Archive for October, 2009

Over 600 individuals who have received treatment for various mental illnesses at the Mental Hospital in Angoda still languish at the hospital, even after being cured, due to the reluctance of their families and friends to accept them back into their lives. අංගොඩ මානසික රෝහලෙන් ප්‍රතිකාර ලබා යථා තත්වයට පත්වුණු රෝගීන් බහුතරයක් නැවතත් ඔවුන්ගේ නිවෙස්... »

Health is very important to all of us. But for last few months there has been a growing issue of hygene in Walakanda area. The people in Kirinda, Puhulwella area have been bringing their garbage in to Walakanda area. In response, a recycling plant has been established by the Kirinda, Puhulwella Pradeshiya Sabha. සෞඛ්‍ය පහසුකම... »

Public transport including the bus and rail sector provide valuable services n daily commuters. The railway workers however, complain of various issues that hinder how they work, and lead to an environment that is not conducive to their work. Local Voices listens. පොදු මගී ප්‍රවාහන සේවාවන් වලදී බස් රථ සේවයට වගේම දුම්රිය සේවයටත් වැඩි වැදගත්කමක්... »

Officer from Human Rights Commission gives explanations about parents and children who faced injustices during the Grade 1 admission process. පාසල් වල පළමු ශ්‍රේණියට ළමුන් ඇතුලත් කිරීමේ වැඩපිළිවෙලින් අසාධාරණයට පත් වුණු දෙමව්පියන් හා දරැවන් පිළිබදව ශ්‍රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කොමිෂන් සභාවේ පැහැදිලි කිරීම. »

Parents have to face different kind of injustices when they admit their children to Grade 1 classes. In the last few years, the Education Ministry has introduced various kind of methodologies because of this reason. But those programs are not always practical, and parents say that children are sometimes left high and dry. පාසල් වල... »

The drumming traditions of the low country drummers has a long spanning history. For most of the drummers who still practice the art, it remains their main source of income. However, the changing economic and social climates have lead to state where they find it difficult to make a living, and it doesn’t sound... »

Twenty one year old Dilan Sandeepa residing in Waladuwa Road in Galle has found a livelihood in diving into the sea from a granite wall surrounding the Galle Fort, which is about 50 feet tall. The sea at the bottom of the wall is full of large rocks. He earns about Rs. 1,000 from... »

Children in fishing community have to face lot of problems. Specially girls. Sometimes these girls are abuse because, they are living in uneducated society. ධීවර පවුල් වල ඡීවත් වෙන පාසල් වයසේ පසුවන දරැවන් විවිධ ගැටළු වලට මුහුණ දෙයි. විශේෂයෙන්ම ගැහැණු දරැවන් මෙහිදී මුලික වේ. විවිධ අවස්ථා වලදී ධීවර පවුල් වල ගැහැණු දරැවන්ට අතවරයන්ට පවා... »

In Sri Lanka each television station are telecasting so many entertainment programs. Interlectuals are saying through these programs children were abusing indirectly. ළමයින් රටේ අනාගතය ලෙස හදුන්වති. නමුත් ළමයින්ට සිදුවන විවිධ අපයෝඡන ක්‍රියාවන් මත රටේ අනාගතය රදාපවතීද යන්න ගැටළු සහගතය. ළමයින්ට අපයෝඡන ක්‍රියාවන් විවිධ අයුරින් සිදුවේ. එය සෘඡුව හා වක්‍රව ළමයින්ට බලපායි. විශේෂයෙන්ම වක්‍රාකාරයෙන්... »

In the present elder’s who are going to government and private sector office’s they have to face some problems. Because most officials doesn’t care about these elder’s when they come to their office. Also significant amount of elders are in elder’s homes because of varios reasons. Government giving some monthly amount (Rs. 100) as... »