5.

1 LOCAL GOVERNMENT

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

5.1.1 Background
Local Government has been the closest level to the Community and it has become the training ground forthelocalpoliticianswhorepresentbothatNationalLevelandSubNationalLevels. On theotherhandLocalAuthorityisattheoperationallevelofallprogrammesconceived.Plannedand fundedbytheothertwolevels. LocalGovernmentcanbeconsideredassemiautonomousandthepeopleinitcanmakedecisions depending on the resources they possess and acquire within the boundaries of statues. Its administration was traditionally envisaged in terms of guiding, assisting and supervision Local Authorities.ItfunctionedasaSectorofCentralGovernmentAdministration. Basically the LAA are concentrated on providing basic infrastructure facilities and public utility services to the public. In addition they are involved in the capacity development of their human resources in order to confirm better service delivery. Further they are engaged in health and sanitation and orderliness of the environment where the people live. They also strengthen the democratic processes through the people participation by the community based organizations speciallybycommunitycenters.Meantimestheyenhancetheknowledgeofthesocietybyestablish andupgradethelibraryinthevicinityofthevillagesandtheurbanareas. Thereareabout1250Communitycentersand110Publiclibrariesfunctioningintheprovince.Fare amountoffinancialresourcesareinvestintheseinstitutions fortoconfirmthebettermentofthe society.ForthesepurposestheyareutilizingtheoutreachedgrantoftheGovernmentofSriLanka, Centralministerialfunds,PSDG,CBGandtheCouncilfunds.TheLocalGovernmentreformsareone of the milestones to achieve the benefits by the LAA with the guidance and directives of the MLG&PC. TheVadakilVasanthamspecialdevelopmentprogrammeoftheGOSLwaslaunchedattheNorthern Provincein2009.UnderthePSDGRs.88.4Mn,CBG.Rs.71.998MnandCouncilfundRs.98.169Mn, Economic development Rs 525.285,BG Rs42.537Mn,Council fund Rs251.458Mn, M/ED Rs 108.843MnAndRs21.93Mnbyothersources.UnderthisprogrammetotallyRs.857.787Mnworth of869Noofprojectswerecompletedandstartedtorendertheintendedservices. Intheyear2010,underthePSDGthefollowingserviceswererenderedinordertosatisfythepublic. Development of Rural roads, enhancing the community development, provision of rural electrification, Solid waste management services for the amount of Rs 69.575Mn provided for the public. The received imprest fully utilized by the Department. In 2011 Totally 718 works are implementedforRs847.170Mn. TheintroductionofthespecialprojectsbytheGOSLintheProvincegivesthesupporttodevelopthe province in accordance with the new technologies. Rs 565 Mn worth of The Asian Development fundedLocalGovernmentInfrastructureImprovementprojectinprogressintheNorthernProvince. InadditiontheWorldBankfundedNELSIPprojected3250Mnforthreeyearsarealsoonprocessand implementshortlyintheprovince. 234

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5.1.2 Achievements / Performances

Achievementsin2009 RuralRoads
No 1 2 3 4 5 District Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaithivu Mannar Vavuniya Total No.ofLocal Authorities 17 3 2 5 5 32 No.of Works 187 156 104 44 90 581 Length (Km) 36.25 15.93 15.65 22.87 35.02 125.72

RuralElectrification
No 1 2 3 4 5 District Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaithivu Mannar Vavuniya Total No.ofLocal Authorities 12 3 4 3 3 25 No.of Works 18 3 4 3 5 33

CommunityDevelopment
No 1 2 3 4 5 District Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaithivu Mannar Vavuniya Total No.ofLocal Authorities 16 2 2 5 5 30 No.of Works 95 5 7 23 32 162

Environmental&Sanitation
No 1 2 3 4 5 District Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaithivu Mannar Vavuniya Total No.ofLocal Authorities 17 1 3 5 26 No.of Works 35 1 6 10 52

WaterSupply
No 1 2 3 4 5 District Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaithivu Mannar Vavuniya Total No.ofLocal Authorities 10 1 2 5 4 22 No.of Works 11 1 2 13 14 41

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Year2010

RuralRoads

No 1 2 3 4 5

District Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaithivu Mannar Vavuniya Total

No.ofLocal Authorities 17 3 4 5 5 34

No.of Works 242 7 7 8 90 354

Length (Km) 30.98 2.5 3 2 19 57.48

RuralElectrification
No 1 2 3 4 5 District Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaithivu Mannar Vavuniya Total No.ofLocal Authorities 2 4 6 No.of Works 2 4 6

CommunityDevelopment
No 1 2 3 4 5 District Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaithivu Mannar Vavuniya Total No.ofLocal Authorities 17 3 4 5 5 34 No.of Works 102 64 13 19 45 243

Environmental&Sanitation
No 1 2 3 4 5 District Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaithivu Mannar Vavuniya Total No.ofLocal Authorities 17 3 3 4 5 32 No.of Works 24 10 4 4 9 51

OfficeBuilding
No 1 2 3 4 5 District Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaithivu Mannar Vavuniya Total No.ofLocal Authorities 9 3 2 2 3 19 No.of Works 9 12 2 2 3 28

WaterSupply
No 1 2 3 4 5 District Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaithivu Mannar Vavuniya Total No.ofLocal Authorities 2 1 4 2 5 14 No.of Works 8 2 7 2 54 73 236

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Year2011 RuralRoads
No 1 2 3 4 5 District Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaithivu Mannar Vavuniya Total

No.ofLocal Authorities 17 3 4 5 5 34

No.of Works 266 43 141 49 52 551

Length (Km) 131.99 25.91 83.32 32.08 35.36 308.66

WaterSupply
No 1 2 3 4 5 District Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaithivu Mannar Vavuniya Total No.ofLocal Authorities 4 1 2 7 No.of Works 4 1 36 41

