News for October 2010

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HELPO

No.364/18A,SamagiMawatha,

Dangedara,Galle,

T.P/Fax +94 91 4380121/+94 91 2226818

[email protected]

Webwww.helposrilanka.org


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UpdateofSARIENERGYProgramGalleCity

USAIDSARIENERGYProgramandHELPOimplement

program to introduce the alternative energy sources to

thecommunity.

Last

few

moths

we

could

able

to

reach

many targets and the program are success. A Bio gas

programseriouswasdonebythegrantsprovidedbythe

USAIDS SARI project in September 2010.05 Bio gas

Unitswerecompletedandtheyarefunctioningwell.The

BiogasUnitswerebuiltinthefollowingplaces.

TheBuddhistCentreinGalle

MainagodainGalle

Magalle

Minuwangoda

in

Galle

SangamiththaCollageinGalle

Nowabove

mention

institutes

and

domestic

people

are

getting

benefits

from

the

biogas.

TheycouldabletoreducetheLPGasusageandcostforthefirewood.Throughthisalso

theycansolvethewasteproblemtoo.

HELPOconductedtwoAwarenessprogramsweredoneforthe

selected 150 people. In each program 75 responsible partners

wereparticipatedtheprogramtopiconvaluesandthebenefits

of the Bio Gas. The programs were conducted by Mr.

Moonamale, Mr. Jayasiri ad the chairman of HELPO, Mr.

ChathuraWelivitiya.

Mr.Chathura

explained

about

the

why

waste

become

problem

andhowwecansolve thatproblem.Evenheexplainedabout

thebenefitsofthebiogaslikeGasusage,OrganicManure.

After thatMr.Moonamleexplainedabouthowothercountries

usebiogas.

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GalleNavyCampWasteManagementprogram

The Bio gas program in theGalleNavyCampwas

implementedfewmonthsagowiththeaidsprovided

bythe

UNDP

GEF

Project

and

Pilisaru

National

Programprovidedthematerialscost.Thecapacityof

the Bio gas unit is

22 m3. While the

UNDPGEF funded

for the skilled

Laborers and the

awareness programs. This program is a cofinance

program between Central Environment Authority

andUNDP/SGP/GEFprogram.

ThebiogasunitisfinishedinsideoftheNavalCamp.Theynowusethebiogasfortheir

dailyneeds.NowtheyabletoreducetheLPGasusageforcookingpurpose.Eventheir

attitudeswerechangedaboutthewaste.

AwarenessprogramsweredonefortheNavyOfficers

andthekitchenstaffonvaluesandthebenefitsofthe

BioGasUnit.Evenwehaveconductedaprogramto

SouthernNavalAreaCommanderandfortheofficers

about Biogas unit and its benefits. From those

programs

we

could

aware

them

about

the

biogas

and

its benefits, cost effectiveness, agriculture effective

andhowthiseffectiveglobally.

AMonitoring committeewas formedwith

the corporation of Central Environmental

Authority,NavyRegimentinGalleandthe

HelpO. This committee is responsible for

the monitoring of the progress and the

sustainability of thebio gas program in a

progress

review

meeting

held

every

month.

This is a very good example to Public

PrivatePartnershipforwastemanagement.

Thisisastrongmonitoringmechanismand

HELPO expects to conduct more

awarenessprogramstotheGalleNavycampofficerstoimprovetheknowledgetoo.

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PublicPrivatePartnershipforWasteManagementinMonaragala

Prison

Monaragala Prison won the National Quality Award.

Prisonhas

well

organized

structure

and

procedures.

The

efficiencyisveryhighinthisprisonbutduringthelastfew

years they had to face a huge problem. That is waste

problem thewaste collection is very high in this prison.

The local authority doesnt collect the waste properly.

Massive smellandmethanegasemission toairwashigh

and theywere lookingagoodandquicksolution for this

massiveproblem.

While on this time National Cleaner Production Center and UNEP decided to

implementprogram

in

Monaragala

District

with

using

Agriculture

waste.

They

have

chosentheHELPOtoimplementthisprogram.Prisonalsoagreedtoaccepttheoutside

agriculturewaste to thisbiogas unit. The collected agriculturewaste from the local

authoritywillbringtoprison.

