Indian envoy visits US$ 1.2 million India-funded women’s self help project in Batticaloa
Posted on September 16th, 2018
Courtesy NewsIn.Asia
Batticalao, September 15 (newsin.asia): The High Commissioner of India Taranjit Singh Sandhu visited the first ever cooperative society of war affected women in the Eastern Province at Kallady set up by an India-based NGO the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), with a grant of LKR 197 million (US$ 1.2 million) from the Government of India.
The objective is to empower war affected women by building their capacities in vocations, leadership, entrepreneurial and management skills by setting up a Trade Facilitation Center and a Community Learning Centre in Batticaloa and Ampara.
Under the project, SEWA has trained 40 war affected/destitute women from Batticaloa District. These women were trained in various vocational areas such as Textiles and Garments; Surface Ornamentation; Agro food processing; Computers; Enterprise Development; Solar lantern and roof rain water harvesting.
Other projects undertaken by India in the social sector include construction of surgical unit in teaching Hospital Batticaloa, Upgrading the Swami Vipulananda Aesthetic School in Batticaloa, construction of 3400 toilets in Batticaloa District, and Model village in all three districts.
India’s overall commitment of assistance to Sri Lanka for people-oriented development partnership projects stands at a total of around US$ 3 billion, out of which US$ 550 million is pure grant assistance.
High Commissioner Taranjit Singh Sandhu addressing the Eastern University Convocation in Batticaloa
High Commissioner Sandhu inaugurated a house built under the Indian Housing Project to construct 4000 houses in the Eastern Province which is one of the two provinces which took the brunt of the 30-year war against Tamil militants.
Other projects undertaken by India in the social sector include construction of surgical unit in teaching Hospital Batticaloa, Upgrading the Swami Vipulananda Aesthetic School in Batticaloa, construction of 3400 toilets in Batticaloa District, and Model village in all three districts.
India’s overall commitment of assistance to Sri Lanka for people-oriented development partnership projects stands at a total of around US$ 3 billion, out of which US$ 550 million is pure grant assistance.
The envoy was the Chief Guest at the convocation of the Eastern University and met representatives of the Tamil National Alliance and the mosque federations.
At Tricomalee he met the Governor of the Eastern Province Rohitha Bogollagama.
(The featured image at the top shows the Indian High Commissioner Taranjit Singh Sandhu at the opening a house built under the Indian Housing Scheme in Batticaloa)