CommunityDevelopment
No 1 2 3 4 5 District Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaithivu Mannar Vavuniya Total No.ofLocal Authorities 17 3 4 2 1 27 No.of Works 45 12 6 2 1 66

Environmental&Sanitation
No 1 2 3 4 5 District Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaithivu Mannar Vavuniya Total No.ofLocal Authorities 17 3 3 3 26 No.of Works 24 4 3 4 3 38

OfficeBuilding
No 1 2 3 4 5 District Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaithivu Mannar Vavuniya Total No.ofLocal Authorities 6 3 4 2 15 No.of Works 7 6 7 2 22

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TotalNo.ofworksinRuralRoads
Year 2009 2010 2011 Jaffna 187 242 266 Kilinochchi 156 7 43 Mullaithivu 104 7 141 Mannar 44 8 49 Vavuniya 90 90 52

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TotalNo.ofworksinRuralElectrification
Year Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaithivu Mannar Vavuniya

2009

18

2010

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TotalNo.ofworksinEnvironmental&Sanitation
Year Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaithivu Mannar Vavuniya

2009

35

10

2010

24

10

2011

24

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TotalNo.ofworksinCommunityDevelopment
Year Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaithivu Mannar Vavuniya

2009

95

23

32

2010

102

64

13

19

45

2011

45

12

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TotalNo.ofworksinWaterSupply
Year Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaithivu Mannar Vavuniya

2009

11

13

14

2010

54

2011

36

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TotalNo.ofworksinOfficeBuilding
Year Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaithivu Mannar Vavuniya

2010

12

2011

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5.1.3 Fund Received

Year2009
Council Fund Provinc ial Fund M/Eco. Line Develop Ministry ment 1.810 93.187 6.300 3.100 2.860 NECOR D

No 1 2 3 4 5 6

District Headoffice Work Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaithivu Mannar Vavuniya Total Percentage

PSDG 43.840 2.901 7.067 10.838 23.754 88.400 10.306

CBG 12.053 32.187 5.148 3.526 7.340 11.744 71.998 8.393

DCB

3.000 111.176 70.120 70.000

1.272 0.200 2.010 0.234 3.710 98.169 11.444

0.114

148.795 125.194 56.551 62.511 7.287

6.414 0.748

3.000 525.285 0.350 61.237

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Year2010
Council Fund World Vision Save M/Eco. the Develop Children ment 5.000 2.050 213.292 10.762 4.896 3.545 2.782 1.548 0.217 27.187 7.050 1.429 251.458 50.953 4.896 0.992 9.860 0.800 6.000 7.778 84.405 1.272 0.258 1.272 Pilisaru Project

No 1 2 3 4 5 6

District Headoffice Work Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaithivu Mannar Vavuniya Total Percentage

PSDG 30.868 6.485 15.899 6.801 9.522 69.575 14.098

CBG 12.621 8.497 3.559 5.572 7.129 5.159 42.537 8.619

DCB

7.875 108.843 1.596 22.055

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Year2011
Save M/Eco. the Develop Children ment 1.800 2.100 46.383 5.48 98.910 11.68 1.800 0.21 0.500 22.403 22.903 2.70 12.900 1.52 2.05 0.24 Oper atio UNICEF nal Supp ort 12.900 2.05

No

District

PSDG

Council Fund

ENReP

NECORD

Care Project

1 2 3 4 5

Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaithivu Mannar Vavuniya Total Percentage

26.800 7.670 6.000 4.000 4.200 48.670 5.75

259.639 2.817

34.970 21.310 172.510

1.700 9.500 33.083

98.460 0.450

0.166 16.300 278.922 32.92

52.873 27.469 309.132 36.49

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5.1.4 Future Plans

1 300KmRuralRoadstobedoneforfiveDistricts 3 PreparationofMasterPlanandBeautification 4 ModalizationofLibrarieslikeNetfacilities 6 Improvingthehumanresourcesbytrainingprogrammes 2 Providingelectricitythroughthesolarsystemtoruralareas&fittingstreetLamps

5 Developing&facilitatestheparks,Playgrounds,andcoastalareasetc.

5.1.5 Constraints and Strategies

InLocalGovernmentSectortherearemanyconstraintstoreachthegoals.Thereisnotcity plan for solid waste management activities. Therefore zonal dumping places should be identifiedtobringthecommonforallLocalAuthorities. RuralRoadsactivitieswanttobedoneforthelongterm.Furtherlackofhumanresourcesis in LAA. So, training programmes should be arranged to improve the staff for efficiency activities.

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5.2 COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT

COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT

5.2.1 Background
Cooperativesocietyisestablishedforthecommonneedsofthepeopleintheworld.Cooperative society is a form of organization where members join together as human beings to satisfy their commoneconomic,socialandculturalneeds.Theyarealsoexpectedtosupplyessentialgoodson onehandandcreditfacilitiesandmarketingtheirproductsontheotherhand.Theemphasisisnot onprofitmakingorganizationandthecooperativesshouldworkonanoprofitnolossbasis. ThisDepartmentmainly focusesonstrengtheningCooperativesocieties forensuringCooperative identity and elaborates of Cooperative movement, promoting contribution of the cooperative sector for a sustainable development, developing professional and managerial activities on Co operativevalues,promulgatingdevelopmentstrategiesandentrepreneurialsetupwithintheframe workofmarketeconomytofacemarketchallengeandprovidingnecessaryassistancetocarrythe Cooperativemessageamongstpeople.Severalactivitiesarebeingconductedtofulfilltheaimofthe Department ofCooperativeDevelopment.Organization andregistrationofCooperativesocieties, supervisionofCooperativesocietiesandprovidingnecessaryadvisesandguidancetothesocieties in the provision of services essential for community life, auditing of Cooperative societies, performance of statutory functions such as the settlement of disputes, holding of inquiries, conducting investigations, inspections of Cooperative societies and liquidations of cancelled societies,traininganddevelopmentofCooperativeDevelopmentofficers,Cooperativeemployees and Cooperators via exhibition, training classes, short term courses and publicity meetings and efficiencybarexaminationsandworkinclosecoordinationwithministriesandagenciesengagedin developmentworkandactasliaisonbetweenCooperativesocietiesandsuchministries/agencies. CLCMS(CentreforLivelihoodCreditManagementServices)isestablishedbyvirtueofpowersunder the provision of the 13th amendments to the constitution of Sri Lanka and approved by Hon. GovernoronDecember2008asasemiautonomousbody(unit)withintheProvincialAdministration of Northern Province. CLCMS is functioning as a Federation according the registration under Co operativeAct.ThisProjectisimplementingspecialMicroCreditmechanismandmonitoringsystem atGNdivision,village,DSdivision,districtandprovinciallevelsustainability. In 2009, sector totally received 36.6Mn under PSDG, 28.6Mn under CBG, 30.1 Mn under LEAD project2.35MnunderPEACEprojectand37.55MnfromLineMinistry.DepartmentofCooperative DevelopmentplannedimplementedCoopCityproject,MiniCoopCityProjectandreconstructionof damagedCooperativeSocietiesinNorthernProvince.Endofyear2009,3,000,000peopledisplaced duringthehumanitarianoperationinKilinochchi,MillaithivuandpartofMannarandVavuniyaand housedinwelfarecentreatCheddikulamarea,financialassistantbythewayofloanfromtheCo operativefundprovidedtothefollowingsocietiestoimprovetheManagementefficiency,Business DevelopmentandReactivatingtheactivitiesoftheSociety.Astheresettlementistakingplaceinthe Northern Province, Department of Cooperative development mainly focuses on the resettlement areasandtakesmeasurestoupliftthelivelihoodofthevulnerablepeoplethroughtheCooperative sector. In2010,sectorreceived7MnunderPSDGand16.55MunderCBG,191.76MnunderENRePproject, 6.42MnunderthePEACEprojectand3.04MnfromlineMinistry,later50Mnwasallocatedaccording 248

COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT to the urgent needs of the province for the development programs. There are Palmyra based productioncentres,LocalproductsalescentreandMinicoopcitieswereopened.Fuelstationsand Odduchuddan Brick factory restarted in the resettled areas. Vehicles were given to MPCSs and FisheriesCooperativestostrengthentheirservices.Inresettledareas,brancheswerereopenedto distribute essential food items in the resettled areas. Resettled area people are able to fulfil their daytodayrequirementsthroughtheseoutlets. In2011,2.5MnunderCBG,322.5MnfromENRePand53.01MnfromLineMinistryallocatedtothe Department of Cooperative Development Fund is used to reactivate the local productions from Palmyra, Micro Credit facilities and Capacity Building programs for the society members. Further action plan was prepared to activate the Cooperatives which were defunding due to the conflict situationintheNorthernProvince.ThesystemofMegaCoopCityhasbeenintroducedthisyear. Provincial Cooperative Training institute is the only institute which has been functioning for 18 yearsfortrainingforallpersonnelsuchasDepartmentalofficersBoardofDirectors,membersand employees of the Cooperative Societies. 129 new Cooperative Development Officers recruited in year2010.Wehavebeenneededtocompletetheir1stTraining.ToaccelerateTrainingprogrammes, a work plan has been implemented for 2011 for the development of human resources. Training Programmeshavebeenconductedintemporaryplace.

5.2.2 Achievements/ Performances

EstablishingMiniCoopCities
District Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaitivu Vavuniya Mannar TOTAL 2009 77 7 5 10 9 108 2010 3 7 2 12 2011 4 4 Total 80 7 5 17 15 124

ReestablishingMPCSBranches
District Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaitivu Vavuniya Mannar TOTAL 2009 2 2 4 2010 4 72 59 8 22 165 2011 6 11 5 22 Total 10 83 64 10 24 191 249

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OpenedMegaCoopcity OpenedFuelStationinKilinochchi

TCCSUnionnewBuildingin Vavuniya

OpenedCoopcityofKarachchi SouthMPCS

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IssuedVehiclestoCooperativeSocieties
District Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaitivu Vavuniya Mannar TOTAL 2010 6 7 1 14 2011 2 3 3 3 11 Total 2 9 10 1 3 25

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ProvidingMicroCreditCLCMS
2009 District Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaitivu Vavuniya Mannar TOTAL Amount Mn 16 0.8 0.9 11 10.5 39.2 Benefici aries 436 81 96 376 490 1479 2010 Amount Mn 32 13 11.3 18.6 17.3 92.2 Benefic iaries 868 602 562 736 625 3393 2011 Amount Mn 31.8 8.4 1.3 5.6 11.8 58.9 Benefici aries 810 348 59 158 316 1691 Total Amount Mn 79.8 22.2 13.5 35.2 39.6 190.3 Benefici aries 2114 1031 717 1270 1431 6563

NewlyRegisteredCooperativeSocieties
District Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaitivu Vavuniya Mannar TOTAL 2009 6 5 5 16 2010 20 6 7 21 5 59 Total 26 6 7 26 10 75

5.2.3

Fund received

FundAllocationforCooperativeSector(RsinMn.)
Project CBG PSDG PEACE LEAD LineMinistry ENReP Total 2009 23.68 36.60 2.35 30.10 37.55 0 130.28 2010 43.50 22.70 6.42 0.0 3.04 191.76 267.42 2011 5.00 0 0 0 53.10 322.50 380.6 251

