“Be the change you wish to see.”

CHA’s Mission• National service provider in nonprofit sector since 1997• Represent the resources and capacities of several national and

international organizations• Focus on ensuring human dignity• Not merely for relief and rehabilitation, but an investor, channeling

funds, skills & resources• Non-discriminatory development• Vision shaped by need to ensure Sri Lanka’s commitment to

realization of MDGs

CHA’s Partners• 94 Member Organizations, including national and

district level I/NGOs, District Consortia, UN and Donor Agencies

• 30 Government Agencies• 5000+ Intervening Organizations• Have connected with 4,750 different entities around the

world• Work in Colombo, Ampara, Badulla, Batticaloa, Galle

Mannar, Jaffna, Matara, Puttlam, Hambantota, Trincomalee, & Vavuniya

CHA Focus Areas

• Eradication of Fear and Want – a Human Security Response

• Working to achieve Peace and Development• Working on Psychosocial Well-Being• Promoting Standards of Humanitarian and

Development Interventions• Nurturing our Environment and Mitigating Disasters

CHA’s Efforts• 2005:

– 69,368 families provided food and non-food assistance – 9,746 families able to get back on their feet again; – 18,251 children assisted to resume school; 81 families have a home.

• 2006:– 8,000 tsunami-affected families provided with health and livelihood assistance

• 2007:– 3,243 families assisted with heath & nutrition

• 2008:– 145,000 persons provided relief, livelihood, housing, health, education,

documentation assistance

• 2009: ongoing…

Assistance by Dutch

Assistance by Dutch, cont.

Background• Peace is a difficult & complex process, not a static goal

– Lessons from Indonesia and Ireland– “The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.”

• The last 20 years have placed Sri Lanka in the midst of a moral and ethical crisis.

• Safeguarding basic human rights – the responsibility of the state.

• Three decades of war and the tsunami have left a trail of destruction.

“Help us then, now, Lord, to work for that day when nation shall not lift up sword against nation, when tanks will be beaten into tractors, when every man

and every woman shall sit under his or her own vine and fig tree, and none shall be afraid; when justice

will roll down like waters and righteousness as a mighty stream.”

Key Involvement

• Diaspora will continue to play a crucial role• Role of civil society• We are shaping our future now…

Restoring Normalcy to Daily Lives• Recovery requires thoughtful consideration

– Environment, land, habits, culture, infrastructure, livelihoods, and education

• Dilemmas of post-conflict economic recovery• Not simply about rebuilding; about building it better and

stronger to best serve the people

2009 Efforts with IMHO• Food for 4,000 displaced person daily since

February– Vanni IDPs in Vavuniya Tamil Madiya Maha

Vidiylaya

• Non-food relief and cloth items for 5,621 IDPs in Vavuniya, Mannar, Jaffna, & Trinco

• Medicines for 1,212 displaced patients in Trinco• Education assistance for 2,600 displaced students in Vavuniya and

Jaffna• Nutritional feeding (milk food items) for 12,000 children in

Mullaitivu

IMHO Support of CHA Relief & Rehabilitation

1. Nutritional Programs for Pregnant Mothers ($180,000)2. Assistance for Shortage of Drugs at Jaffna RDHS ($26,800)3. Braille Machine for Blind Children ($850)4. Cardiac Surgery for Children ($1,700)5. Galle Flood Relief ($5,000)6. Medicine for IDPs in Trinco ($10,000)7. IDP Relief: medicines, nutrition, etc. ($120,000)8. Up-Country Mobile Clinics (est. $20,000)

Medical Support

Flood Victims

Food Assistance

Milk Products

Immediate Future• Continuous engagement and dialogue• Equal focus on safe zone (IDPs) and planning ahead• Contending with bilateral donor opinion on SL and dealing

with implications• Envisioning the future• Defining opportunities for investments for diaspora and

others• Establishing channels for local hands• Dealing with issues of justice and reconciliation

The Way Forward• Target: $1,000,000• Nutritional packs for mothers, children, elderly, wounded

($200,000)• Complimentary food for @ 50 US cents per person for 45

days for 4,500 persons ($101,250)• Contribution to transitional shelter for 200 families @1,000 or

400 familes@500 per family ($200,000)• Start up capital @ $500 per family to be kept in savings

accounts ($100,000)

The Way Forward, cont.• Boarding and tuition fees for displaced students at STC

Gurutalwa to finish O/Ls @ $65/month for 200 students for 1 year ($156,000)

• Investments for post-hospitalization rehab facility ($100,000)

• Mobile medicals services ($100,000)• Cost of administration ($42,750).

Thank You!

“I’m not a teacher: only a fellow traveler of whom you asked the way. I pointed ahead, ahead of myself as well as you.” –George Bernard Shaw

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