ABioGasunitwascompletedatMonaragalaPrisonand

theawarenessprogramsweredone for theprisonersand

theprisonOfficersontheeffectivenessandthebenefitsof

thebio gas unit. Through this we discussed with them

about the benefits of biogas and how those benefits

effectivethem

to

and

globally.

Even

discussed

how

we

can

reduce thebadeffectsof thewaste.We inform themhow

wecanconvertwasteasaresourceforthem.

The secondprogram conducted aboutMaintain and

Managementofthebiogas.Throughthisprogramwe

discussed how tomaintainbiogas unit andwhat is

the correct method for that. Even we aware them

about the problemsmay causewhile implementing

thebiogas unit also we trained them how we can

overcomethose

things.

Even

we

discussed

about

the

Organic Agriculture Methods. The awareness

programs gave them the knowledge on the waste

separationmethods,POPGas, color codeof thewastemanagement, sustainabilityof

theGas unit, new cultivationmethods, the use of organic fertilizer and the income

generationmethodsby the sideproducts of theBioGasunit.Thoseprogramswere

mucheffectivethemtoincreasetheknowledge.

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CommunityBasedBiogasprograminNegomboCity

Negombo City is located near to Colombo. The city is very populated and this is

commercialcity.ThecityhasmanynaturalresourcesandNegomboLagoon isoneof

them.The

city

has

many

waste

problems

because

waste

collection

is

very

high.

CITYNET andHELPO planned to implement communitybasedbiogas program in

NegomboMCArea.

Under thisprogramApproved for the twoBiogasunits inNegambo townarea.The

projectwillbe implementedwith thecomplimentofCitynetandFrenchgovernment.

ThecoordinatorofthefundistheCITYNETwhilethetechnicalsupporterisHELPO.

The international experience exchange program was scheduled to be done with

CambodianMunicipalCouncil.Thecoordinatorfor theprogramwillbeHELPO.We

expecttostarttheprogramverysoon.

Thisis

amodel

program

that

we

expect

to

implement

in

Negombo

City.

The

propose

siteisDonBoscoVillage.ThisisaTsunamiHousingSchemeandthewastecollectionis

muchinthisvillageandtheyexpendmuchmoneytotheLPGasandfortheFirewood.

CommunityBiogasPrograminDehiwalaMt.LaviniaCity

Dehiwala&Mt.LaviniaMunicipalAreaislocatedneartoColomboandthepopulation

is very high in this city. Municipal Council expends much money for the waste

management

because

daily

waste

management

is

very

high.

Even

they

implement

manyprogramstowastemanagementprogram.

TheBiogasprogramofDehiwala&Mt.LaviniaMunicipalCouncilareawas started

recently.TheBasicconstructionswerefinished for thebuildingofBioGasunit.Local

experienceexchangeprogramwasdoneforthecommunityandthestaffofMunicipal

Council. This program implement through the National Chapter of Sri Lanka and

fundingfromtheCITYNETJapan.

Theprojectproposes location isBadowita.There isarecyclingprogram in thisarea

andtheydidnthaveasolutiontotheorganicwastebutnowtheyhaveagoodsolution

tothe

waste.

Now

in

Badowita

area

has

full

recycling

program.

Through

this

program

weexpect toconductawarenessprograms to theMunicipalOfficersandfor thegrass

rootlevelpeopleofthearea.

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SchoolBiogasPrograminJaffnaMutthuThambhiSchool

UNDP isoneof leadingorganization thathelps toSriLanka todevelop thecountry.

Theyworking inJaffnaareaand theyhaveplanned to implementwastemanagement

programin

school

level.

Under

this

program

the

UNDP

Jaffna

Office

expects

to

implement biogas program with collaboration with HELPO on Mutthu Thambhi

SchoolandthisisamodelprogramthatintroducetoJaffnaDistrict.

