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Newsletter November
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01.USAIDSARIENERGYPROGRAM
02.ENVIRONMENTFRIENDLYEFFORTOFBOARLASGAMUWA
03.NEWMILESTONEOFHORANAHOSPITAL
04.WASTEMANAGEMENTPROGRAMOFHILLCOUNTRY
05.COMMUNITYBASEBIOGASPROGRAMDEHIWALA
06.NEWTURNINGPOINTOFNORTHPROVINCE
07.GOLDENMOMENTSOFHISTORY
08.NEWEXPERIMENTOFBIOGAS
09.PEOPLEMOVEMENTOFHELPO
10.PEOPLE’SMOVEMENT&COMMUNITY
11.ASHELTERFORTHEHOMELESSPEOPLE
12.AGREATOPPORTUNITYFORCOMMUNITYLEADERS
13.AGROUNDLEVELSOCIALBENEFIT
14.PEOPLEMOVEMENTBRANCHOPENING
15.COMMUNITYDRIVENDEVELOPMENTPROGRAM
USAID/SARIEnergyProgram
Ourfinalgoalistoeestablishastrongrevolving
fundandconstructmorebiogasunitsunderthe
loan basis. Environment fund of the CBO is
expanding every month from the biogas user’s
monthlybasisfund.Thisisanewlyaddedthing
fortheprogram.InnextmonthHELPOwishes
to conduct more awareness program and start
theconstructionsoftwobiogasunitsunderloan
basis.
Under this way we could able to overhead our project target because we decided to
construct 05 community biogas units and that is already completed and we expect to
reachtomoretwobiogasunitsandthisprocesswillgocontinue.
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AnEnvironmentFriendlyeffortofGovernmentinstitution
Boaralasgamuwa is located very near by
Colombo City. In this area has an Army camp
and there are many Army officers of the camp.
Sincelastfewyearstheamountofthecamphas
been increased. On the other hand waste
generation also increased. They had no enough
space to dump the waste. The army needed a
quick and sustainable solution for the waste
problem.
Atthemomentweabletofinishthebiogasunit
construction work. In next week we expect to
conduct awareness programs to beneficiaries of the camp. Conducting awareness
programs are very essential for a proper program. They don’t have any knowledge
aboutthebiogasanditsfunctionprocess.
The first program we hope to conduct is about the value and benefits of the biogas.
Through this we explain why biogas important how this waste effects to increase the
Global Warming and Climate change. How
waste and biogas can be a resource for the
people are main topics that we discuss with
them.
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NewMilestoneofHoaranaBaseHospital
Horana Base Hospital is located in Kaluthara
Districtandoneofmainhospitalsofthearea.
Morethanthousandsofpeoplearecomingto
gettreatmentsfromthehospital. Thehospital
is middle scale hospital and hospital had to
face a waste problem. Hospital didn’t have
solutionandtheyhandedovertheresponsible
tolocalauthorityandthatprocessdidn’twork
properly.
This
program is totally funded from the Government
because now government has been realized that
biogas is cost effective and profitable program.
Even they realize that institution can get more
benefits from the biogas program. Early
Government had different idea about the biogas
theyhadbadand negativeideaaboutthe biogas
anditsbenefits.Nowtheirattitudeandpolicyhas
beenchanged.Theyexpecttopromotethebiogas
concepttootherplaces.Earlytheyhadnogoodandproperexampleofbiogasbutmany
placesareimplementingthisconcept.
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AuniqueWasteManagementProgramtoHillCountryofSriLanka
Gampola is one of main hill country area of
the country and this is rich with many
natural resources. Pure water and natural
forestsarefewofnaturalresources.Thereisa
placename“GangaihalaKoralaya”andwith
the support of Local Authority of the
“Gangaihala Koralaya” HELPO could able
to implement another biogas program in
mentionarea.
Onthattimelocalauthorityhadfewoptionsas
quick solutions, one is move to another area
andusecollectwasteanduseitasproperway.
They chosen the second way and they agreed
to construct the biogas. With their funding
HELPO started to construction of the biogas
unitin“GangaihalaKoralaya”.
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CommunityBasedBioGasProject,Wasteisavaluableresource
forus……….
The Dehiwala Mt. Laviniya city area in Sri Lanka
is very high population & the waste was a much
big challenge for them. With collaboration of
Dehiwala Municipal Council & by technical
support of HELPO, community Bio Gas unit
implemented in Dehiwala “Badowita”area. With
the idea to find a sustainable solution for the
waste of that area this was specialty constructed
withthefinancialsupportCITYNETJapan.
Nowweareplanningtodoexperienceexchange
programs with our southern part community to
conveythemessageoftodohomegardeningby
usingthisfertilizeraswellastouseofthisgasas
energy products for them. As this unit will
maintain by the community it will be more
advantage if we could aware them much.
Further more we are designing to do
maintenance & management training programs
also to give them guidance to maintain the unit
inproperwaywithpropergarbageinsetsystem.Wehopethatcommunitywillgetreal
benefits & they will be environmental friendly by using the waste in proper way to
gettingadvantagesfromthisbiogasunit.
