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    6Dec, 2019
    Celebrating the International Day of Persons with Disabilities(3 December)

    Muslim Aid Sri Lanka, the Election Commission of Sri Lanka, and the British Council Sri Lanka hosted a Disability Action Forum 2019, to celebrate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3 December).

    The Disability Forum 2019 was the extension of Active Citizen Priyankha Jeyaraj’s social action project Nethraloka, which began as a project to empower and bring awareness about the visually impaired. Priyankha is an Active Citizen and Facilitator of British Council’s Active Citizens programme; and the Head of Volunteers for Muslim Aid Sri Lanka.

    Election Commissioner and Chairman of Election Commission of Sri Lanka, Mr.Mahinda Deshapriya, graced the event and delivered his keynote speech on the significance of the day and inclusion in the elections process and empathy.

    Source : Ada Derana

    4Jul, 2019
    High Commissioner of Britain visits Muslim Aid Sri Lanka’s project site in Muthur, Trincomalee

    His Excellency, The High Commissioner of Britain, James Dauris paid a visit to Muslim Aid Sri Lanka’s Field Office premises in Muthur, Trincomalee.

    As a British based relief and development agency, Muslim Aid welcomed the envoys as a show of solidarity with the British High Commission and presented the organization’s staff and Muslim Aid’s role in Sri Lanka to the delegation. The meeting was arranged during the High Commissioner’s official visit to the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka on Monday, 01st of July 2019.

    The assembly served as a platform to highlight some of Muslim Aid’s important work and its commitment to the Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The High Commissioner was accompanied by Colonel Ashman, the Defense Adviser to the British High Commission and Jovita Arulanantham, Political Officer at the British High Commission. Muslim Aid’s stake holders, including beneficiaries, partner organizations’ representatives and community & faith leaders, offered their testimonies and reviewed activities and challenges faced by Muslim Aid in the new context of renewed tension in the country. They discussed how the organization is looking to revive social cohesion and reconciliation in the country, through peace-building and co-existence programmes.

    19Aug, 2018
    Active Citizens workshop

     The Active Citizens workshop was organized by British Council and conducted by Muslim Aid Sri Lanka from 5th of October 2016 to 9th of October 2016 in Dampe Village, Piliyandala. The participants were selected from the representatives from community based organizations from different communities and representatives from volunteer groups.

    Active Citizens is a social leadership programme which promotes intercultural dialogue and social responsibility as key leadership competencies in the 21st century. Active Citizens is run by the British Council in partnership with local and international organizations who provide expertise in areas such as youth and social entrepreneurship, equal opportunity and diversity, migration, social inclusion and engagement, and active citizenship.

    The partnership between Muslim Aid Sri Lanka and British Council was instigated in 2015 to deliver the Active Citizens programme. Through this endeavour, Muslim Aid Sri Lanka strived to build the capacity of volunteers from community based organizations and those who are working at the  the grassroots level to bring changes in the community

    The participants  attained a better understanding of the concepts of identity and culture; whilst learning learning methods of dialogue as a tool for building empathy, trust and understanding within and across cultures. They developed an understanding of ‘community’ and its relationship with identity and culture. The group applied  their learning to their own community to identify the problems they would like to address and the people they need to engage to achieve their objectives. They then focused on planning a Social Action initiative in their community, considering the process in different levels of detail and complexity.