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  • Digital Library of Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne’s Collected Works now available!

    Digital Library of Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne’s Collected Works now available!

    Thanks to voluntary efforts in Sri Lanka and the US, all 10 volumes of the Collected Works of our founder, Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne have been scanned and posted at this link. Please share this with everyone, everywhere interested in people-centered strategies for community development!

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  • The Second Wave of COVID-19 hits Sri Lanka

    The Second Wave of COVID-19 hits Sri Lanka

    How the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement of Sri Lanka is Responding On October 5th 2020, after a significant period of dormancy, and therefore unfortunately complacency, COVID-19 raised its ugly head in the form of a cluster of infected factory workers in Sri Lanka. While response was speedy once detected, the virus had already spread beyond the

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  • Empowering vulnerable communities in disaster preparedness

    Empowering vulnerable communities in disaster preparedness

    Program for Enhancement of Emergency Response (PEER), an initiative by the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) supported by the US Agency for International Development, Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) started in 1998. After 2 decades of implementation, Sri Lanka has been recognized as one of the countries to implement Phase 5 of PEER.

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