The Diocese of Colombo, with our support, is creating Savings with Education groups in areas of the country that are rebuilding after the long civil war. These groups equip women as leaders and help them to build an economic cushion to withstand future challenges. Customized education modules in subjects like gender roles, home finance, conflict management in both Tamil and Sinhala languages support discussions and personal as well as community-wide growth.
We partner with the Diocese of Colombo on a comprehensive disaster management and preparedness strategy. The Diocese trains staff and clergy to create disaster preparedness plans and engage their communities in building resilience and minimizing risk. Building on that success, the ecumenical National Christian Council of Sri Lanka (NCCSL) is working with the Diocese to replicate the Disaster Resilience capacity building program to train all its constituent members. With our partners, we also provide water, sanitation and hygiene programs (WASH) along with environmental sustainability projects such as tree planting and water-supply cleaning.
The Diocese of Colombo, through the National Christian Council of Sri Lanka (NCCSL) Regional Disaster Management Committees, responded to the 2024 flash flooding in 5 districts of the country by providing cash grants to households and clean-up of shared wells that were flood-damaged.
