provide language classes
   
  Peace Program
  - The peace promotion activities are aimed to the Muslim and Tamil border villages. NERTRA facilitated group formation such as parents group, youth’s group, Government and non-government group and children’s group. The groups are given training on conflict analysis. They are involved in peace initiatives and are active in various aspects such as cultural exchange, participation of common social activities, Shramadana (common works) and religious festivals. Further there is a community based organization (CBO) of 30 members which are mixed Muslim and Tamil. These are aimed to build the relationship between ethnic groups in order to promote peace and development activities. All these group members had been trained to build up their capacity and in positive communication.
 

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 Women Development Centre (WDC)

   
¨ Results expected in the year 2007
  - 290 students who are drop out and slow learners will be benefited with project interventions
  - 16 Youth assisted with start-up support of funds
  - 60 members will get new membership in youth clubs
  - 100 parents involved into awareness trainings
  - 20 youths will be trained for office equipment repairing course
  - 20 youth trained TV & Radio mechanism
  - 150 youth will get ability in both English and Sinhala languages
   
¨ Activities to achieve above result
  - Conduct periodical staff meeting
  - Stake holders meeting
  - Conduct meeting with department of education and schools
  - Inauguration of catch up education
  - Cultural competition programme
  - Field visits
  - Cricket & netball competitions will be held with other youth partners
  - Youth exchange programme with other OD partners
  - Conducting awareness programme to parents and youths
  - Providing Loan disabled youth, widows and affected people by war by support of WDC
  - Conducting teachers trainings programme
  - Conducting sports festivals
  - Providing counselling for the staffs
  - Conducting entrepreneur development trainings
  - Special class room activities- gardening etc
  - Follow up the 7 youth clubs
 

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 Eastern University of Sri Lanka (EU)

   
¨ Results expected in the year 2007
  - Fourty students will be recruited and all will complete the course
   
¨ Activities to achieve above result
  - University goes through selection process, with the participation of partner organisations and Admission will be based on an entrance examination to evaluate general knowledge.
 

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 Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL)

   
¨ Results expected in the year 2007
  In 2006 the target is to recruit 150 students (30 x 5 centres), while 132 trainees are already enrolled. The course for 2006 started in September and another 150 will be enrolled in the year 2007, once the 2006 course is completed.
  - Training of 6 animators: Teaching methodology Basic mechanical workshop practice (such as welding. carpentry, sheet metal work), food processing, computer awareness, lesson preparation, farm practice and training on basic electrical and civil construction work.
  - Setting up of two small workshops up at the Colombo coordinating centre to provide refresher training for animators and as it deem necessary for selected students. The workshops to be provided with following: Arc welding Unit. Table mounted drilling machine, band saw, circular saw, jig saw and basic workshop and facilities for use of alternate energy sources. Provision of tools such as saws, screw drivers, hand drills and power tools.
  - Solar drier and alternate sources of power were set up for training/demonstration. Equipment provided for metering in the set ups of Hydroponics systems and the protected houses.
  - Develop lesson materials for 12 courses to be used as resource material for application in projects for livelihood adopted by trainees. All lessons available translated into Tamil.
   
¨ Activities to achieve above result
  - At present, many types of equipment are installed at the Colombo campus for controlled study of their performance. In 2006 the equipment will be shifted to the provincial centres.
  - The training programme would be oriented towards a more practical project based training that is built up on a livelihood process elected and developed by the trainees from the inception of training. Small group activity will be promoted to fortify the productivity aspects of the projects.
  - Mushroom cultivation was very popular among trainees. Several workshops were conducted and students had started projects in Vavuniya, Ampara and Mahiyangana. OU will train the students in using a solar dryer, which would facilitate better marketing of mushrooms in 2006.
  - The active student groups will form into working associations to continue developing their skills and marketing activities after completion of their course.
  - External evaluation and feed-back from the students will be carried out in 2006/2007
  The Ampara and Vavuniya centres will be relocated to Ampara/ Dehiattakandiya and Chettikulam, respectively. This is to facilitate the use of available farms and other facilities at the new locations. If the prevailing situation of political instability in Kalmunai continues the class has been moved to Bibile.
  - The University overheads will be reduced to accommodate expenditure at the new centres.
 

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 Programme Support Office (PSO)
   
  In 2007 the following capacity building will be carried out
  - Training of accountant staff.
  - Training of management staff on LFA, PRA follow up.
  - Training/exposure on micro-credit.
  - Training on monitoring and reporting.
  - Training of youth, aimed at networking.
 

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