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5.2.4

Future Plans

The Department of Cooperative Development has plans to improve the Cooperative sector in future.EstablishinggrindingmillsisaneedoftheCooperativesocieties.Proposalsarepreparedand have been sent several funding agencies to find financial assistance. Improve Tellippalai Co operativehospitalalsoaplantobeimplementedthisyear.Proposalsubmittedforthispurposehas beenapprovedbythelineministry. To uplift the palm product coop members income there are some initiatives have been taken. Establishing toddy bottling plant is a proposal to be implemented. However fund has to be identified. ModernizingthebranchesoftheCooperativesisnecessarytocompeteotherbusinessinstitutions. Measureshavebeentakentodothiswork.Arrangementshavebeencompletedtoestablishmore fuel stations through cooperatives within this year. Assistance to get permission from petroleum cooperationandlandrequirementsmattershandlebythisdepartmenttoexpeditetheworks. Thedepartmenthaspreparedanactionplantoactivatemorecooperativeswhichwerenotfunction duetotheconflictsituation,withinthisyear.28cooperativesinKilinochchidistrict,59inMullitivu district, 12 in Mannar district, 14 in Vavuniya district and 21 in Jaffna district are included in the actionplan. Capacitydevelopmentofsocietymembersandemployeesisanessentialtofacethemoderntrends of the present situation. Further beneficiaries of the micro credit also need capacity development programmes to use the assistance effectively. Therefore a training programme is scheduled this year.

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5.2.5

Constraints and Strategies

Inadditiontotheabove,atpresenttheCooperativeTrainingInstitutewhichissituatedinVavuniya is used to rehabilitate the surrenders. Consequently the training programs are being temporary place.AsthisistheonlyTamilMediumtraininginstituteitisnecessarytoconductthetrainingsto societymembers,employeesanddepartmentalofficers. Many cooperatives in the Northern Province have lost their properties and belongings due to conflict. They do not have sufficient fund for their day to day business and activities. Societies requestsoftloanwithoutinterestorlessinterest. Duringtheconflictallpaddystoresweredamaged.Asaresultcooperativesareunabletopurchase paddyfromthepeople.Thissituationaffectstheimplementationofcontrolpricewhichisimposed bythegovernment. Due to without proper documents the cooperative societies are unable to confirm the bank balances.Whenthesocietiestrytoconfirmtheirbankbalancesthereisnopositiveresponsesfrom thebanks.Hencethisshouldbebroughttohigherleveltogetthesolution. Societieshavelosttheirvehiclesduringthehumanitarianwarperiod.Vehiclesareessentialforthe societiesactivities,arrangementsneedtobemadetoprovideatleastonevehicleforeachsociety.

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5.3 RURAL DEVELOPMENT

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

5.3.1 Background
The Department of Rural Development has being worked at grass root level through the Rural DevelopmentandWomenRuralDevelopmentsocieties(RDS&WRDS)whicharethecommunities based organizations registered under the department. In addition, the Women Development Centers(WDC)areestablishedattheDivisionsinNorthernDistricts. The main objective of the Rural Development is improve the Socio economic activities of the societies to upgrade the stranded of living of the village people through Livelihood support / Revolving fund activities / Infrastructure facilities / income generation activities / Capacity Development Programme / skill development & vocational training programme to the society members. TheVadakkinVasantham180daysprogrammewaslaunchedin2009.Rs37MnPSDGcapitalfund was allocated to the Department. 51 nos of activities had completed successfully in resettled & settledareas.TheofficefurniturehadpurchasedandissuedtoDistrict&Divisionalofficesunderthe CBGallocationRs1.5Mn. In the Vadakkin Vasantham programme 2010, Rs 28.500 Mn PSDG capital fund was spent to complete27nosactivitiesatresettled&settledareas.Further,officefurniturehadpurchasedand issuedtoDistrict&DivisionalofficesundertheCBGfundRs1.550Mn. In the year 2011, Rs 12 Mn PSDG has allocated under the regional Development initiatives programme. Under this, 10 nos activities have been identified. One activity has been completed withreceivedimprestuptodate.Furtherofficefurnitureandequipmenthasbeenpurchasedunder theCBGfundRs1.750MnforDistrictandDivisions. UndertheDepartmentalbylaw,799NosRDSand829NosWRDShavebeenreorganized/organized and registered up to date. The WRDSS have been involved the revolving fund activities. The RDSS haveundertakeotherlivelihoodsupportactivitiesfortheirincomegeneration. The Women Development Centers are the focal institutions for the skill development training at divisional level. In Northern Province, Vulnerable young women / widows have been benefited through 25 nos Women Development Centers. These centers have registered under the Tertiary andVocationalEducationCommissioninNationallevelforfuturebenefits. Further,vocationaltrainingforyoungyouth(men&women)havebeenconductedbydepartment fortheirselfemploymentandincomegeneration.14Nosskilldevelopmentvocationaltraininghave conducted in Kilinochchi , Jaffna and Vavuniya Districts for 385 Nos benefited from 2009 to up to date. Specially year 2009, 3 nos skill development vocational training programme had been conductedatVavuniyaKathirkamarwelfarecenters. 254

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5.3.2 Achievements/ Performance

Achievementsin2009

(i) InfrastructureFacilities JaffnaDistrict No 01 Activities Repair/renovateSocietybuilding (05Building) AllocationPSDG 3.950Mn Beneficiaries SocietyMembers

KuppilanRDS KilinochchiDistrict

SilalaiNorthRDS

AtthaiyWRDS

No

Activities

Allocation&Sourcefund

Beneficiaries

01

1.000Mn Repair/renovateSocietybuilding PSDGUpfrontLift (05buildings) (eachbuilding0.2Mn)

SocietyMembers

JeyapuramNorthRDS MullaithivuDistrict

KariyalaiRDS

PallavarayankadduRDS

KumulamunaiRDS

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RURAL DEVELOPMENT No Activities Repair/renovateSocietybuilding (08buildings) Repair/renovateSociety building(YogapuramRDS) AllocationPSDG 1.600Mn PSDGUpfrontLift (eachbuilding0.2Mn) 1.400Mn Beneficiaries

