Major Non Governmental organizations (NGO's) operating in the Tamil Homeland
There are three major NGO's operating in the Tamil Homelands. These are Tamils Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) formed in 1985, The Economic Consultancy House(TECH) formed in 1993 and the Centre for Women's Development and Rehabilitation(CWDR) formed in 1992. All three are registered as NGO's, both under the Voluntary Social Services Organisation Act provincially and a similar Act nationally. TECH is also registered under the Companies Act.
TRO concentrates its activities on rehabilitation, resettlement and reconstruction, CWDR on welfare of women and children and TECH on development. All are involved in humanitarian activities, village development, people empowerment, welfare of women and children, the underprivileged and disadvantaged, children and adult education, gender equity, pre-schools and health and environment. TRO has a Socio-Economic Development Bank with six branches for savings and micro-credit for self-employment, small business and agricultural ventures. They are funded by the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, UN agencies, local and international NGO's, local and expatriate Tamil communities and to a small extent by the Sri Lankan Government. Details of the activities of each of these NGO's will be given in future postings.
19 April 2004
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Europe which has a total population of 800 million is made up of 45 language based nation states. South Asia which has a total population of one billion, (1000 million) is comprised of four states. Who is preventing and therefore benefiting by limiting new nation-states in South Asia?
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