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Security, Reconciliation and Sustainable
Development - Part II:
‘Demining, meticulously carried out’
The demining programme was carefully planned and
executed. Priority areas were chosen to maximise efficiency and to
enable the speedy return of the civilians to the homes they had been
displaced from. As such, the first priority was to demine the towns
and villages.
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The Human Dimension
There’s always hope when you refuse to give up...
Headed by a Principal who simply refused to give
up, the team of teachers, all of them committed beyond what is
normally expected of a teacher, went into action, giving their very
best to the children, almost all of whom came from poor homes.
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Braille ballot papers in Australia ensure ‘access for all’ at
polls
An estimated four million people - (i.e. 20
percent of our population), for different reasons, are with
restricted mobility and/or impaired visually. A large percentage of
them are young people - our life force. Sri Lanka has the fastest
ageing population in our region with over 65 years heading towards
17 percent of population. Out of the estimated 14.5 million eligible
voters here, around 2.5 million are physically ‘dis-Abled’ persons.
Every person who qualifies to be an elector and registered in the
appropriate register of electors, regardless of the degree of
his/her mobility /ability, is eligible to vote at the elections.
It’s an inherent right,
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