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AnewturningpointoftheNorthProvinceSchools
JaffnaDistrictisnewlydevelopingdistrictof
theSriLanka.Thisnewlydevelopingdistrict
and this was really suffering from 30 years
war and they need to develop many things.
But during the last 30 years they lost many
things.TheGovernmentandmanyLocaland
InternationalOrganizationare implementing
many development programs in North and
EastDistricts.
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GoldenmomentsfromHistory
MonaragalaPrisonBiogas
Thisprisonwontheproductivityawardbecauseeverythingis
well organized. The prison had a problem of waste and fire
woodbecausetheyusedfirewoodasanenergysource.They
needed a sustainable solution to waste problem. With the
support of UNEP / NCPC and HELPO implemented biogas
programwithusingtheoutsideagriculturewaste.
Hospitalwassufferingfromahugewasteproblem.
The hospital has very little space and that is not
enough for dumping the waste. Some patients were badly affected by waste and the
hospital had to expend much money for the medicine too. The hospital was not a
proper place for the patients and for the environment too. With the support of AISA
ONLUS and HELPO implemented biogas program and waste management program
insideofthehospital.NowhospitalcouldabletosaveRs.25,000fromreducingtheLP
Gas.Nowwasteisaresourceforthem.
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New experiment of Biogas Technology
HELPOpeople’smovementisimplementingfinancial&othersocialserviceprograms
forthebettermentofthegrassrootlevelcommunityofthesociety.Wehaveestablished
Community Base Organizations invillagelevelthroughfullyparticipatory process by
giving leadership to village community. In every week they conduct their group
meetings&dotheirregularsavingsonthistime.Thefinancialneedsofthemalsobeing
discussedinthistime&theygetmediumsizeofloanstodeveloptheirlifesituationsas
wellastheirselfemploymentsalso.
From here we going to tell you about the programs which were the activities done in
month of November 2010 with the active participation of the grass root level
community.Thisisoneofplatformforthepeoplewhodon’thaveaplatformtodiscuss
abouttheirproblemsandthroughthiscommunityplatformpeoplecouldabletogetthe
leadershipandcontributetheirskillsandstrengthtotheirfamilies.
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People’sMovement&Community
Housing&LivelihoodDevelopmentPeople’s
Movement is designed specially with the
hope to provide financial & other social
facilities for urban & rural areas in the
country especially in Southern part of the
country.
Communityoftheseallwhoarethemembers
ofpeople’smovementnowhaveastrongnetworkamongthevillagesaswellaswith
inallthebranchesofthemovementalso.Nowallofthemaretakingpartofthesocial
works & through this people’s movement they are taking advantages to get medium
sizeofloansfortheirfinancialneedsalso.98%ofthemembershipiswomennowthey
came out from the kitchen they gettheresponsibleto
uplifttheirfamily.Thepeople’smovementwasagood
platform for the people who didn’t have voice and
platform. Through this they could able to develop
theirskillsandpresentlytoo.
Throughthisnetworkespeciallywomenareempower
takeleadershipintheirvillagestohelpeachother&to
organize themselves for the purpose of development
towards the success. Now they don’t want to go the local money lender because they
canfindfinancialsupportveryeasywaythroughthepeoplemovementbranch.Inthis
way now they have build themselves strongly to face financial & non financial
situationsinfriendlywayalonewiththeirpeople’smovement
The Financial support for the community
WithinthemonthofNovemberwehavedoneloaninspectionforKalupe,Malawanna,
&Eththiligodabranches&allfinancialrequestswereselectedfirstlythroughthegroup
& branch discussions of their village organizations. The loan inspections has done for
all requirements & then we have finalize 20 beneficiaries to disburse Rs.500,000.00
amongthemforvariouspurposessuchasfishselling,retailbusiness,sewing,etc.
ThesepeoplegetmediumsizeofloansfromRs.10,000.00toRs.35,000.00inthistimeas
per their paying capacity as well as business needs & etc. Through the financial
assistanceofNationalDevelopmentTrustFund(NDTF)HELPOPeople’smovementis
goingtodisbursethisloanforthecommunitywithinthemonthofDecember.
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AshelterfortheHomelessPeopleofGalle….
SriLankangrassrootlevelpeoplearesuffering
withoutshelterandthepossibilitytogetaloan
fromabankisverydifficulty.Wewerelooking
a sustainable solution for the problem on that
timeACHRThailandACCAProgram“300 city
developmentconcepts”startedtoimplementfor
Asian Countries. People’s Movement got an
opportunity to involve this program in large
scale.
The program is
integrated program with People’s movement,
Sewanatha&GalleMunicipalCouncilwiththeideaof
to develop low income settlements in Galle Municipal
area & remove all slums from Galle city, through
providing them many financial & other facilities.
People’s Movement, Sewanatha, CLAPNET & Galle
Municipal Council have designed a city development
committeealreadytoapprove&discussthemainitems
onthisprogram.
