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UNICEF encourages small entrepreneurs in northern Sri Lanka

By pearlaction | August 24, 2011 |

[Unicef News] Amarashanthini proudly shows us the doors of her house – two solid wooden doors, with substantial locks. As a mother of three she now feels more confident about the security of her children. [Full Story]

Have Sri Lanka’s Tamils been forgotten?

By pearlaction | July 13, 2011 |

[Al Jazeera] The civil war in Sri Lanka was one of the world’s most brutal conflicts and lasted nearly 30 years. Both the Sinhalese-majority government forces and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were accused of using dirty tactics. When the war ended in 2009 with the defeat of the LTTE, the Sri…