| Vision |
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“IODR Sri Lanka see a world where all children have the opportunity to achieve their full potential and that their communities lead fulfilling and healthy lives” |
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| Mission |
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“IODR Sri Lanka undertake activities that work towards improved opportunities for vulnerable children and their families in Sri Lanka whilst also improving the capacity of local organisations in providing child-focused and community health initiatives.
All this is achieved with a carbon neutral footprint” |
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Core Values:
• Integrity – Honesty
• Transparency – Accountability
• Striving towards best practice
• Equality & Respect for all
• Humanity – Sincerity
• Listening to our beneficiaries and
stakeholders
• Caring for the environment
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Approach:
• Based on local needs
• Participatory
• Monitored and Evaluated
• Integrated/rooted in the local
community
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The Ethos of IODR Sri Lanka |
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Core Values:
• Integrity – Honesty
• Transparency – Accountability
• Striving towards best practice
• Equality & Respect for all
• Humanity – Sincerity
• Listening to our beneficiaries and
stakeholders
• Caring for the environment
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Approach:
• Based on local needs
• Participatory
• Monitored and Evaluated
• Integrated/rooted in the local
community
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Our approach is our values in action |
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| Therefore….
We cannot define what we do before we ask people what they need….
We cannot define how we do it before we ask people how they want it….
Communities have to be part of the decision making processes
Communities have to be part of the monitoring and review process |
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Generally Planned Activity |
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| Based on the findings of the Needs assessment, we propose the following activity areas as a strategic focus for IODR Sri Lanka over the coming 3-5 years:
Children’s Wellbeing and Education
After School Educational activities Programme
Sports activities – Swimming Pool and Sports pitch
Improving the standard of English teaching in local schools
(with The British Council)
Supporting existing local youth organisations
Therapeutic Play Holidays
Creative Play Teams working in local institutions
Community Health and Education
Outreach awareness and education programmes – initially in maternal health
Free education classes for target groups
Building capacity of relevant local CBO’s
Further needs assessment needed to identify more specific local needs
Climate Change
IODR go carbon neutral (auditable)
Environmental Audit of plot
Recycling Strategy at the Centre
Education programme to merge with other activities.
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