2011 news letter - march

8/6/2019 2011 News Letter - March

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ContentofNewsLetter

NewExpectationofUlagallaResort 01

EnvironmentBenefitsofHareeshaHotel 02

RenewableenergySourceofMuttuthambiSchool 03

FacilitatingtoDomesticBiogasUnitWalauwatta 04

SuccessofNegomboCommunityBiogas 05

ExperienceexchangeprogramSriLankatoCambodia 0607

ProgramaboutBestPracticesandLessonlearnt 08

SteptoBloomingfuturebyEnvironmentInvesting 09

AwiseacttakenbyGampahaMunicipalCouncil 10

BestsolutiontoIncreaseLPGasPrice 11

HELPOPeoplesMovement 12

HomegardenamongourPeopleMovement 12

SkilldevelopmentEffortofpeoplesmovement 1314

PeoplesMovementMarketingProgram 15

Grassrootlevelwomengreatachievement 16

Securethesanitationfacilityofgrassrootlevel 17

Eradicatethepovertythroughcommunitynetwork 18


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NewExpectationofAttractiveUlagallaResort

Ulagalla Resort is one of most attractive, favorite

touristdestinationwhichwasnestledinourancient

city

of

Anuradhapura

and

every

thing

that

they

have created is in ecofriendly system. HELPO

could construct abiogas unitwith the capacity of

15m3anditaddedanotherecofriendlytaskforthe

resort.Through thisprogram resortcanhavegreat

benefits for their economical side as well as

environmental side.Resort shouldbeawakedhow

to maintain the biogas unit because this is very

newlysteptakenbyUlagallaresortsothaton14thof

MarchHELPO chairman and some staffmembers

wentforholdingawarenessprogramofbiogas.

At the presentation our resource person Mr.

ChathuraWelivitiyaexplainedwellon the topicof

maintain and management of biogas unit. In his

speech he mentioned lots of things by getting

example fromour environment.Hepresented real

situation of waste in the country and actual

condition of some government and privet sectors

beforetheylinkwithbiogasprogrambecauseevery

onewassuffering from thiswasteproblem.Biogas

program is the sustainableproper solution against

this waste problem; he proved this by using his

illustratingpresentation.

He showed how people pollute the environment,

what are the action should be taken to protect the environment by having other

benefits.There,hementionedwhatarethethingsthatcanbedumpedintobiogasunit

and cant be dumped, through that point he expressed how valuable of waste

separating.Becauseonlyorganicwastecanbedumpedandheexpressedwatermixing

ratios,how tomeasuregas level,how tomaintain theunit,nationaland international

biogasusageofdifferentfieldbyillustrating.Throughthisprogramtheycouldrealize

howvaluablethingisbiogasandhowtomanageandmaintainthisprocess.

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AnInimitableActofHareeshaYakkalamullatoAddingNatureLovers

withHavingBenefitsthroughBiogasProgram

HareeshaHotel isoneofveryattractiveandbest

hotels which nestled in the Galle district and

surroundingwithaforestaddsmoreattractionto

the hotel. People,who are engaging various life

styles, come to this hotel for spending their

leisure,vacation,holdingpartiesandetc.Among

them not only local peoplebut also tourists are.

Theywelcome their guests and guests arebeing

treated well by their great hospitality. They

supply foodsand forcookingmeals theyhave to

spend in huge scale of money on their energy

needs, as the energy power they use LP Gas.

While having good solution for waste problem

theyexpecttohaveanalternativeenergyfortheir

energy problem. Actually waste was a huge

problem to themprevious timeso that they tried

togetridofthewasteproblemandtheysearched

aproperwaytosolvethishugeproblem.

Uptonowconstructionparthasalreadydoneand

withinafewdaysweexpecttodumpcowdungto

generatebiogasprocess.Thebestthingiswehave

introducedtheSlurryManagementProcessofthe

biogas.The slurry filtersaspurify thewaterand

neverreleasetheslurrywithoutpurifying.Thisis

the newest technology we introduced to biogas

units.

Through this program they can save about Rs

35000/= 40000/=on theirbiogasusage and they are able tohaveotherbenefits too.

