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Some Stories and Experiences of My Travels: October 2010

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Thursday, October 21, 2010. Meeting Prof Rev Bellanwila Wimalaratne Thero. Chancellor, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP) is not all about providing unarmed civilian peace keepers in areas of conflict. Here I am meeting a respected intellectual and faith leader, Venerable Bellanwila Wimalaratne Thero, at his ancient vihara (temple) in south Colombo. Saturday, October 16, 2010. Meetngs and learning - just some of what I am now doing here in Sri Lanka with Nonviolent Peaceforce.

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Some Stories and Experiences of My Travels: January 2010

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Sunday, January 31, 2010. After Elections - Chillin! Spending the afternoon listening to live 'Barefoot Jazz' and musing on 56yrs of life, whilst Prasanna shots away on the camera. Well that is anybody's guess. Some how I feel that real constitutional change isn't possible until a new spirit of tolerance and diversity is allowed to emerge and then seems as one of the positive characteristics of Sri Lanka and not something which undermines national identity. Umm I wonder will that ever be possible? Meanwh...

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Some Stories and Experiences of My Travels: Batticaloa Basic Skills Negotiations Workshop July 2011

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Friday, August 12, 2011. Batticaloa Basic Skills Negotiations Workshop July 2011. 8216;This area has constant unrest and a new scare of 'Grease Yakkas'. This is the first time to attend this kind of training' one participants said – 'quite different – this gave us a sense of responsibility for our own protection'. These youth in this training are the future for protection in this community. International agencies are rapidly withdrawing but the local situation still remains volatile. These youth ...NPSL ...

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Some Stories and Experiences of My Travels: A Visit North and East

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Friday, March 25, 2011. A Visit North and East. As the new Country Representative for NonViolent PeaceForce. In Sri Lanka I really needed to get a better idea of what NPSL has been doing in Sri Lanka. With Christine, our International Programme Director, I set off by a sleeper, night-train, to visit our District offices, first Vavuniya and then Batticaloa. Here are the NPSL staff in Vaviniya and the Child Rights Defenders who met us after our train ride. We learnt of the host of problems faced by childre...

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Some Stories and Experiences of My Travels: May 2011

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Wednesday, May 18, 2011. Why do you do the work you do? Someone recently asked me! Equality and peace and none of these values ever seemed to result from violence. It is a popular saying here ‘NP, No Problem’! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). London, United Kingdom. View my complete profile. Links to Other Resources. My You Tube TV. Products from a CAFOD Workshop on Blogging. A Collection of Interviews/Audio Files. Links to CAFOD and Some of Partners in Sri Lanka. World Forum of Fishers Assembly.

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Some Stories and Experiences of My Travels: Sarath Fernando - A Small But Loud Global Voice

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Monday, September 08, 2014. Sarath Fernando - A Small But Loud Global Voice. So sad to hear this morning of the death of Sarath Fernando, a friend and untiring advocate for the poor, not only in Sri Lanka but throughout the world. My first thoughts are for his wife and close family. Then my thoughts turn to the importance of celebrating his huge contribution to sustainable development, human rights and justice built on equality. Thank God I got through that OK - I must now go sleep for a few hours'. ...

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Some Stories and Experiences of My Travels: January 2009

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Saturday, January 24, 2009. Explore The Sri Lankan Dilemma - War or Peace. Monday, January 19, 2009. Short Report on MSC in East Timor - August 2008. I facilitated two workshops in Dili, East Timor (Timor L'Este) in August 2008 at the request of Trocaire and CAFOD as a combined initiative. Each workshop was split into 3 parts; the first day focused on studying and practicing the Most Significant Change (MSC). The design of the workshop was seen as equating to an 'on the job' training where participants w...

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Some Stories and Experiences of My Travels: Muthumari Nagar seeks help

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Friday, November 18, 2011. Muthumari Nagar seeks help. This is one of two villages I am trying to raise funds for whilst I am in Sri Lanka. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). London, United Kingdom. View my complete profile. Links to Other Resources. My You Tube TV. Products from a CAFOD Workshop on Blogging. A Collection of Interviews/Audio Files. Links to CAFOD and Some of Partners in Sri Lanka. World Forum of Fishers Assembly. Peace and Community Action. Muthumari Nagar seeks help.

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Some Stories and Experiences of My Travels: Human Rights Centre for Social Justice - in Batticaloa

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Tuesday, November 08, 2011. Human Rights Centre for Social Justice - in Batticaloa. One of Nonviolent Peaceforce's close partners in Batticaloa talks about their work and the assistance they have had from NP. Human Rights Centre for Social Justice is predominantly a network of youth working for the promotion and protection of human rights. It is proof that despite the difficulties many civil society groups face they are still active and working for peace and reconciliation. London, United Kingdom.