Enhancing educational prospects of the young

It was a far cry from the almost deserted vocational training centres I had seen elsewhere, with students looking as bored as the staff. With Aide et Action, on the contrary, self expression was encouraged, through cultural and social service activity, and their readiness to bring together the students in their various centres is seen not just as fun but also as an essential part of the training programme.

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Reclaiming the Kelani riverbanks

Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, the celebrated German biologist and Darwinist visited Sri Lanka in 1881. He called the time he spent here ‘the most instructive and delightful months of my life’. Two years later, he published ‘A visit to Ceylon’.

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Armed Forces and Sustainable Development

The role for the Armed Forces in national development is an interesting topic that will attract different reactions from different people and organisations. While some private sector organisations and NGOs may see it as an incursion into their terrain, the civilians who have enjoyed the robust relationship with the military personnel will see it as a welcome development,

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