Organiccultivationcanbestartedbyusingorganic fertilizerwhichcomesoutasside

productivity of this process. Through this program troublesome waste becomes

profitable source to them and their attitudes have changed in positively. They can

conservetotheenvironmentbyreducingmethaneemissiontotheair.Thisisgoodand

innovativeactionoftheprivatesectortoconservetheenvironment.

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EnhancingEffortofKnowledgeofBiogasBenefitstoMuththuthambi

Vidyalaya

MUTHTHUTHAMBI

VIDYALAYA

located

in

JaffnaisoneofleadingschoolofJaffnadistrict

andalsochildrenarebeingeducatednotonly

tobuilduptheireducationsidebutalsoschool

try to build up good citizens to this

motherland. While educating children they

think of childrens nutrition too, so that

childrenarebeingtreatedbyprovidingmeals.

Forprovidingmeals theyareused tocooking

mealsatschoolbyusing firewoodandwaste

wasahugeproblemtothem,energycrisisalso

actsamongtheirproblemsbecausetheyspend

onfirewoodhighlynotonly that it isdirectly

affect for reducing forestgeneration.With the

financial support of UNDP Jaffna Office,

HELPOcouldconstructabiogasunitatschool

premises.

Atmid twentyof thismonthHELPOofficers

went toMuththuthambiVidyalaya toholdan

awareness program to enhance their

knowledgeofbenefitsofbiogasprocess.Our resourcepersonMr.Nilaufarexplained

regarding every benefit of biogas by illustrating with presentation materials.

RepresentativesofUNDPJaffnaoffice,School teachersandstudentsuptoO/Lclasses

participatedinthisprogram.Mr.Nilaufarrevealedoffollowingbenefits,

Asanalternativeenergybesidebiogas Analternativeforelectricitypowertolightning Organicfertilizerforfertilizerneeds

Theprogramaimtoawaretheparticipantsabouttheeffectiveandbenefitsofthebiogas

andalsoweawarethemaboutwhyweneedbiogasandhowthisaffectgloballyforus

andwhat isthenecessitytoprotecttheenvironment.Stepbystepweawarewhatare

facilitieswecangetfromthebiogas.Theschoolhascultivationintheschoolpremises

andweaware them touse thebio fertilizerasmanure to theircultivationalsoaware

themcanapplythismanure,hormoneandpestcontroller.

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FacilitatingCommunityBiogasUnitWalauwattaVillage

Walauwaththa, is located near theGalle town.

Under

USAID

SARI

program

HELP

O

had

providedthedomesticbiogasunittothisvillage.

Withourpreviousexperiencesofdomesticlevel

HELPO involved to implement abiogas unit,

that unit is fiberglass biogas unit with the

capacityof6m3and50kgsofwastewithwater.

Thebiogasunitprovidedunder loanbasis and

they are getting benefits from the biogas unit

nowtheyputthewastetobiogasunitandwaste

is not a problem to them. The beneficiary is

happyabout thisunitbecauseshedoesntneed

much space to install thebiogas unit and she

expects to start thecultivation from theorganic

fertilizer ofbiogas. Not even that she already

started to repay the loan installment and

according to her statement now she can save

muchmoney that she expended toLPGasand

fire wood. The step we have taken is little

differentbecause thisbiogasunit is totally loan

basisafter install thisbiogasunitwecouldable

togotmany requests like thisbiogasunit.The

organization expects to use that fund as a

revolvingfundtoexpandtheprograminfuture.

This villagehas very little space and it isvery

populatedsothiskindofbiogasunitisperfectly

matchedtothecommunityneed.Theotherthing

ispeoplecanrecover thecostwithinveryshort

periodandafter that they canhave theprofits.

Under theSARIEnergyprogramwecouldable

to implement very success program in many

places of the district. And the program was

much effective to reduce the waste from the

generating place. The all programs are

communitybasedand implemented the though

thecommunitynetworkoftheHELPO.