01

SocietyMembers

02

SocietyMembers

AnichchiyankulamRDS

YogapuramRDS

AmpalpuramRDS

KollavilankulamRDS

MannarDistrict No 01 Activities Repair/renovateSocietybuilding (07buildings) ConstructionofMilkProcessing Unit (UjitharasankulamWRDS) AllocationPSDG 4.150Mn PSDG 1.100Mn PSDG Beneficiaries SocietyMembers

02

SocietyMembers

KokkupadayanWRDS VavuniyaDistrict

MaruthamaduWRDS

PallimunaiRDS

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MilkProcessingUnit UjitharasankulamWRDS

UjilankulamRDS

SkillDevelopment&VocationalTrainingProgramme

JaffnaDistrict No Activities Needlework&HandicraftCourseat Womendevelopmentcenters (14centers) Vocationaltrainingprogrammeon AluminumFabrication TrainingProgrammeonBatik WorkforUnemployedWomen. Allocation&Source fund Recurrent Allocation (8.400Mn) 1.425Mn PSDG 0.450Mn PSDG Beneficiaries 350NosVulnerableyoung Women 25NosUnemployedmale youths 120UnemployedWomen

01

02

03

AluminumFabricationTraining Jaffna

BatikWorkTrainingJaffna

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No

Activities

Allocation&Source fund

Beneficiaries

CommercialArt&DesignCourse 1.800Mn 25NosUnemployedmale& 01 Vavuniya PSDG femaleyouths NeedleworkTrainingCoursefor 0.950Mn 02. IDPsYouthsKathirkamarWelfare 60NosYouth(Male&Female) PSDG center ScreenPrintingforIDPsYouths 0.200Mn 03 30NosYouth(Male&Female) KathirkamarWelfarecenter PSDG CommercialArt&Design NeedleworkTraining ScreenPrintingforIDPs Course CourseforIDPsYouths Youths (iii) CapacityDevelopmentProgramme Headoffice,Jaffna,Vavuniya&MannarDistricts

No

Activities Providingofficefurniture&Equipment toDistrictoffice (Headoffice,Jaffna,Vavuniya& Mannar)

Allocation&Source fund 1.400Mn CBG

Beneficiaries

01

District&Divisionalstaff

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RURAL DEVELOPMENT (iv) LivelihoodSupport&RevolvingLoan KilinochchiDistrict No Activities RevolvingLoanFundsforincome generationactivitiesinvillages 01 Poonagary (forsmall&mediumscalebusiness) MullaithivuDistrict No Activities RevolvingLoanFundsforincome generationactivitiesinvillages 01 ManthaiEast&Thunukkai (forsmall&mediumscale business) MannarDistrict No Activities RevolvingLoanFundsforincome generationactivitiesinvillages Manthaiwest (forsmall&mediumscalebusiness) RevolvingLoanFundsforincome generationactivitiesinvillages Musaly (forsmall&mediumscalebusiness)

Allocation&Sourcefund 2.640Mn PSDG StartupVenture Programme

Beneficiaries

144Nos

Allocation&Sourcefund 1.080Mn PSDG StartupVentureProgramme

Beneficiaries

108

Allocation&Sourcefund 2.280Mn PSDG StartupVenture Programme 1.575Mn PSDG

Beneficiaries 228

01

02

105

Chequehadbeenissuedby,Hon.BasilRajapaksaMinisterofEconomicDevelopment, Hon.RishadBathiudeenMinisterIndustry&Commerce&Hon.GovernorGAChandrasiri

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CanteenJeyapuram,Kilinochchi (v) Incomegenerationactivities

CursoryshopJeyapuram, Kilinochchi

MannarDistrict No Activities Composemaking&providing TechnicalSupportNanaddan Allocation&Source fund 0.500Mn CEDS Beneficiaries

01

SocietyMembers

VavuniyaDistrict No 01 Activities SmallScaleMilkProcessingUnit KidasuriWRDS SmallScaleblackgram&Rice grindingIndustry(Machineries) CheddikulamWRDS Allocation& Sourcefund 0.900Mn PSDG 0.200Mn PSDG Beneficiaries Societymembers&Women headedfamilies Societymembers&Women headedfamilies

02

SmallScaleMilkProcessingUnit

SmallScaleblackgram&RicegrindingIndustry

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Achievementsin2010
(i) InfrastructureFacilities KilinochchiDistrict No Activities 01 Repair/renovateSocietybuilding (04buildings)

Allocation&Sourcefund 0.800Mn PSDGUpfrontLift (building@0.2Mn)

Beneficiaries SocietyMembers

OriyanRDS MannarDistrict No Activities 01 Construction/Repair/renovate Societybuilding(03buildings)

UthayanagarRDS

PuloppalaiRDS

Allocation&Sourcefund 3.700Mn PSDG

Beneficiaries WDCstudents&society members

WDCManthaiWest

ParappukanthanRDS

PaddythoddamWRDS

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RURAL DEVELOPMENT VavuniyaDistrict No Activities 01 Repair/renovateSocietybuilding (02buildings) ConstructionoftheWomen DevelopmentCenterNedunkeny (skilldevelopmenttrainingcentre) Constructionofmultifacilitated DepartmenttrainingCenter Vavuniya

Allocation&Sourcefund 0.400Mn PSDGUpfrontLift (building@0.2Mn) 2.400Mn PSDG

Beneficiaries SocietyMembers

02

WDCStudents

03

13.000Mn PSDG

Unemployedyouths, societymembers& Departmentstaff

WDCNedunkeny (ii)

NedunkenyRDS

KollarpuliyankulamRDS

SkillDevelopment&VocationalTrainingProgramme

JaffnaDistrict No Activities 01 Needlework&HandicraftCourse atwomenDevelopmentCenters (15centers) 02 TrainingProgrammeonDigitalArt WorkatJaffna

