The founder and General Secretary of Sarvodaya Sri Lanka, Dr A.T. Ariyaratne and Dr Vinya Ariyaratne have been recognised as the Social Entrepreneur for the Year 2014. The award organised by the Schwab Foundation and the World Economic Forum recognised thirty seven social entrepreneurs working in health, education, employment, and the environment operating in over 20 countries. These individuals and ...
xxx Mr. KG Dassanayake, Sarvodaya Southern Provincial Coordinator welcome HE the Ambassador Warm welcome by the community Hon. Grete Lochen and Ms. Widanagamachchi, the District Secretary of Galle district Showcasing the self-employeed women's products Inclusive women's empowerment Winning lives with local products District Secretary Ms. Widanagamachchi lighting the oil lamp Mr. KG Dassanayake welcoming the distinguished guests The gathering Investing ...
Registration is now open for the Metta Convention 2014, taking place from 27th – 29th June in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Register before the 15th March 2014 to be eligible for the Early bird offers. For more information please visit www.mettaconvention.org
On the first week of December 2013 Sarvodaya celebrated its 55 years of excellence and service to the humanity. Sarvodaya humbly commemorated the day with a group of Sarvodaya veterans, present day staff and volunteers who were gathered at the newly opened Methmedura Museum. Dr. A. T. Ariyaratne, the Founder-President of Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement and his colleagues along with a ...
Parallel to the 23rd Commonwealth Heads Of Governments Meeting (CHOGM), the Commonwealth People’s Forum (CPF) 2013 successfully ended in Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka. Sarvodaya, as one of the local hosts of the CPF, played important role in making the event a success hand-in-hand with the Sri Lankan Government counterpart, the CHOGM-CPF Secretariat headed by Dr. Lalith Chandradasa, and other Non-Governmental Organization ...
“Providing a leadership that heals the wounds of war and transforms the structures of governance into ones that meet the aspirations of both the ethnic majority and minorities is the continuing challenge for our beloved country” Dr. A. T. Ariyaratne, the founder-president of Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement stated delivering his keynote speech at the National Conference on Role of Religion in ...
Her Excellency Grete Lochen, the Norwegian Ambassador to Sri Lanka visited Sarvodaya Development Education Center in Sathurukondan, Batticaloa, during her recent official visit to the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. She visited the Sarvodaya Sathurukondan Development Education Institute on the morning of 09th July, 2013, and was warmly welcomed as to the Hindu traditions by the Sarvodaya staff lead by ...
The Government of Japan has conferred the Founder and President of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement Dr.A.T.Ariyaratne with one of its distinguished honours, ‘The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon in recognition for his outstanding contributions in enhancing relationship by people-to-people exchange between Japan and Sri Lanka. The Conferment Ceremony will take place on 3rd of ...
The 27th National Deshodaya Assembly was held at the Vijayananda School in Mullativu from 19th to 22nd of October 2012. It marked the final meeting of a series of district level assemblies bringing together community leaders from all walks of life towards the goal of National Reawakening (Deshodaya). Over 1000 including a large number of youth from Northern districts as ...
21st September, 2012 – The International Day of Peace, Nagarodaya Centre, Colombo We, as a group of young Sri Lankans representing the great diversity of our country, come together as ‘Youth for Peace’ on the 21st of September, 2012 – the International Day of Peace -in Colombo, Sri Lanka to here by declare that we look forward to transforming the ...
The Sarvodaya Founder – President Dr. AT Ariyaratne was awarded the Mystical Order of Saint Peter Peace Prize by the Mystical Order of Saint Peter. The Award ceremony was held at the Atherius Society Headquarters in Detroit USA on 2nd July 2012. The citation is as Follows: THE MYSTICAL ORDER OF SAINT PETER Revelation * Service* Honour July 2nd 2012 ...
Sarvodaya will lead the South Asian and South-East Asian delegation to the 4th Forum of the Global Network of Religions for Children (GNRC) to be held from 16th-18th June, 2012 in Dar es Salaam Tanzania. Held every 4 years the GNRC Forum brings together its members and other stakeholders with similar vision of a world suitable for children. The Forum ...
The South Asian Secretariat of the Global Network of Religions for Children (GNRC) based at Sarvodaya in partnership with the Democracy House and the Institute of Governance and Development (IGD) from the Maldives organized an Ethics Education workshop for a group of 20 Maldivian school students of ages 15-18 years. The workshop held at the Bandos Island Resort, Maldives from ...
The 21st National Deshodaya Assembly was held in Kilinochchi from 16th to the 18th of March 2012. It was a landmark event which was attended by over 600 participants. Being the first ever civil society gathering of this nature to be held in Kilinochchi after the end of the war, the National Assembly also marked the launch of the Sarvodaya ...
During his three-day official visit to Sri Lanka on invitation of the Government of Sri Lanka to launch the Tri-lingual Sri Lanka initiative, Dr. Abdul Kalam, the former President of India visited Sarvodaya Headquarters and Sarvodaya Suwasetha in the morning of 22nd January 2012 showing his deep respect towards Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement and its founder. Dr. AT Ariyaratne, the Founder ...
Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, the former President of India and a man who has been recognized by people world over as a great inspirational figure will visit the Sarvodaya Movement on the 22nd of January, 2012. We are indeed humbled to welcome Dr. Kalam to Sarvodaya and consider his visit itself a great recognition for the grassroots work ...
Sarvodaya District Center in Jaffna moved to its own premises in the presence of a number of local and international distinguish guests, more than 500 Sarvodaya staffs island wide, volunteers and well wishers around the country on 06th of January 2012. Sarvodaya has been active in providing services for the people in the Jaffna Peninsula for the last few decades ...