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SuccessCommunityBiogasUnitNegombo

Negombo is one ofwellpopulated city

of

the

country

and

it

a

commercial

area

too.With the support of the CITYNET

we constructed the twobiogas units in

Donbosco village.Thewaste collection

was very high in the village and

authorityofwastemanagementbelongs

to Negambo Municipal council but it

was difficult tomanage the totalwaste

properlysothattheyweresearchingfor

abetter solution for this huge problem

and Municipal Council is one of

members ofCITYNETJapan,with the

financialsupportofCITYNETandwith

the technical support ofHELPO as an

active partner involved to implement

twobiogasunitsatDonBoscowith the

capacity of 22m3, 500kgs ofwastewith

watercanbedumpedintothisunit

Onebiogasunitconstructedinsideofthe

village and second biogas unit

constructed in Don Bosco Technical

School with the request of the Municipal Council. It has few major reasons for it.

Collectionwasteishugeamountandotherthingistheschoolhadmanypigsandthere

isnoplacetoputthepigdungproperly.Sothereisahugeenvironmentproblemand

fewofpeoplecomplainedaboutthissituation.Soweconsideraboutthissituationand

constructedthebiogasunitinDonBoscoTechnicalSchool.

Atthemomentwecouldable todump thewarmcowdung to thesecondbiogasandwe arewaiting to produce theMethane gas from thewarm cow dung. The school

expects to use thebiogas as a renewable energy source.Actuallybiogas is thebest

answer for current huge waste problem for every country when considering their

naturebecause it is cost effective,profitable and environment friendlyprocess.Also

theyhaveaplantostartcultivationintheschoolbecausetheyhaveenoughspaceforit

tostarttheorganiccultivation.

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Experience Exchange Program between Sri Lanka Cambodian

Government

There was a Technical Cooperation for Developing

Countries from 20th

24th of March, 2011 in Phnom

Penh Cambodia and two officers of Negambo MC

andMr.ChathuraWelivitiya,theChairmanofHELP

O, Mr. Darshana Maduranga, project Manager of

HELPO got this great opportunity to participate in

this great opportunity to exchange their experience

withbiogassector.

It was fundedby CITY NET, UNITAR and French

Governmentandtheir1stdayofCambodiatheyhave

metMr.Ang,departmentofEnvironmentofPhnomPenh in their discussion he has declared about

problemsandchallengesthattheyhavetoface.After

that our chairmanhasgivenhis instruction to them

fortheirproblems.Thentheyhavegonetovisitsome

biogas sites and their first visit indomestic level, it

wasfunctioningwellandtheyhaveseensomeplaces

shouldbechanged.

On the same day they have gone to community

domesticbiogas unit, the unit hasworked properlyand therewas nothing to apply. Site visit toYouth

Rehabilitation Center, site visit to Dumping Yard

biogasunitareanothervisitingof thesameday.On

theirvisitingtheyhaveseensomesomeplacesshould

bechangedandtheyhavegivengoodinstructionsto

fixthoseproblems.

Ontheseconddaytherewasanexperienceexchange

program and Mr.Ang had declared that some

problems, they are facing deeply on their wastemanagement task what are the problems they are

facing. Then our chairman, Mr.Chathura Welivitiya

explainedwhat the answers for these problems are.

StepbysteptheycouldawarePhnomPenhofficersofDepartmentAuthority.Afterthat

MunicipalCouncil Negambo conducted theirpresentationand they explainedabout

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theirprojects that theyhave implemented invariousareas

oftheMCareaincludingbiogasprogram.

Onthe3rddaytheyhavevisitedNORADAMSchooltosee

thewastemanagement inschool levelwiththesupportof

CITY NET waste management program has been

implemented inschool.OnthatdayDOEPPhasgivenbio

slurry forstartingorganicagriculture insideof theschool.

LastdaytheyhavetaughtofficersofDOEPPhowtomake

active Carbon in dumping yard with the support of

Germananalyzerthere,theyhavefoundCH4,Co2andO2

of thebiogas and content of gases were good and their

decision was, with CH2 level generator canbe run and

finally they have visited RiceMillwhichwas runbybiogas. Through this tour all

partieshadgreatopportunitytoexchangetheirideasofthisbiogasconceptanditwas

veryvaluableforalltolearnmore.

