A truly significant milestone reflecting our country’s determined efforts to heal divisions and build lasting amity and peace took place at Veerasingham Hall, Jaffna on 7 October 2011. On this day, 21 young women rehabilitees, passed out as fully qualified pre-school teachers and were awarded their diploma certificates at a formal ceremony.The GA of Jaffna, Ms Emelda Sukumar was the Chief Guest on this special occasion. Other invitees including Major General Chandana Rajaguru ( Commissioner General Rehabilitation), Dr. Alex Thevaranjan ( Associate Professor, Syracuse University, NY), Mr.Sathish Kumar ( Senior Consultant, Ministry of Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms), Mr.Ilaangovan ( Secre
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LEADS together with the American Centre, Colombo, commemorated World Aids day on December 1st by inviting 100 students and youth to participate in a special event organized to mark the event. The invitees were exposed to presentations made by Mr. Prabu Deepan, Mr. Prathiba Perera and Ms. Princy Mangalica , all who are well versed and working in the field on Hiv/AIDS awareness. An interesting Q&A session followed the event, which also ended with the invites pledging to protect themselves from Hiv and AIDS and working towards reducing the stigma attached to the diseases. The programme was very well received with 2 schools making special requests to conduct similar awareness programmes in the 
Heavy rains and gale force winds killed at least 22 people and left more than 43 people missing when storms packing very heavy rain and gusty winds lashed the island at the end of November. More than 66,000 people were affected as the storms continued to devastate the areas. The authorities launched searches for survivors among the fishermen who were reported missing. Both southern and northern Sri Lanka depend on monsoon rains for irrigation and power generation but the ferocity of this weather destroyed paddy fields and brought down power lines disrupting the supply of electricity to many districts. Roads were impassable and infrastructure was destroyed. The situation report as at 29 
This building is a testimony of God’s eternal faithfulness to LEADS, who serve His cause in this nation and is dedicated today to God, for His glory and honour 25th May 2011- We woke up this morning to heavy grey skies and thunder storms- and torrential rain. But yesterday was very different- it was LEADS’ day- sunshine and blue skies ....and frantic activity at 25 Hospital Road, Dehiwela. This was the day for the official ‘opening’- Thanksgiving service and Dedication of our new head office building. In fact- this was the culmination of weeks and weeks of activity to ensure that ‘twas all good’ for our big day. Final finishing touches to the building and organising the event ho 
Highlights and Key Prioritiesa) More displaced people continue to make their way home in the wake of receding floodwaters in the Eastern, Northern and North‐Central Provinces. However the authorities remain on alert for an increase in rainfall that could trigger fresh floods and displacement. b) Communities hit by the floods need significant assistance in terms of clean water, non‐food items (NFIs), basic common shelters and food. Recovery activities are also beginning to focus on rehabilitation of houses, damaged irrigation infrastructure and livelihoods. While access has improved overall, some areas remain cut off due to inundated roads and damages to infrastructure. c) The current 
Moving from relief to rehabilitation…...LEADS spends over $500,000on providing emergency relief to IDP’s in Northern/Eastern Sri LankaDry Rations/kitchen utensils $96,933Community Cooking :$124,705Non food items : $107,000Sack gardens : $13,800Emergency Shelter/temp:$136,000Education assistance : $4000Support costs : $96,000 As at February 25th , 99,066 persons still remain in IDP camps in Mannar, Jaffna and Vavuniya. 183,755 persons have been released to either their original homes, host families, and institutions. LEADS too completed all assigned emergency relief activities as at end December and began work with resettled communities beginning in Jaffn 
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