ThisisthefirsttimethatHELPOworksinNorthProvinceandthroughtheseweexpect

togoodenvironmentconservationprograminschoollevel.Theorganizationexpectsto

conductawarenessprogramstotheschoolchildrenabouttheeffectiveandbenefitsof

thebiogas and how tomaintain thebiogas unit.Under this programwe expect to

constructwiththecapacityof12m3biogasunitinschoolthemainobjectiveisintroduce

amodel toJaffnaand soonweexpect to expand thisprogram tomanydistrictsand

placesof

North

and

East

Province.

Before

end

of

this

month

we

expect

to

implement

thisprograminJaffnaMutthuThambhiSchool.

MakeGalleGreenBiogEnergyCity

MakeGalleGreenBioEnergyCity isaconcept that

HELPO and Galle Municipal Council both together

implement. HELPO and Municipal Council got the

leadershipwithother institutes to achieve this theme.

The

main

institutes

of

the

Galle

city

represent

this

committee theygathereverymonthanddiscussabout

the progress of the

program andhowmuch

wecouldfinishthetimeperiod.

Underthisthemeweexpecttointroducethebiogasunits

to every major institutes of the city and we hope to

encouragethepeopleforalternativeenergysources.The

chairman of the committee is Hon. Mayor Galle city.

Here

is

mention

about

the

suggestions

from

all

members.

ConstructtwobiogasunitsundertheSARIEnergyProgram. MakemorestrongrulestoWasteManagementandirregularwaste Changethepolicesaboutthewastemanagement Conduct awareness program to Municipal Council Labours and officers about proper

wastemanagementandbiogasbenefits.

AwarethepeoplethroughaCompactDisk(CD).

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Conduct awareness programs in every GS divisions, Village Officers and SamurdhiOfficersaboutbiogasanditsbenefits.

ConductatrainingprogramatKarapitiyaHospitalaboutwastemanagementandbiogasunititsbenefitstohospital.

DevelopthisconceptthroughtheDenguePreventionPrograms. GetactivelyinvolvetopreventtheDenguefever HavearequestinArmycampofGalletoconstructbiogasTheallinstitutionsareworkingtoMakeGalleGreenBioEnergyCityandalsoexpect

toestablishalearningcentreinGalleaboutenergycity.

Hon.MinisterofHealthKarapitiyaBiogasSitevisit

Hon.Minister

of

Health

Mr.MaithripalaSirisena

visitedtotheKarapitiyaTeachingHospitalon20th

09.2010.On thatvisithewent to thebiogasunit

thatstarted fromHELPO.This is the firstbiogas

unit that HELPO implemented even this is the

first biogas unit which constructed hospital in

Asia.Theprogramstartedon2004andsince that

daythisprogramfunctionwithoutanyproblem.

The capacity

ofthe

biogas

unit

is

22m3

this

program

was

implemented with the support of USEAP.

Mr.MaithripalaSirisenawasmuchappreciatethis

environment friendly effort that implementedby

the HELPO. For one month hospital can earn

muchmoneyfromreducingtheLPGasandthisis

another benefit to the Government too. Now

hospitalwasteproblemhasbeensolved.

Hon.Ministerdiscussaboutthebiogasunitand

its benefits with Hospital staff and HELPO

ChairmanMr.ChathuraWelivitiya

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HELPOCommunityempowermentprogram

HELPOisimplementingcommunityempowermentprogramstoo.Thoseprogramsare

implementing through thecommunitynetworkwecall itforHousingandLivelihood

DevelopmentPeoples

Movement

(HLDPC).

From

this

section

we

report

about

the

progressofthepeoplesmovement.ThiscommunitynetworkistheHELPOStrategyto

empowerthegrassrootlevelcommunity.

Withinthereportingperiodwecouldabletoachievemanytargetswiththiscommunity

network.Nowpeople empowered and theywilling towork to expand the peoples

movementand theygive the leadership to theirvillages.Also their savingshasbeen

increasedandinterrelationshipalsoincreased.

NewDirectorBoardElectionofpeoplesMovement

The Housing & Livelihood Development

peoplesmovementisworkonwiththehope

of providing more and more financial

facilities, especially to the low income

community in a sustainable way. Now its

going well with a total participation of the

community.