Achievementsoftheprogram

01. SharetheexperiencebetweenusandDOEPP02.Could able to solve theproblems ofbiogas and able solutions that sufferby

DOEPP

03.NMClearnabouthowbiogasworksandeffectinlargescaleinCambodia04.Got the practical knowledge for NMC officers about thebiogas and activate

carbon

05.NMCOfficersLearnedaboutthenewtechnologyofbiogasandlevelingthroughconstructedbiogasunits.

06.DOEPPlearnedabouthowtomakeactivatecarbon07.DOEPPlearnedaboutfixthemanometer08.DOEPPcouldablelearnaboutnewtechnologyofbiogaslikeslurryfilter09.Learnedaboutimportantofanalyzethebiogas10.DOEPP Learned to improve the storage capacity and electricity generation

detailsthroughthebiogas.

11.DOEPP learn about the Biogas generators and it is capacity for generateelectricity.

12.NMCofficersencourageexpandingtheprogramintheirarea.13.NoradamschoollearnedaboutBangladeshschoolswastemanagementprograms

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ProgramaboutBestPractices,LessonandLearntofBiogasTechnology

The program started on 15th March 2011 the

programtopicisbestpracticeslessonandlearnt

ofbiogas technology.Through thisprogramwe

expected to share our experience andwhatwe

haveimprovedthebiogastechnologyduringthe

pasttime.Thisprogramisoneoftheactivitiesof

the USAID SARI Energy Program. With the

financial support of them we could able to

conductthisprogram.

We have invited many stakeholders for the

program and they are root level Community,

Health

department

officers,

Municipal

Councils,

Prisons, Schools, Engineers, Chamber of

Commerce,Hoteliers, andNGOparticipated to

this program and many our beneficiaries also

participated.

From beginning time we explained how we

changedthebiogasunitconstructionmodelfora

betterandsuitableway.Wehavedevelopedthe

biogas unit structure and new model is very

success

and

effective.

We

implemented

old

Chinesemodelbiogasunitbutwe found some

faultsofthebiogasandwemixtheIndianmodel

andchinamodelsowehavedevelopedit.

WeconnecttheIndianoutlettochinadomeand

alsowehaveimprovedsometechnologieswhich

are related to this. The other thing is we

construct the biogas unit we followed many

technicalstrategiesone isconstructthebottomofdomenot likeafatsurfaceand it is

likeaUshapeandthatisonetechnicalimprovementwehavedone.

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SteptoBloomingfuturebyEnvironmentInvesting

OasisHotelnestledatHambanthotaisoneof

bigger, tourism board approved; attractive

hotels in Sri Lanka and a large number of

foreign guests are being treated by their

utmosthospitality.Sothatday todayguests

arrivalsareveryhigh to this favorite tourist

destination.Theyprovideddifferentkindof

foodscookingbyusingLPGas.HotelWaste

was a huge problem to them and also they

had tospend togetridofwasteproblemso

thattheyweresearchingforthebestsolution

asanecofriendlyhotel.HELPOinvolvedto

solving this problem by implementing a

biogasunitatthehotelpremises.

HELPO could give a sustainable waste

management solution for this massive

problem.Weconstructedbiogasunitwiththe

capacityof15m3and theysaveaboutRs.10,

000/=peramonth.Now theydontwant toface waste problem at all, they are very

happyofbiogasconceptsothattheylovethis

biogasunitandprotectitbecauseofcosteffectiveandprofitable.Previoustimewaste

wasahugeproblemtothemandnowtheyknowhowvaluablethingiswastewiththis

program. They keep their step for futurewith this conceptbecause they have seen

effectivenessand takenbenefits.LPGaspricesare increasingdaybydayso that, this

conceptisveryimportantonetothemnow.ThiswasournewexperimentofHotelfield

andverysuccessfulprogram.

Through thisprogramwecouldexpandourprograms tootherhotels too,seeing thebenefitswearerequestedfromotherhotelstoconstructabiogasunitattheirpremises.

It is timelysolution for thisenergycrisis to facewithout inconvenienceandreducing

Global Warming and climatic changes are other benefits. Now waste became a

marketableitemandithasavaluenoweventheyareearningfromthethrowingwaste

andthatisgoodmodeltostudy.

