Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement of Sri Lanka
Sarvodaya Shramadana is a nationwide self-help movement reaching nearly 11,000 villages in Sri Lanka. Based in Buddhist and Gandhian principles, this integrated "bottom up" approach promotes cultural, spiritual, social and economic development, and peace.
Primary web addresses
www.sarvodaya.lk
Main Address
Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement Sarvodaya Headquarters"Damsak Mandira" 98 Rawatawatta Road Moratuwa Sri Lanka
Country
Sri Lanka
Main Telephone
94-112-5551415/ 94-112-2655255/ mobile: 0714 201566
Joined OneWorld
12.05.2000
Features
31.08.2006
Sri Lankan organisation Sarvodaya is holding a meditation for peace initiative on October 2, 2006 - Mahatma Gandhi's birthday - at the sacred city of Anuradhapura. Sarvodaya expects to host one million people from all over the world - the largest gathering in Sri Lankas history - clad in white clothes to meditate for peace.
more...Related topics/regions: [Sri Lanka] [Serbia and Montenegro] [Religion] [Activism] [Peace]
Image: Sarvodaya thinker Dr AT Ariyaratne
16.12.2004
The Sarvodaya Information Technology programme initiated in 1997, in a small room as a pilot project using a single computer intended to serve villages of Rathnapura District has been extended to other Sri Lankan districts as well, making it a national level telecentre project.
more...Related topics/regions: [Sri Lanka] [South Asia] [ICT]
07.11.2003
Sri Lankan voluntary organisation Sarvodaya has set up an endowment fund to ensure that it can continue to work for balanced development nationwide.
Related topics/regions: [Sri Lanka] [Capacity building] [Peace]
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