The project has designed to improve the living condition of all the grass root level
community&themainobjectiveoftheprogramare
¾ Toconstructtheroads,grangesystems&findasustainablesolutionfortheflood
disaster
¾ To make a proper system to get the ownership of lands through the city
developmentcommittee
¾ To improve the infrastructure facility of the community & make a process to get
puredrinkingwaterforall
¾ Improvetheincomegeneratingactivitiesofthecommunitybygivingthefinancial
&otherassistancesforthem
¾ To provide financial support for housing needs for all the people’s movement
members
ThroughtheSWOTanalyzingprocessweassesthecommunityabilitiestoreachthese
objectiveswithinthese20112015timeperiod&madethestrategyplanforyearwiseas
per the objectives. The Sewanatha officers, HELPO MF officers, People’s movement
leadersaswellasothervillagecommunitymembersparticipatedforthatprogram.
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AGreatOpportunityforourVillageLeaders
OnthemonthofOctober2010fiveleadersofourvillagebranchesgottheopportunity
to participate in a training program of Clap Net in Colombo. All the village leaders
weremuchhappyabouttheprogram&theysaidthattheyweremuchfurnishedabout
thecommunitydevelopmentmethodologythroughthatprogram.
Especiallytheywerefurnishedinbelowareassuchas
¾ Participatoryapproachforcommunityworks
¾ ImportantofCommunication&networkeachother
¾ Communitysustainabledevelopment&mobilizationtools
¾ Rule’s&responsibilitiesofgoodtrainer,communityworker
They able to improve their knowledge especially in community development side
throughthistraining &astheyareworkingvoluntarywithcommunityitwasagreat
opportunityforthem.Furthermoretheyexplainoneverymonthlypeople’smovement
meetings they are expecting to share their knowledge with other community leaders
also.
AGroundlevelsocialbenefit
M. Hemanthi Priyangani is the treasure of Pubudu
GroupofWalawwaththabranchfromyear2007aswell
assheismotherofthreechildren.Frommanytimeshe
hadtheideaoftobuildanownhouseforthem&now
isveryhappyasshecouldabletocomeherdreamtrue
through this Small group concept. Now she is paying
hersecondloanofRs.50,000.00inmonthlybasis&up
tonowshehasRs.15,000.00inhersavingsbooks.After
analyzing her repayment capacity, attendance to meetings as well as other things her
group & Walawwaththa other members recommended her loan, though she didn’t
obtainforothermediumsizeloansearlier.
Specialty of this loan is that this loan has disbursed alone with the Walawwaththa
People’sbranch&thisisthe5thloanwhichhasdisbursedforhousingneedsfromtheir
branch. Now the branch is reaching sustainability in this way as they have financial
abilityfromtheirmember’ssavingsalso.Furthermoresheexpressedtheideathatshe
love this people’s movement for ever & try to give contribution for all needs of the
movementasitprovideassistanceforthemembersfinancial&otherneedsalso.
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CommunitydrivenDevelopmentProgramIndia
CourseObjectivesare
Impartingknowledge:Forabetterunderstandingofsustainabledevelopment.
Tofamiliarizeoneselfonvariousapproachesofcommunitydrivendevelopment.
Developing abilities and tools: To familiarize oneself with community driven
communityorganizationtools.
Enhancing values and change of attitudes: To enhance one’s understanding of
andrespectforlocalcommunitiesandtheirinherentcapacitiestoworkfortheir
owndevelopment.
Thetopicsareawareanddevelopunderthisprogram
Culture&Development ConflictResolution
SustainableDevelopment Strategic planning and
AppreciativeInquiry Monitoring
AssetBasedCommunity Resultbasemanagement
Development(ABCD) GenderandChildLabour
ParticipatoryDevelopment Developmentcommunication
Those topics are few of main topic that discuss and train. This is a very good and
important program to develop the community based development sector. Balavikasa
PeopleDevelopmentTrainingCenterisorganizingthisprogram.
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MakuluwaPeople’sMovementBranchOpening……….
Makuluwa is a village situated near the
Galle City Municipal area. Most of the
community in that village area doesn’t
have much good financial situation as
they are depend only day today work
specially fishing, Selling Vegetables &
otherretailbusiness.
Withthegreatideatogivethemahelping
hand for their needs our People’s
movementbranchhasestablishedwithin
this month, by giving the leadership for
villagecommunity.ThespecialtyofthisMakulawabranchisallthemembersarefrom
Muslimcommunity.
The founder of HELPO People’s movement
Mr.ChaturaWelivitiya,TheExecutivedirector
of HELPO Mrs. K.K. Abewickrama, The legal
adviser of HELPO, MF staff of HELPO Our
people’s movement community leaders also
participatedforthatoccasion.
AlloftheMakuluwapeople’sbranchmembers
expressed their ideas that now they have a
great strength through this net work to
organize them selves for to stand for their
needs. Finally they said now they have a great hope to go straight with the People’s
Movementtowardsthesuccessofalltheirvillages……..
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