Our Work – Rural Economic & Community Development Organization

The Catch-up School Programme

administrator — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 17:46:38 +0000

The project entailed serving children in IDP camps and other make shift shelters that were affected by conflict and/or natural disasters. Till date, over 500 children who were affected by the Muttur Crisis have benefited, together with four schools that were severely affected during the 2010 and 2011 flashfloods. Donor: Muslim Aid Sri Lanka –
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Vocational Training for School-leavers

administrator — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 17:40:39 +0000

The third component of the Integrated Educational Pilot focuses on providing out-of-school support services for youth who have either graduated from school and wish to gain vocational training or those who have dropped out of school pre-maturely. A vocational training institute focusing on language skills (English) and IT has been set up in order to assist 50 young people annually. In addition, the service also provides individual career guidance counseling for students wishing to enter the programme together with its grandaunts.

Donor: Global Fund for Children, USA – 2011

The Young Learners’ Capacity Development Programme

administrator — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 17:36:53 +0000

As a component of the Integrated Educational Pilot Programme,this sub-project is concerned more with gap-filling services where slow learners and children with physical disabilities are to be given additional support. Children facing multiple challenges, including those who have been orphaned during wartime and the tsunami were also considered. Six schools were chosen, comprising a cohort of over 200 students annually.

Donor: Global Fund for Children, USA – 2011

The Pre-School Educational Development Programme

administrator — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 17:33:04 +0000

As a part of the Integrated Educational Pilot Programme,RECDO runs three pre-schools – a Buddhist, Hindu and Islamic one serving the needs of local communities who would otherwise not have access to quality preschool education. Each preschool supports 60–66 children per annum. The main objective of the project is to provide the children (aged 5-6) with a head start before they begin formal primary schooling. Apart from providing a conducive learning environment, the school also focuses on providing adequate nutrition for its children, regular teacher training and skills development (for pre-school teachers of other establishments as well), together with parental guidance workshops.

Donor: Global Fund for Children, USA

The National Languages Development Initiative

administrator — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 17:22:04 +0000

Typically this initiative serves two groups of beneficiaries: schooling children and public servants. Frequent activities such as exchange visits between single-language/ethnic schools, with educational discussions on topics such as social plurality and inter-faith understanding. Similarly, awareness workshops are conducted among staff within the local police, the Provincial Council and other local state agencies on national language policy and its everyday implementation.

Donor: National Language Project (NLP)

RAINBOW- Orphan Care Programme

administrator — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 17:17:25 +0000

RAINBOW serves 40 orphaned children ranging from the age of 6 until they enter university, by providing educational assistance together with meals and financial aid for healthcare. To prevent children being sent into orphanages by their immediate and extended families, the programme supports caregivers financially – by donating Rs 4,850 (or USD 40) a month to each orphaned child. During the first year, the project assists with the purchase of school uniforms, bags, books and shoes.

Donor:

Muslim Aid Sri Lanka

The Community Policing Programme – CSC Capacity Building

administrator — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 16:45:19 +0000

Through the strengthening of civil security societies, the project aims to bridge the gap between the police and the community, through its mobilization of local community leaders and other civilian stakeholders. Regular dialogue sessions are held with police units, concerning everyday problems of safety and community wellbeing, together with creative and inclusive measures that could be put in place to prevent reoccurrences of crime. The project is piloted in Kantale (spanning 90 GN divisions). Till date, three community-policing networks have been established, and have put in place strategies to address diverse issues such as drug abuse, theft, domestic violence and wildlife poaching.

Donor:

Asia Foundation

Community Wells Project

administrator — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 16:23:05 +0000

A significant number of displaced families in the Trincomalee District have been re-settled. However, INGOs and donor organizations have often pinpointed to the lack of adequate water, including safe drinking water and basic sanitation, as one of the basic stumbling blocks to successful re-settlement, re-integration and livelihood recovery. Community wells could be considered as a strategic stating point in order to put a village “back on track” towards resilience and wellbeing. Two villages in Kinniya (Velankullam and Nadoothuthu) have been identified for the pilot. Their residents have suffered waves of displacement during the armed conflict. Today they are seen to travel between 500 meters to one kilometer in order to access a functioning well, particularly during the dry season. Most houses are typically between 150-200 meters apart, and although some basic wells were recently dug, they could only be put to use for rainwater harvesting during the wet season. We intend to start by creating 30 community wells for each village – which are either restored or newly dug.

Language Rights Initiative

administrator — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 16:22:32 +0000

The initiative attempts to provide basic knowledge of language rights among police officers, religious leaders, educators and caregivers through a series of training workshops and activities/social events such as debates. The aim of the project is to further the awareness of language diversity in the Kantale Divisional Secretariat Area. The deliverables include: a one-day workshop for 40 police-officers, a travel and exchange programme between school children from Tamil and Sinhala medium schools, together with debating competitions organized at school level where educators are also encouraged to participate.

Vocational Training Programme: Sewing School

administrator — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 16:07:36 +0000

Inspired by the social organization of a cottage industry, the first skills training center will comprise a sewing school. Once the pilot phase is over, the facility is designed to run like a small self-governed group social entrepreneurial establishment that will generate its own income through product design and manufacture. Apart from providing NITA-certified skills training (over a six month period), its beneficiaries will also be schooled in the art of running a small business. The beneficiaries of the center comprise primarily young women (together with widows) from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds between the ages of 18-28, drawn from across the entire district. The main objectives of the center are to equip young women with new skills and thereby a steady source of income through which they may support their families and fulfill their life aspirations.
20 students will be selected for each cohort depending on their motivation and commitment to the programme. Those that graduate will form a support group of ‘Big Sisters’ that outreach and mentor other beneficiaries

2012 (last quarter)