A South Asian regional training of trainers course on the use of the ‘Learning To Live Together’ manual for ethics and peace education will be hosted by the Sarvodaya Movement, at the Vishwanikethan International Peace Centre, Rawatawatte, Moratuwa from the 13th to 18th of August, 2011. Peace educators and activists from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Pakistan and Sri Lanka ...
Sarvodaya staff and volunteers from the Badulla district center has initiated limited relief services for those who were affected by the deadly landslide which hit the Meeriyabedda tea plantation near the Haldumulla town in Badulla district early hours of yesterday (29th October 2014). According to the Disaster Management Center (DMC) of the Government, it is feared that nearly 200 people ...
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 ...
At a time when reports of violence against children are often featured by local media, Sarvodaya along with partners UNICEF, Department of Probation and Child Care and others organized a celebration to commemorate the 22nd anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) as the World Day of Prayer and Action for Children. Recognized worldwide as the ...
The Buddhist Association of Japan, Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai, honoured Dr. A. T. Ariyaratne, the founder-president of Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement by awarding the 45th Annual Cultural Award for the Promotion of Buddhism in the World in a ceremony held in Tokyo, Japan on 12th October 2011. Dr. Ariyaratne was granted this award for his fifty-three years of work to the nation ...
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The Sarvodaya Legal Services Movement (SLSM) organized the 20th Kanchana Abhayapala Annual Human Rights Memorial Lecture to celebrate the United Nations Human Rights Day falling on the 10th December 2011, to commemorate the 22nd death and 50th birth anniversary of Kanchana Abhayapala, who was assassinated on the 28th August 1989. The lecture was held at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute ...
On the 14th May, 2011, Sarvodaya’s partnered with the Siseth Foundation to celebrate the 2011 Vesak celebrations. Sarvodaya’s founder, Dr. A. T. Ariyaratne was invited to lead a special meditation program followed by a lecture on universal cooperation. Held at the Noble Mihinthala Ambasthala Dagaba (a Stupa in Mihinthala area of Sri Lanka), the event was held to commemorate the ...
As the rains slow to a drizzle and the floodwaters begin to recede, one million people remain affected by the devastating natural disaster that occurred just six years after the 2004 tsunami. Sarvodaya General Secretary Dr. Vinya Ariyaratne points out that while with 30 deaths the casualties are significantly lower, as a full five percent of the population has been ...
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 ...
On Friday the 25th March Sarvodaya’s International Division hosted an organized work party made up of around thirty tourists who were visiting Sri Lanka as part of an international boat cruise run by tour operator Crystal Cruises. Their work, which was to spend a day painting at Lenagala Maha Vidyalaya school, took place at Lenagala village, Homagama, located about one ...
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 ...
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 ...
On the 9th of September, Sarvodaya received the 2014 Social Entrepreneurship Award from the co-founder of Schwab Foundation/World Economic Forum Mrs.Hilde Schwab at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin, China. This prestigious award was in recognition of Sarvodaya’s visionary, pragmatic and courageous contributions that significantly improve the state of the world. Dr.Vinya Ariyararatne (General ...
The Hony. President of Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement Dr. Vinya Ariyaratne unconditionally condemned the cowardly attacks on the churches and the hotels in Sri Lanka on the Easter Day morning. The series of attacks has killed more than 310 people by the the night of 22nd, with scores of injured men, women and children, many who were attending the Easter ...
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 ...
On 21st of April 2019, Easter Sunday morning, there were a series of bomb attacks in different locations in Sri Lanka including in the capital city Colombo. The attacks targeted Catholic/ Christian places of worship as well as major hotels in Colombo. Six coordinated blasts targeting Easter celebrations were carried out within a span of 45 minutes, the GoSL is of ...
Yesterday, on 21st of Apirl, Easter Sunday, there has been a series of bomb attacks in different places in Sri Lanka including in the capital city Colombo. Six blasts targeting Easter celebrations were carried out within a span of 45 minutes, with no group or individual claiming responsibility so far. As of today (22nd April 2019), 290 persons including 35 foreign ...
Dr. A. T. Ariyaratne, the founder-president of Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement celebrated his 80th birthday on the 05th of November 2011. The main event felicitating Dr. Ariyaratne’s 80th birthday was held in Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) in Colombo, with the participation of a number of local and international distinguish guests including diplomats of several countries, Heads of International and ...
Three days after the dark Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka the total death toll has reached 359, with more than 450 injured. The funerals are happening in the surroundings of the Negombo City in the Gampaha district and in the suburbs of the Colombo, in the Colombo district. The Emergency Meeting today at 9am at Sarvodaya Headquarters was ...