Projects implemented by the Arthacharya Foundation during the last five years.
 

•  Gender Sensitive Micro Enterprise Development through Savings and Credit in     Mahoand Kotawehera.
    – Project is supported by the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Colombo.

•  Gender Sensitive Micro Enterprise Development through Savings and Credit in     Negombo and Katana.
    – Project is supported by the AusAID.

•  Gender Sensitive Micro Enterprise Development through Savings and Credit in     Godakawela, Ambilipitiya, Pelmadulla and Weligepola Divisions in the Ratnapura     District supported by Rabobank Foundation, The Netherlands.

•  Institution Building Programme supported by Canadian International Development     Agency (CIDA) and CLICA International.
    – Project covers head office and 15 project offices by supporting their staff training,        providing financial flexibility by bridging gaps, funding publications etc.

•  Integrated rural development project in Nikaweratiya supported by the World Bank     through National Development Trust Fund (NDTF).
    – Project covers families below the poverty line through 5 Human Resource         Developers (HRDs) and Project Manager (PM).

•  Development Publications project supported by Norad.
    – Project published 3,000 copies of Manual on Rural Development Planning in         Sinhala with 190 pages.

•  Community Water Supply and Sanitation project in Haliela, Badulla district     supported by the World Bank (WB).
    – Project covers families in 19 Grama Niladhari Divisions (GNDs).

•  Community Water Supply and Sanitation project in Godakawela, Nivitigala,     Kuruwita, Embilipitiya and Kalawana in the Ratnapura district supported by the     WB through Ministry of Housing and Construction.
    – Project covers families in 57 GNDs.

•  Community Water Supply and Sanitation project in Pasgoda and Akuressa in the     Matara district supported by the WB through Ministry of Housing and     Construction.
    – Project covers families in 28 GNDs.

•  Poverty Alleviation Programme in Nikaweratiya, Maho and Kotawehera Divisions     in the Kurunegala district supported by WB through National Development Trust     Fund (NDTF).
    – Project covers families in 140 GNDs.

•  Poverty Alleviation Programme in Negombo, Katana and Divulapitiya Divisions in     the Kurunegala District supported by WB through NDTF.
    – Project covers families in 160 GNDs.

•  Clean Settlement Programme in the slums of Colombo District supported by the     World Bank.
    – Project covers 355 families in one urban settlement.

•  Water supply to Small Towns project in Kuruwita supported by Water Board     (World Bank)
    – Project covers 410 families in one small town (peri-urban).

•  Nutrition and Women's Development Programme in Neluwa and Habaraduwa in     Galle District and Pasgoda in Matara district supported by WB through NDTF.

•  Arthacharya undertaking the training of NDTF's partner organization in Gender     and Development.

•  Environment, Water and Sanitation in a peri rural Community in Greater Galle     Area.
    – Project covers 120 families supported by Metropolitan Environment            Improvement Programme (MEIP) of the World Bank.

•  Solid Waste Management and Microfinance in 9 low income areas in the Galle MC     supported by MEIP (World Bank) and NORAD in Galle MC area.

•  Participatory Solid Waste Management in Negombo and Muturajawela supported     by the Royal Netherlands Embassy through Integrated Resource Management     Project (IRMP) of the Central Environment Authority.

•  Participatory Solid Waste Management and Microfinance in Hikkdauwa DS Division     funded by AusAID.

•  Environment Conservation in the Dry Zone supported by the CEIF of the World Bank     in Kotawehera DS Division in the Kurunegala district.

•  Training of the World Bank senior staff attached to South Asia Department in the     Project communities of the Arthacharya Foundation under their VIP Programme.

•  Building of a NGO/CBO Network for Horizontal communications funded by the     World View International.

•  Reduction of incidence of suicide through Poverty Alleviation in Thanamalvila DS     Division in the Monaragala district funded by AusAID.

•  Microfinance and Micro enterprise development activities in Godakawela,     Nikaweratiya and Negombo DS Divisions supported by the Rabobank Foundation in     the Netherlands.

•  Capacity Building of Arthacharya's CBOs in Kurunegala, Gampaha, Galle,     Monaragala and Ratnapura Districts supported by the Rabobank Foundation in the     Netherlands.

•  Establishing peace AND COMMUNAL amity through poverty alleviation in     plantation Tamil communities and traditional Sinhala communities supported by     Stromme Foundation Norway.

•  Capacity development for participatory Solid Waste Management in Galle MC Area     funded by Ford Foundation.

•  Solid Waste Management in schools in Galle MC area funded by New Zealand     Government through Fraser Thomas Co., NZ

•  Solid Waste Recycling plan project funded by USAID and Asia Foundation through     ITDG in Galle.

•  Participatory Solid Waste Management in Lunawa Lake Environment     Improvement and Community Development Project of the GOSL funded by JBIC     and SCP.

•  Microfinance for Community Resource Management in Kurunegala district funded     by AusAID.

•  Microfinance in the Southern province by Commonwealth Secretariat.

Urban low income communities are mobilized to grow home gardens using compost made by beneficiaries


Solid waste being collected by community band organizations of Arthacharya


Compost barrels to be distributed among beneficiaries


Urban home gardening


A beneficially with her produce of compost
 
 
Evaluations made on projects
Urban home gardening

•  Netherlands Government evaluates AFs poverty Alleviation and GAD project in     Kotawehera and Maho divisions in the Kurunegala district. Evaluator was Dr. Sepali     Kottegoda. 1998

•  Fraser Thomas Co., Consultants from New Zealand studied AF Solid Waste     Management and poverty alleviation project in Galle and formulated proposals for     replication. 2002

•  Norad evaluated AFs poverty alleviation and solid waste management project in     Galle. Evaluators were Faizun Zackariya and Kamalini Wijayathilaka. 2002

•  Ministry of planning evaluated AFs projects in Galle and Habaraduwa on poverty     alleviation and solid waste management, 1999

   
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