About Friends
Organizational History
FORUT Sri Lanka an INGO changed its programme implementation strategy by inviting local organizations to carry forward the projects initiated by them as per their exit strategy.
Gender Economic Empowerment (GEE) is one of the programmes implemented by FORUT. FRIENDS was formed by the GEE programme staff and the beneficiaries in July 2011.
The organization has been registered as a non-profit company under the Company Registrar of Sri Lanka and the Secretariat of Non-Governmental Organizations of Sri Lanka as a NGO.