Projects

Discover our portfolio of ongoing and completed projects

Home gardening – Growing Vegetables and long term crops
July 17, 2023

Ongoing

Home gardening – Growing Vegetables and long term crops

Home gardening is such a pivotal activity for communities in Sri Lanka, especially at this time, as it supports the most vulnerable families to have their own homegrown vegetables, provides household food security, and tackles hunger during the economic crisis.…

Strengthening Women’s Network and Building the Capacity of Women in Development
July 8, 2020

Complete

Strengthening Women’s Network and Building the Capacity of Women in Development

WERC together with the Women's Voice and Leadership Sri Lanka - The Asia Foundation, launched this project with the aim of building the capacity and to strengthen the voice of women in Sri Lanka. The project is organized to build…

Strengthening the Platform of Women Leaders on Feminism and Transitional Justice
October 31, 2019

Complete

Strengthening the Platform of Women Leaders on Feminism and Transitional Justice

WERC in partnership with Mannar Women's Development Fund (MWDF) has undertaken to build a cohort of 25 young women trained and equipped to take the feminist agenda forward in their own contexts and as a collective group. This project seeks…

Prevention of GBV among School Children through Awareness Creation Workshops 2019/2020
October 14, 2019

Complete

Prevention of GBV among School Children through Awareness Creation Workshops 2019/2020

Recent statistics have shown an alarming increase in violence against children in Sri Lanka in the form of physical and mental torture, sexual assault and abuse. Children are also exposed to the use of illegal drugs and pornographic material which…

WERC Launches Care and Share Project to Help Needy Families
June 6, 2018

Complete

WERC Launches Care and Share Project to Help Needy Families

In a bid to help urban female headed households, WERC launched its ‘Care and Share’ project on the 8th of March 2018 as a part of its activities for International Women’s Day 2018. New and nearly new clothes, shoes, stationery,…

Care & Share Project
February 28, 2018

Care & Share Project

WERC launched its 'Care and Share’ project on the 8th of March 2018 as a part of its activities for International Women’s Day 2018. Clothes, shoes, stationery, children’s toys and dry rations etc. were collected by the WERC staff and…