Therewasavacant for theboardofdirectors

&the

village

branches

of

peoples

movement

got the opportunity to apply for it. Every

branchesofthepeoplesmovementnominatedtheirleadersnamesfortheelection.All

the applications were examined through a special committee & they selected six

applicationsfortheelection.

TheelectionwasheldwithatotaldemocracyinHELPOofficepremisesonSeptember

2010&threeleadersofallvillagebranchesweregottheopportunitytogivetheirvotes

forthefinalsixapplicants.FinallyfiveboardofdirectorelectedfromMahaliyawaththa,

Kalupe,Koggala,Aththiligoda,&Weliwaththabranches.Communitywashappyabout

thenewly

appointed

directors

&

their

no

any

objections

for

the

selection.

After election the newboard of directors expressed their ideas that this is a good

opportunityforthemtohavealeadership&comeupwithresponsibilitiestoservethe

communitywiththeirsocialworkswhileguidingthepeoplesmovementtowardsthe

success.

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Now there are eightboards of directors from the

grass root level community side.Wehope tohold

the Director Board meeting of Housing &

LivelihoodPeoplesmovementalonewith thenew

director board to get their ideas to increase the

qualitywithagrateexpansionoftheMicroFinance

program towards the success, in future. The all

directorscamefromthegroundlevelandthisisone

ofempowermentofthembecausethroughthisthey

canwork in largearea.Theyhaveagreatopportunity togive the leadership toother

members.Nowtheyareworkinginnewpositionstoexpandthepeoplemovement.

Withthehopeoftoincreasethelivingstandardsin

low income settlement of the Moragoda area by

givingthemchanceforfinancialaccessfortheirself

employment needs as well as other infrastructure

facilitiesweestablishedamainpeoplesmovement

branch located inMoragodaareawhich is inGalle

districtonlastmonthofSeptember.

As many of the community are doing day today

works

to

leans

their

lives

its

much

more

important

for them to setup a community financial settlement for their financialneeds among

themselves. Themain specialty of thisbranch is 80% ofmembers are fromMuslim

communityandSinhalesealsoliveinsamearea.Theybothgotthemembershipofthe

peoplesmovement.

The founder ofHELPO peoplesmovementMr.

Chathura Welivitiya, Chief Executive, and Mrs.

K.KAbeywickramaDirectorofHELPO,Thelegal

adviser of HELPO, the staff of HELPO Micro

finance

as

well

as

other

community

leaders

also

participatedontheiropeningceremonyonlast25th

September2010.

All of them informed about their feeling of this

program.Theyinformedthattheydidnthavethis

kindofprogramintheirarea.Throughthistheyallbecameonenetworkandthrough

thistheyexpecttosolvetheirproblemsandmakethemstronger.

New establishment of Peoples Movement in Moregoda

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ThecommunityofMoragodaexpressedtheirideasthatnowtheyaredoingsavingsas

wellastakingemergencyloansaspertheirneedsthroughtheirsmallgroups&theyare

expectingtogoforselfemployment&otherloanfacilityafternow.

Nobody chosen tobeborn in topoverty.Anyway itshappening in thisworld.By

givingthe

poor

to

access

for

production

process

by

giving

them

financial

assistances

for

self employments is oneway that canbreak thispoverty cycle.This is the first step

whichhaskeptbythecommunityofMoragodabyestablishingapeoplesmovementto

reducepoverty.

Walawwaththa Congress

The community of the Walawaththa organized

their congressmeetingonSeptember 2010 in the

community center of Walawwaththa. All the

branchmembers,

the

board

of

directors

of

Peoplesmovement aswell asHELPOMF staff

alsoparticipatedinthismeeting.Theparticipated

boardsofdirectorsareground level treasurersof

thepeoplesmovement.Theyparticipated to this

tosharetheexperience.

The chairmen of the Walawaththa peoples

movementwelcomeall&themaintopicsdiscussedinthemeetingwere.

Toincreasesavingsmobilization

Encouragethe

community

to

do

savings

more

&

the

important

of

savings

habit

which

theycanuse incaseofemergencies.Eventheydiscussedabouthow toencourage the

peopletosavemoremoney.

ProvidingtheSelfEmploymentloans

InthismeetingtheydisbursedRS.310,000.00asself

employment loans around 10 members of their

society & specialty was that these all fundswere

fromtheirownsocietyfunds.