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AWiseActTakenbyGampahaMunicipalCouncil

Gampaha Municipal Council is one of leading

government institution in theGampahaDistrict

and

it

is

their

duty

to

keep

the

city

clean

and

beautiful. Two years ago they faced a huge

wasteproblemand then they tried fordifferent

kindofsolutionandat last theycame tobiogas

concept through this program they expected a

proper sustainable solution for their waste

problem. They took necessary every action to

fulfill their duty and also they provide their

utmostsupport tocommunityof thearea toget

rid

of

bad

issues

of

huge

waste

as

a

very

populated citywaste collection is very high of

thecity.

Two years ago under Pilisaru Project,HELPO

involved to implementing abiogasunit atMC

andHELPOconstructed twobiogasunitswith

the capacity of 22m3 and 500kgs ofwaste and

water could be dumped in to this unit. They

used fisher market waste, vegetable market

waste

and

litter

of

the

city

to

generate

these

units.Throughtheseprogramssixhousescould

takebiogas for their energy needs for cooking

food as well as canteen of MC usebiogas for

their cooking. Both party could save money

spendonLPGasandtheydeclarethatusageof

biogas is very effective than using LP Gas

becauseof itspowerfulheatand they can cook

meals faster than thatmethod.Theycultivatevegetables, fruitsand floweryplantsby

organicfertilizerat theirMCpremises.OneofofficerofMC,Mr.Remanddeclarethat

throughthisprogramcityhasbecomecleanandtidybecauseitispreventingbadsmell

of fisherywasteandotherwasteand they love thisprogram.Actually this inimitable

actcansavenotonlymoneybutalsosaveournature.It isourdutytoprotectthisfor

ourfutureitleadscleanandhealthypathtoourlives.Noteventhattheysellthebiogas

tonearhousesandthatisverygoodexampletootherMunicipalCouncilsearningfrom

waste.

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TheBestSolutionforIncreasingPricesofLPGas

With theglobalizationpeoplehavevarious facilities to link

withtheworldasaresultofthis,peoplearealwaysfinding

easy and comfortable life style by neglecting traditionalmethodswith theirbusy lifestyle,before tenyearsormore

peopleareusedtocookingfoodbyusingfirewood.Atthat

timeitwasasymbolofwealthylifeisusinggasforcooking.

Modern isworld loosing the natural gas and fuel dayby

day.

At the present majority of people use LP Gas for their

cookingpurposeand theyhave to spendmuchonLPGas

monthly.TheyhavetofacelotsoftroublewithLPGasusage

becausethepricesofGasarealwaysincreasing,asaperson

who takes monthly payment that is very badly effect

because they plan what to do after having their salary.

Peoplearesuffering from thisproblemhighly.Peoplehave

to face for rapidly changing economics conditions as an

examplegaspriceofSriLankahasincreasedaboutRs.238/=

andaccordingtoreportofDepartmentofCensus&statistic,

averagemonthly percapitaincomeRs.9104andconsideringthesefactswecanrealize

thatwhatisthesituationofthemlikeessentialgoodsasgas.Thisissituationissamein

allovertheworlddaybydaynaturalgasandfuelaredecreasing.Peopleshouldfind

renewableenergysourceandenvironmentfriendlyisveryimportant.

That is why we are launching biogas projects by expanding to other parts of the

country. Actually this is the best and proper solution for suffer of them. Think a

momentweremovetearsfromtheireyesbyapplyingsmileontheirfaceasthenational

careerofbiogassector inSriLanka.WithBiogaswecancreateenvironment friendly,

costeffectiveenergypower.Weexpecttointroducethisconcepthousetohouseforthe

bettermentofthenation,countryandworld.Earlytimebiogasappliedonlyforanimal

wastebutHELPOcouldable toconvert this technology tomunicipalwasteand that

wasarevolutionofthecountry.Thisisoneofgoodandsustainablesolutionforenergy

program, waste problem and not even that this is directly link with the health of

community.