Allocation&Sourcefund Beneficiaries Recurrent 425NosVulnerable Allocation youngWomen (10.200Mn) 0.275Mn 30NosUnemployedmale PSDG &femaleyouths

262 DigitalArtWorkTrainingJaffna

RURAL DEVELOPMENT KilinochchiDistrict

No 01

Activities Needlework&HandicraftCourse atWomenDevelopmentCenters (2centers) VocationalTrainingProgramme onAluminumfabrication PoonagaryKranchi VocationalTrainingProgramme onHouseWiring KandawalaiPuthukkadu

Allocation&Sourcefund Recurrent Allocation (1.440Mn) 0.950Mn PSDG 1.100Mn PSDG

Beneficiaries 60NosVulnerableyoung Women 25NosUnemployedmale youths 25NosUnemployed youths(Male&Female)

02

03

AluminumfabricationPoonagary

HouseWiringKandawalai

(iii) CapacityDevelopmentProgramme AllfiveDistricts Activities Providebooks,equipments& furnituretoWomen DevelopmentCenters25Nos WDCinfiveDistricts TrainingprogrammeonMicro Creditactivities(AllfiveDistrict staff)

No 01

Allocation&Sourcefund 2.00Mn PSDG

Beneficiaries

WDCCentersStudents

02

0.200 PSDG

DepartmentDistrict& Divisionstaff (RDOO&PAA)

263

RURAL DEVELOPMENT (iv) LivelihoodSupport&RevolvingLoan JaffnaDistrict Activities RevolvingLoanFundsfor incomegenerationactivitiesin villagesPointPedro& Maruthankeny (forsmall&mediumscale business) RevolvingloanforFishingNets PointPedro&Maruthankeny

No

Allocation&Sourcefund

Beneficiaries

01

13.000Mn TAARPNECDEP

417NosSocietyMembers

02

4.600Mn TAARPNECDEP

46NosSocietyMembers

KilinochchiDistrict No Activities RevolvingLoanFundsfor incomegenerationactivitiesin villages Kandawalai RevolvingloanforFishingNets Kandawalai Allocation&Sourcefund 8.800Mn TAARPNECDEP Beneficiaries

01

283NosSocietyMembers

02

2.300Mn TAARPNECDEP

23 osSocietyMembers

MullaithivuDistrict No Activities RevolvingLoanFundsfor incomegenerationactivitiesin villages Karaithuraipattu RevolvingloanforFishingNets Karaithuraipattu Allocation&Sourcefund 9.300Mn TAARPNECDEP Beneficiaries

01

446NosSocietyMembers

02

6.300Mn TAARPNECDEP

63 NosSocietyMembers

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MullaithivuDistrict

No 01

Activities EstablishmentofSmallScale MilkProcessingUnit SelvapuramWRDS MannarDistrict

Allocation&Sourcefund 0.800

Beneficiaries Societymembers&Women headersfamily

No Activities EstablishmentofSmallScaleMilk 01 ProcessingUnit UjirtharasankulamWRDS Mannar VavuniyaDistrict

Allocation&Sourcefund 0.800Mn PSDG

Beneficiaries Societymembers& Womenheadersfamily

No 01

Activities ProvidingPulseprocessing machineforSmallScalegrinding industry VengalacheddykulamWRDS

Allocation&Sourcefund 0.275Mn PSDG

Beneficiaries Societymembers&Women headersfamily

Achievements2011uptoJune
(i) SkillDevelopment&VocationalTrainingProgramme

JaffnaDistrict

No

Activities Capacitybuildingtraining programme AllDistrictsNWDatJaffna District

Allocation&Sourcefund

Beneficiaries

01

0.100Mn

NeedleworkDemonstrators

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RURAL DEVELOPMENT (ii) Incomegenerationactivities JaffnaDistrict&KilinochchiDistrict

No 01

Activities Issuingofsewingmachinesto resettledareas200Nos ResettledJaffna&Kilinochchi

Allocation&Sourcefund 3.700Mn

Beneficiaries WDCPassedoutWomen/ widows

5.3.3 Fund Received

ReceivedFund PSDG CBG CEDS RegionalDevelopmentinitiative(PSDG) NECCDEPTAARP Total 34.750 2009 29.850 1.400 0.500 3.000 2010 25.500 1.550 3.000 43.300 73.350 4.500 3.700 0.800 2011

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5.3.4 Future Plans

FuturePlansforbalanceperiod2011
Location/DS Division Karainagar, Poinpedro, Oddusuddan Palai, Kandawalai Kilinochchi, Mullaithivu, Mannar Implementing Agency

S.No

NameoftheProject

TEC

Beneficiaries

EstablishmentofSmallfood andHandicraftCottages

DeptofRural Development

4.000

Societies Members

Strengtheningofwomen Developmentcentres

DeptofRural Development DeptofRural Development

0.800

WDC Students

Skill&employment opportunityTraining Madhu ProgrammeonHouseWiring Skill&employment opportunityTraining ProgrammeonAluminum Fabrication Establishmentofsmallscale grindingmill

Resettlement 0.800 Village youths Resettlement 0.950 Village youths 0.700 Societies Members Societies Members Societies Members WDCPassed out Students/ widows

ManthaiWest

DeptofRural Development DeptofRural Development DeptofRural Development DeptofRural Development DeptofRural Development

Nedunkeny

Establishmentofsmallscale Vavuniya ChipsProduct(Manioc)Unit EstablishmentofSmallScale MixtureProductionUnit Thunukkai

