Under the project LLPP – Lighting Life of Plantation People, selected 15 students from all over southern province were given scholarship in order to increase the number of university entrance from the plantation community.
Caritas Sri Lanka initiated the above Scholarship Programme funded by DFCC Bank in Sri Lanka. It was started from 1st October 2020 and continue for 05 years on yearly-basis intervention and result-based continuation.
The project goal is “the youth of low-income and marginalized families are assisted with educational support to enable them to continue education without interruption and achieve good grades”.
Caritas SED Galle selected 28 students from poor and vulnerable families with high educational skills and good performance. Accordingly one student from each Parish recommended by the Parish Priest and the rest of the students from the community were identified using a selection criteria.
The students opened Bank Accounts with DFCC Bank Branches as required and were issued with Bank Pass Books and ATM Cards. Each month Caritas SED Galle arranges to deposit scholarship funds into their Bank Accounts. There are 28 such SL-DFCC scholarship students who are assisted to continue their education. Following are the scholarship recipients and the monthly scholarships funds disbursed:
Provided Medical & Education aid for 75 selected peoples at CoDeSeP. This aid is especially for those who are affected by present economic crisis of the country.
Among them there were 25 medical assistances for those who are affected by non-communicable diseases like Cancer, Kidney disease, heart diseases and 50 Education aids for the students from the low income families. This was funded by Caritas Sri Lanka under the Disaster Risk Reduction project.
Project Name: Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR Project)
Activity Name: Distribution of 150 Dry ration packs in Weligama DS Division for most vulnerable and low-income families
Chief Guest – Very Rev. Fr. Charles Hewawasam – Vicar General, Diocese of Galle and also Rev. Fr. Lasantha Fonseka – Director Caritas SED Galle
Ven. Thero & Rev. Maulavi , Officers of DS office Weligama are paricipated.
No. Of beneficiaries: 150
Project Name: Promoting a common vision for tolerance and harmony among all religions in Sri Lanka.
Activity Name: Medical support for crisis affected vulnerable persons and educational support for crisis affected children at DC level.
No. Of beneficiaries: 80
Mrs Patria Henning from Germany along with Miss Sujeewa (M & E Officer) and Mr Jerome Morritt from the National Centre, Caritas Sri Lanka SEDEC made a monitoring visit to Caritas SED Galle on 4th & 5th August 2022. A meeting was convened on 4th Aug 2022 under is Director Rev Fr Lasantha Fonseka to discuss about peace related activities being implemented in the Diocese of Galle. There are three peace related Projects being implemented in the DC namely Promoting a Common Vision for Tolerance and Harmony among Religions in Sri Lanka (Religious Amity), a Modern, dynamic and Youth-centered Approach to Peace Processes & Conflict Mitigation and Agiamondo.