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HELPOPeoplesMovement

PeoplesMovementofHELPOiscompletelyacommunitybased&villagelevelleaders

aretakingopportunitytoleansthemovementwiththestrongnetworkwitheachother.

Inpresent thispeoplesmovementhas spreadamongGalle&Mataradistrictsof the

country & the small group which has formed in village level is the ground level

communitybaseof thisnetwork.Thebranchwithcontainwithsmallgroupsare the

villagelevelplatformforthecommunitytoexpresstheirideas&provideassistancefor

thepeople.They are functioning invillage levelby taking the leadership thosewho

were limited in kitchen earlier& through this net work in present all of them are

empowertoraisetheirvoicefortheirneedsalso. Peoplegetfinancial&nonfinancial

assistances through their small groups which are indirectly help the process of

development.

Inherewearegoing togive some ideaabout theactivitieswhich tookplacewith in

thesepeoplesmovementinthemonthofMarch2011.

Homegardenamongourpeoplesmovement

Duetofoodcrisisintheworldallhavetosufferwith

lackoffoodaswellashighpriceoffood.Tofacethis

crisis as per their capacity, the members of our

peoplesmovementstated todohomegardeningby

takingtheadvantageoftheircommunitynetworkin

theirvillagelevel.Theyaregettingintogroups&do

gardeninginurbanareasalsousingsometechniques

forproblemssuchaslackofspace&chemicalfertile

etc.

In present they are getting harvest even for their

domestic needs& this ismuch helpful for them to

sustain in village level. Our everybranch are now

stated to implement these home gardening concept

amongtheirmembers&infuturetheyareexpecting

tokeepacompetitiontoselectthebesthomegarden

with themainaim toencourage themembersabout

thehabitofgardening.

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SkillsDevelopmentEffortforOurPeoplesMovementMembers

To encourage our small enterprises to continue their

businessaswellastoprovide themguidancetodo their

business

in

profit

oriented

way

HELP

O

has

designed

a

one day work shop on last 27th March 2011 at Kalupe

VishakaCollege.

Kalupe&Malawannapeoplesmovementbrancheswere

selected for the firstprogram thosewhogoing toobtain

financial assistance from NDTF funds & the all

beneficiariesof38wereparticipatedfortheprogram.Mr.

Chathura Welivitiya the chairmen of HELPO,The

chairmen & wise chairmen of HELPO peoples

movement,

MF

staff

of

HELP

O

&

some

other

branch

leadersofHELPOPeoplesMovementwereparticipated

fortheprogram.Theprogramwasstartedat9.00A.Mby

lightingthetraditionaloillamp.

Themainobjectivesoftheprogram

Toencourage thecommunitytostartnewsmall&mediumenterprises invillagelevel.

Toawarethebeneficiariesaboutimportantofproperutilizationofloans To get an idea about the opportunities& threatens that traditional enterprises

facedinHikkaduwaarea

Toaware thecommunityaboutstrength&valueof teamwork in theprocessofdevelopment

To provide a guidelines to thebeneficiaries to continue theirbusiness inprofitorientedwaybyfacingthechallenges

Howtheprogramwasdesigned

Inthebeginningoftheprogramwedesignanactivityfortheparticipantstoremind&

takeattentionofthemtowardstheaimoftoparticipateinthattrainingeachother.We

provided pens, papers & some other materials for participants to express an idea

regardingparticipatingtotheprogram.

Thenextactivitywehavedesignagroupworkforthemtowritedownthestrategies&

methodsoftobeagoodsmallenterprises&thechallengestheyarefacingtopromote

thebusinessinprofitableway.Throughthistwogroupactivitieswewereable

OnecommunityLeaderlighting

thetraditionaloillamp

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Toaware thebeneficiariesabout importantofgroupspiritwhichhelp todevelop their

business

Toencourage&shareideaswitheachotherregardingnewmethodswithgoodqualities

ofsmallenterprises tocome forwardswith

theirtraditionalbusiness

To encourage thebeneficiaries to do theirsmallbusinessbytakingthechallengesthey

faceineasyway

According to themain ideasof thebeneficiaries

we have categorized the huge threaten in that

Hikkaduwa area which is face by the coir

producers in promoting their coir products. In

present these community is sufferingof thatno

properpits for them tomake coirbecause they

want for retting the coconut husks. But due to

thedevelopmentandconstructionmanyhouses

in the area they cant find a suitable place for

retting.Thatisoneofmainchallengetheyhadto

face.