0.500

0.500

10

Issuingofsewingmachines

AllDivisions

3.750

TotalTEC

12.000

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FuturePlansforbalanceperiod2011
S.No NameoftheProject ProvidingAluminumhut, chairs&otherequipment forrentalbaseincome generationactivities StrengthenningWomen DevelopmentCenters Establishmentofsmall scalePrawnculturefarm Establishmentof RevolvingLoanFundsfor incomegeneration activitiesinvillages Establishmentofsmall scalePoultryfarm Establishmentofsmall scalegrindingmill Location/DSDivision JaffnaDistrict Districtfederation& ManthaiWest KarunkandalWRDS Kilinochchi04WDC Mullaithivu05WDC Jaffna15WDC Tellipalai IllavalaiWestWRDS JaffnaDistrict15 Societies, KilinochchiDistrict20 Societies MullaithivuDistrict 20Societies Cheddikulam Palai, Poonagary Kilinochchi, Mullaithivu, Jaffna Vavuniya, Mannar (SelectedMembers) MannarTown Implementing Agency DeptofRural Development TEC Beneficiaries Societies Members

2.000

DeptofRural Development DeptofRural Development

3.000 WDCStudents

1.000

Societies Members

DeptofRural Development

27.500

Societies Members

DeptofRural Development DeptofRural Development

1.000

Societies Members Societies Members

1.500

CapacityDevelopment TrainingProgrammefor Societymembers Establishmentofsmall scaleDryFishProduction Center Skill&employment opportunityTraining ProgrammeonAluminum Fabrication Skill&employment opportunityTraining ProgrammeonHouse wiring EstablishmentofSmall foodandHandicraft Cottages

DeptofRural Development

1.000

Societies Members

DeptofRural Development DeptofRural Development

1.000

Societies Members

Puthukidijiruppu

25 0.950 Resettlement Villageyouths 26 0.800 Resettlement Villageyouths Societies Members 268

10

Nedunkeny

DeptofRural Development

11

Vavuniya, ManthaiWest, Madhu TotalTEC

DeptofRural Development

2.400 42.150

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5.3.5 Constraints and Strategies

The Rural Development officer (as field staff) has been engaged in livelihood activities at rural level. Lack of mobility is a major barrier to carry out their works in efficiency & effectivelyatfieldlevel.Mobility&incentivehavebeenrequiredfortheirfieldwork. WomenDevelopmentCentershavenotpermanentbuildings.Theyrentedinprivatehouses. ThefundallocationisinadequatetostrengthentheRuralDevelopmentSocieties.

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5.4.1 Background
TheobjectiveoftheDepartmentofIndustriesisthepromotionanddevelopmentofIndustriesand LivelihoodEnterprisesinNorthernProvince.DepartmentofIndustriesrealizesthatitsmajortaskis notprovidinganyGovernmentemploymentoranydirectinvolvementinemploymentcreation. The Livelihood support activities, Handloom textile & Small industrial training programmes, Infrastructure activities, Capacity Development training programmes, Skill development & Vocational training programmes have been conducted to unemployed youths through Handloom, Smallindustrial&VocationaltrainingcentresbytheDepartment.DivisionalIMAA&PAAhavebeen monitoredtheDepartmentactivities. TheVadakkinVasantham180daysprogramme2009,Rs.6.12MnPSDGcapitalfundwasspentto complete 27Nosactivitiesatresettled &settledareas. Theplant&machinery,officefurniture& equipments had purchased and issued to District & Divisional level offices under the CBG, CBG CEDSfundRs8.15Mn.Thereceivedtotalimpresshadfullyutilized. IntheVadakkinVasanthamprogramme2010,Rs.9.3MnPSDGcapitalfundwasspenttocomplete 30Nosactivitiesatresettled&settledareas.Theplant&machinery,officefurniture&equipments hadpurchasedandissuedtoDistrict&DivisionallevelofficesundertheCBG,CBGCEDSfundRs1.8 Mn.Thereceivedtotalimpresshadfullyutilized. TheCentral DepartmentofTextileIndustriesandSmallIndustrieshadvestedits functionsreferred therein to this Department. The Department is mainly involved with conducting training programs andoperatingadvanceaccountactivitiesonlimitedtraditionalsmallindustrialfields. Presently, 29 Handloom Textile Centres and 09 Small Industries Centres and 03 Market Promotion CentresofthisDepartmentarefunctioningthroughouttheNorthernProvince.Thetrainingprograms on Textile Weaving, Carpentry, Coir and Pottery are being conducted in the above centres. Textile Weavingandthetrainingonothersmallindustrialfieldsprovidesopportunitiesforselfemployment. Actionisbeingtakentoprovidefurtheradvancedtrainingonselectedfieldsindemand.Inthetextile centres,theproductionsarenowbeingcontrolledinkeepingwiththemarketfacilitiesanddemand.

5.4.2

Achievements/ Performance

Handloom Training: Providing Hand loom Weaving skills to the women to produce handloom products(Sarees,Bedsheets,Pillowcoversetc).Durationofthetrainingissixmonths. Vocationaltraining:ProvidingVocationalskillstotheunemployedyouthsinnontraditionaltrades. Thenontraditionalvocationaltrainingprogrammesaremobilephonerepairs,computerHardware, leather based product, Out board motor repair, house wiring and motor rewinding, Aluminum fabrication,housewiringandplumbing.

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INDUSTRIES SmallIndustrialTraining:ProvidingVocationalskillstotheunemployedyouthsintraditionaltrades. ThetraditionalvocationaltrainingprogrammesareCarpentry,Masonry,CoirworkandPottery. EntrepreneurshipdevelopmentTraining:ProvidingBusinesscapacitydevelopmenttothepotential entrepreneurs. Special Programmes: Short term Technology Transfer training programme which providing appropriate technology to the needy entrepreneurs. Such as Batik printing, Pan mat weaving and scientificdresscuttingetc. MicroCredit:Providingfinancialassistancetothesmallenterprisedevelopment.

