Community Development Service for Plantation in Deniyaya

CODESEP is the Community Development Service for Plantation founded in 2006 as the initiative of the concern by the Catholic Church for the underprivileged people of Estate Sector especially to uplift this community. It has pioneered grassroots growth that is marked by extensive estate community. Between 2007 and 2014 CODESEP has been instrumental in mobilizing the plantation families into Self Help Groups (SHGs). CODESEP is proud to have contributed to improving the standard and quality of life in marginalized communities in the plantation sector.

CODESEP aims not only to improve community development and general education but to reduce domestic and gender-based violence and improve men and women’s understanding of their responsibilities and rights. It supports activities to improve Family Bond as well as Community Bond thus supporting to activities for community mobilizing and need based assistance.

Various sectors and priority areas are involved in the implementation of the project. Education and Action Project area and Social Aspiration for Participatory Reform by Self Help Groups work specifically for Women and Community Empowerment. Aim is to enable women and men to demand high quality community health services, through a supportive environment in the community and health system. Strategy involves mobilizing women’s groups in the Project location of CODESEP to familiarize them with community development issues.