After identified their situations & difficulties

through the group exercise we suggest some

solutions&providedsomeguidanceforthemin

the evening time. Especially we identify that

most of them were not much aware & think

aboutexpansionoftheirbusiness&weprovided

guidancetodevelopthemselvesstepbystep.

Community appreciated the program much & was much intention among them to

participatewithallactivitiesalso.Finallyallof themexplain thatprogramwasmuch

effectiveforthem&itwashelpfultoleanstheirthinkingstylesinmodernconceptsto

develop theirbusiness.Greatachievementof theprogramwas thatwe couldable to

empowerthegrassrootlevelcommunityspeciallythewomentotakeopportunitiesin

developmentprocesswithoutlimitationintothehomes.

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PeoplesMovementMarketingProgramLeadthecommunityfor

BusinessWorld

InpresentPeoplesMovementofHELPOisleading

the community toward the success stepby step&

now on time their marketing program also

functioning well alone with their financial & non

financialprogram.WithinthemonthofMarchthey

have established their third Marketing stall in

ThotagamuwaPeoplesMovementbranch.Asmany

of the Thotagamuwa community leans their life

with fishing, coir production, hand loom & other

handicraftsthisisgoodopportunityforthemtosell

theirproductsinaplaceoftheirown.

On last 30th March 2011 stall was open by

Mr.Chatura Welivitiya Chairmen of HELPO. The

Chairmen & Wise Chairmen of the Peoples

Movement, the community leaders of other

branches as well as staff of HELPO also

participated for the opening. The goods such as

DriedFish,BakeryProducts,Spices,CoirProducts,

rice flour & some other consumer products of

communityare selling in this stall for lowerprices

thanoutsideshops.

Thecommunity leaderofThotagamuwaaswellas

one of the director board member of HELPO

peoplesMovementexpressed the idea that this is

averygood initiative takenbyPeoplesMovement

to give value for the products of ourmembers in

theirownvillage

Thebranch leader gets the leadership tomanage theprogram& they areproviding

theseproductstootherpeoplesmovementbranchesalso.Throughthisourbeneficiaries

getamarketfortheirproductsinvillagelevel&itwillaffecttoincreasetheproduction

invillagelevel.Nowmembersarehappyastheygetproductsingoodqualityinlower

pricesaswellas ithelptoprotectotherselfemployeralsowhoaretryingtostandon

theirownstrength.

Buyinggoodsfromtheshop

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GreatOpportunitytoParticipateinCreativeWomensForum

Exhibition

CreativeWomensForumExhibitionwasheldin

GalleMunicipalon25th to30thMarch2011. ItwasorganizedbyGalle Small&Medium Enterprises

Society&CreativeWomensForumwiththemain

aimtoencouragethevillagelevelsmallenterprises

&topromotetheirbusinessfortheforeign&local

Market.

HELPO Peoples Movement is proud to have a

onestallinthisExhibition&ourvillagelevelsmall

businesscommunitygottheopportunitytoexhibit

their products in this program. It was a greatchanceforthemtogetanideaaboutthedemandof

theirproducts aswell as to have a goodwill for

theirproductsinthelocal&foreignmarket.

Through this program our community member

couldabletorecognizetheothersmallenterprises

& itwasmuch useful for them tomake linkages

with out side also. The products such as home

made sweets, rice flours, spices, dried fish, hand

looms, coir products & some other consumerproductswerekeptfortheExhibition&theywere

able to sell theseall in favorableprice for local&

foreignpeople.

Through this exhibition our small & medium

enterprises were encourage much to do their

products more with high Quality standard. Not

only that thiswas a good opportunity to expand

their productions and business to many places.

Beforethosewomencouldnotabletodothistypeof theworksbecause they arenotwellorganized

andempoweredbutwith thesupportof thepeoplesmovement.Themembersof the

peoplesmovementexpecttoparticipatetothiskindofprograminfuture.