Inaddition

to

that

they

explained

about

that

the

housing loan, infrastructure loanofRs.30,000.00&

Rs.25, 000.00which hasdisbursed already. Finally

theyannounced thattheyareexpecting todisburse

somemoreloansfortheirvillagesinfuturewiththe

hopetogivethefinancialbenefitsmore&more.

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TheothersocialbenefitsEspeciallyfrom thebranchmanyofpeoplegotmanyassistantsand theywereable to

solvetheirgroundlevelproblems.Manyofpeoplegotheselfemployeeloans,Hosing

Loans, InfrastructureLoans through thoseassistants theycouldable to increase their

livingstandard.Whenthepeoplefacedafloodsituationthisbranchhelpedthemand

providedthenecessaryassistantstothem.

Even through the communitybio gas now they are

gettinggas for threehousesaswellas theyused the

liquid fertilizer for thehomegardening also.This is

verybrief socialbenefits of thebranch which they

discussed.

The treasure of the branch Mrs. Chandralatha

expressedideaofthebenefitsaswellastheduties&

responsibilities of the leaders as well as members

especially in repayment of loans aswell asweekly

attendancetothemeetings.Furthermoresheexplainedtheimportantofthesefinancial

facility to the low income community those who have not access to go for formal

financialinstitutionsforcreditfacility.

TheMFstaffexpressedtheideaofthatthesustainabilityoftheprogramisnowontheir

hands.Aswe are giving the assistanceby providing financial assistance aswell as

awarenessprogramstodevelopthemselvesthecommunityshouldtaketheadvantages

oftheseservicemore&more.

MicroFinance

&

Family

Thefamilyisthesmallestunitofthesociety.Thepovertyishighinrurallevelaswellas

inurbanareas.Somepeoplepoorinknowledgeandattitudes.Somepoorinfinancially

sobotharepoor.MicroFinanceisapowerfultootoeradicatethepoverty.InSriLanka

therearemanyinstitutesimplementMicroFinancePrograms.

Throughthismanyofpeoplecouldabletoupliftthelivingstandardandmostofpeople

becamesmallentrepreneurs.Thisismuchhelptotheirfamilytoo.Mostofpeoplewho

get the first loanare inpoor stagebutwhen they take secondor third loan theyget

awayfrom

the

poverty.

They

have

agood

living

standard.

Micro

Finance

helped

to

manypeoplewhocantgotobankorotherformalinstitutes.

Beforetheywerelowincomepeoplebutnowtheyhavegoodincomeandtheirwayof

thinkinghasbeenchanged.ManycountriesareusingtheMicroFinancetohelptothe

people.Throughthispeoplebecomestrongnetworkbeforetheydidnthaveavoicebut

nowtheyhavemuchstrongvoicetopresenttheirideastotheWorld.MicroFinanceis

becameamiracleforlowincomepeopletouplifttheirlivingstandard.

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Harvest without Chemical

One of our peoples movement branches in

Udupilaimplements

aSEED

Bank

program

successfully through fully community

participationprocess.

Themainaimsoftheprogramwastoawarethe

community about local seeds conservation, to

getharvestwithoutusing chemical fertilizers

aswellasprovideseeds for theotherpeoples

movementbranches to cultivate in their areas

also.

ProgramwasstartedonlastMay2010withthe

Collaborationwith&AsiaOnluseasaresultofthe training & the financial assistance which

hasreceivedfromthem.

Now they have cultivated the Seeds for the

next season& alreadywe could gain a good

harvest by using the snail manure for the

spinach crops.Aonehutalsohas constructed

duringmonthofAugust tokeepseedsaswell

asother thingssafely through thecontribution

ofcommunity

of

the

area.

TheyhopetomaketheWoodVinegarforthe

nextmonthwhichcanuseforcropsnextseason

also.

Communityhasmuchintentiontodevelopthe

program towards the success. As they can

continueby themselvesashomegardening to

earnsomeorforhomeuseaswellascangive

contribution to conservation of local seeds as

social responsibility this program is much

importantforthemaccordingtotheirides.

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