Youth Engaged Social Cohesion (YES-Cohesion)
The goal of the project is to build social cohesion and community resilience, underpinned by shared values and civic responsibility. The project targets a very specific geographic location in the east of the country. The location context is that a history of inter-communal tension fomented by politics and incidents of politically instigated violence has built […]
Theatre for Peace – Connect. Create. Transform.
For youths from three diverse communities Batticaloa (Tamils/ Catholics, Hindus and Muslims), Kalutara (Sinhalese and Tamils/ Buddhists, Christians and Muslims) and Mannar (Tamils/ Hindus, Muslims and Christians). Project interventions provided opportunities for youth to reflect on their own identities, needs and aspirations through enhancing their knowledge and skills on NVC, Pluralism, Critical Media and Information […]
Youth to Reconcile (Y2R)
Tensions between Muslim communities expelled by the LTTE in 1991 and their recent return with their natural increase remains a source of potential conflict which could be manipulated by powerful political actors on all sides. In addition tension between the Catholics who are in the majority in Mannar who claim dominance over the Hindus is […]
Youth 4 Dialogue
was implemented to address disputes emerging among villages in Mannar as an entry point to introduce Prevention of Violent Extremism and Coexistence among different religious communities, addressing prevailing communal issues such as drug abuse and alcoholism, and environmental threats through awareness-raising events. The objectives of the project were to foster unity and harmony within and […]
Consolidating Post-war Reconciliation Process
At the grassroots level CCT established 12 Community Conflict Mitigation Groups (in Mannar, Batticaloa and Nuwara Eliya Districts). At the mid-level (non-state actors) we formed three Civil Society Groups (CSGs) with a group of representatives of civil society groups. At the top-level (District actors) we established and provided knowledge and skills to Voices for Reconciliation […]
