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DON’T FORGET TO FIGHT POVERTY. IN SRI LANKA MORE THAN 80,000 FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS AND WIDOWS ARE DESTITUTE AND LIVE IN POVERTY. CONTACT DANIEL ON +94773188375  OR communications@nceasl.org TO PLEDGE YOUR SUPPORT FOR FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS AND WAR WIDOWS ON 23 JUNE INTERNATIONAL WIDOWS’ DAY. #INTERNATIONALWIDOWSDAY The Business Development Unit of the National Christian Evangelical Alliance ofRead more

Refusing to allow difficult circumstances determine her future, Gowri is now the proprietor of a flourishing business. Gowri’s success is not only enjoyed by her family. Her business is doing well enough to provide employment to women who need it most, in her village of Karainagar. Check out our flickr album for more on Gowri’s Journey of DeterminationRead more

  “90,000 young widows bear the burden of being sole bread winner” said Vijayakala Maheswaran Deputy Minister of Women’s Affairs on 27th October, 2014. In war and post-war environments many women suffer because they do not have a husband. They are compelled to take up livelihoods traditionally held by men in society. Six years afterRead more

A stitch in time saves nine is an appropriate aphorism for Saila’s timely and determined effort to save herself and her daughters from the difficulties of being a female-headed household living in the aftermath of a 30 year armed conflict in the North of Sri Lanka. Six years after the end of the war, 90,000Read more

It was a mild sunny day in Jaffna on the 23rd June 2015. The weather was 28 C with a cool breeze with none of the humidity of the City of Colombo, there in the dry zone of Sri Lanka. Chairs had been arranged against the walls of the modest hall in Jaffna office ofRead more

“While I was studying for my A’Level examination I came to hear about a skills development course conducted by the NCEASL. Soon after completing my exams I enrolled myself for the course which included learning English and computers. At first I was very nervous because I only knew a little English and a very basicRead more

As the North of Sri Lanka recovers from 30 years of Civil War, the process of reconstruction continues for both private and public units and inexpensive building material are commonly in demand. Seeing the opportunity in this industry,

What started out as a solution to a local problem might just end up being the answer to a much more pervasive issue; the language divide between the North and the South of the Country. When Mr. Nesakumar, the Manager of the Business Development Unit, initiated Spoken English and Sinhala classes free of charge at the AllianceRead more

Loved by her community in Navali North, Jaffna, for her enthusiasm and sweet, cheerful nature Rinusha Amalasingham, at 22 years of age, is a Media Studies undergraduate of the University of Jaffna, and a budding young entrepreneur