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Success Stories

October 15, 2022October 15, 2022 admin

	S. Pushpamary She is a war widow with two school going children. She has set up small backyard poultry with the loan money. She has earned around Rs.15000 so far.
	T. Sumathi She is a war-widow with three school going children. She invested the loan money to purchase a cow. She gets around 5 liters of milk per day and earns Rs.9000 per month by selling milk. She has also got a small backyard poultry.
	V.Rajitha She as two school going children and a disabled husband to take care of. She gets about 3 liters of milk per day and earns around Rs. 5400 per month by selling milk. Additionally she maintains a banana cultivation and a home garden to grow vegetable for home consumption.
	K. Arulthevi She has a disabled husband who had lost his leg. With the loan money she has purchased a cow. She earns an average income of Rs. 4800 per month by selling milk. She also maintains a home garden to grow vegetables required for the family.
	T. Sasikala She is a war widow with four school going children. She managed to set up a small backyard poultry with the loan money she received. She gets around 12 eggs per day and earns an income of Rs. 5700 a month. She also maintains a home garden to grow vegetables required for the family.
	S Vinothini She is a war widow with a school going child. She has purchased 30 hens from the loan money. She earns Rs. 3000 per month by selling eggs. Additionally she is involved in home gardening.
	T. Jeyarathy She is a war widow with two school going children. She bought a cow with the money and she earns Rs. 10,500 per month by selling milk. She is also having a home garden.
	C. Manonmani She is a war widow with five children. She has bought a cow with this money and by selling milk she earns Rs. 6000 a month.
	S. Vijayagowrie Husband is a heart patient who cannot do heavy work. She has three school going children. She started cultivating betel and vegetables with the money she received. Now she earns Rs.15,000 per month.
	N . Annalukshamy She is a war widow with four school going children. With the money she received, she purchased a sewing machine and a goat. By sewing, she earns around Rs.7000 per month. She also maintains a home garden to grow vegetable for home consumption.

Provision Distribution to Vulnerable Families

February 15, 2022February 16, 2022 admin

CORD distributed dry rations consisting rice, flour, dhall and chick peas to 200 SHG members in Piramandanaru, Ulavanoor, Kallaru, Tharmapuram, Kannahi Nagar, Paranthan, Chavakachcheri & Varani on 28^th January 2022 from the donations received from Renu Project, Manoj & Meera Mahenthiran & Dr.Naren Nadarajah from USA.

CORD supports pandemic affected families

November 29, 2021 admin

Successive waves of COVID-19 pandemic have caused untold hardships to poor rural families and school children in Northern Sri Lanka. Frequent lockdowns not only hampered the income-earning opportunities of the poor, but also disrupted food supply chains driving the vulnerable families to near starvation.

CORD Sri Lanka, following the emerging situation very closely, intervened to support its Self-Help Groups (SHG) and school children in October 2021 by providing dry rations and money. Each of the 219 SHG families and sponsored children received dry rations and Rs 2000 each to supplement their meager earnings.

CORD also provided dry rations to 210 SHG families in Ramboda in the Central hill country

Further, to keep the morale of the school children, CORD conducted two inspirational lectures by experts for 50 school children attending classes from Grade 9 up to GCE AL.

Agricultural Livelihood Enhancement project for Rural women in Northern Sri Lanka

June 11, 2021 admin

CORD initiated an agricultural empowerment initiative for 24 selected SHG women who wanted to develop their lands in a scientific and systemic manner. One objective was to promotes the use of organic fertilizer and natural pesticides. To promote organic farming, beneficiaries were requested to use cattle manure and produce and apply compost at the time of land preparation. CORD recruited an experienced agricultural consultant to plan and implement the program in September with the onset of seasonal rains. Beneficiaries were educated to select suitable crops and variates based on disease resistance, market requirements, and their personal preferences based on past experience. Assisted by CORD field officers, women were constantly monitored and corrective actions were taken as required.

CORD Supported self-employment ventures

June 11, 2021 admin

Mrs. N. Pushparan of Vada Varani who earns her living by making palmyrah juggery at home and selling them to shops was supported by CORD to expand her livelihood. She received much needed essential utensils such as large pots to expand her business. She was extremely grateful for the support provided by CORD to her improve her living.

Similarly, Mathanaraj of Vedavarani, a differently abled boy who earns his living by repairing cycles was provided with a new set of tools by CORD to facilitate his work.

A group of SHG women from Ramboada received training on candle making to start a cottage industry to make candles and sell for a profit.

Empowering women to make palmyrah products as a home based self-employment activity .

Women in Ramboda received month old chicks

August 24, 2020 admin

25 SHG women in Ramboda received month old chicks to start up their backyard poultry units.

Twenty expecting mothers from Kandavalai DS Division received essential maternity supplies

August 22, 2020August 22, 2020 admin

CORD in partnership with the Recreational Sports and Nutritional (RENU) program of the Central Jersey Community Association of USA, distributed essential maternity items to 20 pregnant women selected by the Medical Officer of Health in Kandavalai DS Division based on their needs. This essential maternity kit provided bed jackets, lungies, baby shirts. napkins, long underskirts,white poplin clothing polythene sheets, Thermos flask & a carry basket .The women were extremely grateful to the RENU Community program for coming to their assistance at a time their lives were severely battered by COVID -19 pandemic.