FRIENDS – Forum for Rural Income & Environmental Development Services Guarantee Limited is a nongovernmental organization in Sri Lanka established in year 2011 to uplift the living status of poor families. Livelihood development, women empowerment, promoting better environmental practices and community mobilization are the main programme sectors the organization works with. |
What We Do |
"Sustainable development is “meeting the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own...
Skill development and initial support for starting a livelihood is not enough for marginalized rural people to be successful in their effort. They n...
Particularly, FRIENDS is implementing ADD program in 6 divisional secretariat at Jaffna, Puttalam, Matale, monaragala and badulla districts to reduce the ha...
Development of sustainable livelihood is one of the major focuses of the organization. Assets ownership is a successful way of countering vulnerability caus...
Empowerment of women is an important element in sustainable development. Proper understanding and cooperation of both men and women, sharing res...
16 women participated for a skill development programme on waste paper training program conducted in WISE Kopay. This was a 5 days training conducted on 05.04.2...
15 women participated for a skill development programme on bag production training program conducted in WISE Sandilippay This was a 4 days training conducted on...
An awareness programme on NATIONAL AUTHORITY ON TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL ACT (NATA) was held on 07th of April 2017 Friday at Puttalam Divisional Secretariat Conferen...
Alcohol usage is one of the main causes of poverty in Sri Lanka. Rural people heavily use alcohol and that practices has blended to their sub cultures. Therefo...
“Saubhagya, is an endeavour designed to uplift the most deserving and needy women of rural Sri Lanka, through the enabling of financial independence. Saubhagya...
A delegation of FORUT donors came to Sandilipai Jaffna to see the progress of ongoing “Gender Equity and Empowerment project” on 10th February 2016. They visite...
The self-employed women forum namely “Women In Self Employed – WISE’ are operating in Kopay and Sandilipay Divisional Secretariats since 2014....
Pallama is a remote Divisional Secretariat Division in Puttalam District. This area is dry most of the year. People do agriculture work during the rainy season ...
A group of Anthurium & Orchid cultivating women in Daraniyagala got an opportunity to participate in a training held at Matale. Most of these participants c...
Palagala is a remote Divisional Secretariat Division in the Anuradhapura District. This division is famous for the statue of Aukana Lord Buddha and the Kalawewa...
The use of alcohol and tobacco has created many health and social problems. In Sri Lanka it has become a serious problem hindering the development. Poverty, vio...
FRIENDS started Gender Equity & Empowerment Project in Naula Divisional Secretariat in Matale District in 2014. This project supports poor and vulnerable wo...