Environmental

On November 7th and 8th, 2024, the staff of Caritas Sri Lanka – SEDEC National Centre carried out an evaluation and monitoring visit. During this time, we shared insights into our activities and organized the necessary arrangements for the field visits

We have organized an environmental rally from the Bus Station in Trincomalee to the Urban Council in Trincomalee on the 16th of October, 2024, under the SSEP, with religious leaders, government staff, EHED Caritas staff members, and beneficiaries from the villages. Our Director, Rev. Fr. Dr. B. Paul Robinson, has read and handed over the

We conducted a waste management workshop for teachers from Araneri School, Muslim Ahadiya School, and Non-Roman Catholic Sunday Schools on September 27, 2024, at the Conference Hall, EHED Caritas, Trincomalee. The resource person explained how to manage waste at both the school and home levels, as well as the concepts of reuse, recycling, and reduction

We held a workshop on organic compost making and repellent making on 24th of September 2024. The resource person explained how to earn money through these ventures. She also taught them how to make vermicompost in detail. Rev. Fr. Dr. B. Paul Robinson, the Director, emphasized in his speech the importance of the three Hs:

We organized and conducted an exposure visit to Kandy with 60 selected members of the SSEP group. During the visit, we toured the Gannoruwa Agriculture Model Farm, providing the members with an opportunity to learn about agricultural techniques. Afterwards, we visited the Peradeniya Botanical Garden.

We held a workshop on micro irrigation systems, water management techniques, and wastewater reuse on August 28, 2024. In this workshop, 50 selected members from the project area SSEP participated and benefited under the SSEP project.

We distributed the long – term coconuts plants for SSEP beneficiaries at Ilupaikulam and Aaththimoddai in Trincomalee on 26th of August 2024 under the Environmental project. The goal of the distribution is to plant long-term coconut plants on beneficiaries’ land to yield valuable products.

We conducted a waste management program for Sunday school teachers on August 22, 2024, at the Conference Hall, EHED Caritas, Trincomalee, under the guidance of our Director, Rev. Fr. Dr. B. Paul Robinson. The resource person was Mr. L. Mayuran, District Officer for National Disaster Relief Services, Trincomalee. We received valuable feedback from the participants.