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AccessforSafedrinkingWaterforGrassrootlevelcommunity

ThotagamuwaisavillagelocatedinHikkaduwa

DS division& itwas fully affectedby tsunami

disaster also. Peoples Movement branch has

established in thisvillagebaseafter thatnatural

disaster&peopleweremuchmoreempoweras

they got an opportunity to raise their voice

throughthis.

In present there are 16 groups in our

Thotagamuwa peopeles Movement &

communitywhowerevictimsoftsunamiarestill

give leadership for thebranchalso.Kitusewana

flatshavebuild for thehomeless communityof

thisvillageafterthattsunamibuttheydidntget

water for this.Thepeople live in this flatswere

our branch members & through the financial

assistance of CLAPNET Thotagamuwa branch

was able to provide assistance to get water

supply for these members. It was a great

achievementofthesemembersastheysufferalot

without havingwater for their homes.With in

themonth ofJanuary 2011 sixmembers of this

flat able to get this financial assistance& otherfour members requirements also forward in

present.

The disbursed amounts Rs.116, 610.00 in the

range of Rs.16, 000.00 to Rs.30, 000.00 each

person.Inpresent theyhave taken thewaterfor

theirhomes&alloftheirfacesarefullofsmileas

theycouldsatisfiedtheirmajorbasicneedsnow.

Finallyallof themexpress their idea thatThey

love&protectthisPeoplesMovementforeverastheygaveassistance for thesomeof thevillages

togetbasicneedsofthelivesthataccessforsafe

drinkingwater.Now their livingconditionhas

been increased and they can drink good and

qualitywater.

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EradicatePovertythroughPeoplesNetwork

An economic condition of Lacking of money & other

basicnecessitieswhichneed to livesuchasfood,water,

shelters,educationetc.., isonedefinitionofpoverty.But

eradicatepoverty&hungerformtheworldbefore2015is

one major expectation among the Millennium

Developmentgoals.SriLankaalso trying tocomfort this

goalby taking incentives collaboration with private &

otherstakeholders. Identifying the reasonofpoverty is

bitdifficultas it isvariousfromcountryorfromnation.

But Natural disasters, Overpopulation, Lack of skills,

Lack of education, Cultural causes, War etc are some

factorscauseofpovertyinanysectors.

Ourpeoples network also trying to take initiatives in

this regards & they believe the net work among the

community especially among marginalized poor will

make this goal a reachable one. In present we able to make a platform for the

communitybyformingthegroupsinvillagelevelwhichprovideaccessforthemtotalk

&discussedtheirmattersinvillagelevel.Theneedsaswellastheirdisabilitiestofind

anysolutionintheir levelwillforwardthroughthissmallgroupstobranch level.The

villagepeopletakeleadershipinthisprogram&theirfinancial&othersocialproblems

discussed in village level through the participation of community. The Peoples

MovementofHELPO is the combinationof thesevillage leaders& thevillage levelmattersaretakenintodiscussioninthistableamongtheleaders.

Inpresent these communitynetworkaremuchpowerful to finda solution for their

problemsthroughtheirownassetseven.Astheymobilizesavingsinvillagelevelthey

areenrich toprovidecredits for thepeople.This isoneadvantageof thisnetwork in

caseofpovertyelimination.Itwilloccurtopromoteeconomicgrowthisindirectwayas

thesecreditsaresuppliedfortheselfemploymentneedsspecially.Aswellassupplya

creditwillbeahelptofindingemploymentalso.Sharamadanacampaign&otherkind

of gathering organized in village level through the peoples movement leans the

communitytowardstheonecommonaimthatisdevelopment.

Now theyhave ability toprovide financial facility&other social assistancenotonly

their villagesbut also for other villages of our peoplesmovement. In thisway our

HELPOpeoplesmovementprovideguidanceforthecommunitytogoforwardalone

invillagelevelwiththemainaimoferadicatethepoverty& inpresenttheyaretrying

toreachsustainableinvillagelevelthroughtheseprocess.

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2011 news letter - march

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