Achievementsin2009
Programmes S. No Activity Expenditure (RsinMn) Total Jaffna Killinoch Mullaith Beneficia Mannar Vavuniya chi ivu ries 1 3 237

Handloom Training Small Industries Training Vocational Training Entrepreneur ship development Training Appropriate Training Programme Total

3.92

15

11

1.136

07

04

01

02

333

4.14

30

17

03

10

329

6.99

11

01

03

02

03

02

220

1.294

10

02

02

04

02

200

17.58

73

35

05

06

08

19

1319

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Achievementsin2010
Expenditure S.N o Activity (RsinMn) 1 Handloom Training Small Industries Training Vocational Training Entrepreneurs hip development Training Appropriate Technology Transfer programme MicroCredit Total 4.008 Total Jaffna Programmes Killinochc Mullaith Vavuniy Benificiar Mannar hi evu a ies 01 03 178

23

19

2.136

07

07

90

6.56945

21

05

05

04

02

05

420

07

01

03

02

01

140

1.294

10

02

02

04

02

696

1 16.007454

02 70

35

01 11

01 11

04

10

40 1564

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Achievementsin2011
S. No 1 Activity Expenditure (RsinMn) Handloom Training Small Industries Training Appropriate technology Transfer programme Total 0.638 Total Jaffna Programmes Killinoch Mullaith Benificiarie Mannar Vavuniya chi evu s 4 150

14

10

0.29

05

05

50

1.08

01

345

2.008

19

15

01

04

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5.4.3
S.No 1 2 3 4 5

Fund received
Fund PSDG LEAD CBGIndustries CBGCEDS Recurrent Total 2009 4.14 0.46 2.36 5.78 4.84 17.58 2010 6.56 1 0.8 1 6.647 16.007 2011 2.008 2.008

FundwiseSummary

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Recurrent&CapitalExpenditure2009
Fund Recurrent Project 1 2 3 1 3 1 Total Description GeneralIndustries HandloomTextile CEDS HeadOffice CEDS Industries Estimate (Rs.000) 27.439 20.013 7.117 2.367 5.782 6.12 68.838 Expenditure (Rs.000) 23.173 16.121 5.764 2.367 5.782 6.12 59.327

CapitalCBG CapitalPSDG

Recurrent&CapitalExpenditure2010
Fund Recurrent Subtotal CapitalCBG Subtotal CapitalPSDG Subtotal Total 1 2 3 1 HeadOffice Textile CEDS Industries Project 1 2 3 Description GeneralIndustries HandloomTextile CEDS Estimate (Rs.Mn) 28.273 17.837 1.866 47.976 0.170 0.600 5.437 6.217 9.300 9.300 63.493 Expenditure (Rs.Mn) 28.220 17.823 1.855 47.898 0.170 0.590 5.375 6.135 9.299 9.299 63.332 275

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5.4.4
S.No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Future Plans
Typeofwork Location FiveDistrictinNP FiveDistrictinNP FiveDistrictinNP FiveDistrictinNP FiveDistrictinNP FiveDistrictinNP FiveDistrictinNP FiveDistrictinNP FiveDistrictinNP TECRs.Mn 25 20 5 35 10 10 1 10 4 115

ModernizationofHandloomandSmall IndustrialSectors ConstructionofCareerGuidanceCentres EntrepreneurshipDevelopmentTraining Establishment&ExpansionofSkill DevelopmentTrainingCentres SkillDevelopmentTraining ProvisionofInfrastructureFacilities ExposedVisit ProvidingMarketSupport Capacitydevelopmentprogramme Total

5.4.5

Constraints & Strategies

Nonavailabilityofestablishedshowroomsandsalesstalls. NonAccessibilitytoResourceInformation. Inadequacyofskilledpersonal&resourcepersons. Nonavailabilityofappropriateprocesstechnology. Nonavailabilityofbasicinfrastructurefacilities. Restrictedcreditfacilities. Lackofentrepreneurialcapabilityandmanagerialcompetence

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5.5.1 Background

The Department of Social Welfare, Northern Province was established in 01.01.2007 under the Ministry of Rehabilitation, Reconstruction, Buildings and Social Welfare. From 01.01.2008 it was shifted to the Ministry of Local Government, Industries, Cooperative Development, Rural Development and Social welfare. The Department of Social Welfare, NP under Provincial Council, covered the developed functions of Social Services and Probation and Child Care Services till 31.05.2009.Since01.06.2009DepartmentofSocialServicesstartedtofunctionseparately. ServicesprovidedthroughtheSocialServicessectorhavebecomeanecessaryconditioninthelifeof most Northern Province people. Social Services mainly deal with the vulnerable people such as elders, persons with disabilities, widows and low income people. To fulfill the need of these vulnerablethissectorhasavisiontocreateawell securedenvironmentforweakersectionofthe community.Toachievethisvisionwehaveamissiontoprovideassistancetosatisfytheimmediate andlongtermneedofthedisadvantageandtheneedymembersofthecommunityinordertomake thempartnersinnationaldevelopment.Thefollowingobjectivesaredefinedtosupportthevision andmission. ObjectivesoftheSector *Improvingthelivelihoodofthepoor *ToassistthePhysically,Mentally,HandicappedandAffectedPersonnel *Care&MaintenanceofElders StateHomeforEldersinKaithadyand05EldersHome,06DisableHomeswhicharemaintainedby voluntary organizations are coming under the purview of Provincial Social Services Department, Northern Province. Further around 10 Elders and Disable Homes which were started for the displaced elders and disables need to be assisted by our department. In addition to this Dept. of SocialServiceshandlingthemattersregardingPAMAallowance,providingselfemploymentgrants, distribute support equipment to disable, assisting the people suffering from contagiousness diseases,issuesofEldersIdentityCardandcompensationfromdisasterdamages. DuetotheprevailingsituationintheNorthernProvincemanypeoplearelivingunderthepoverty line. These people get the benefit of the services provided by the Department of Social Services. Mostofthepeoplearefullydependontheservicesdeliveredbythedepartment. Departmentprovidesfollowingtypeofassistance I. Publicassistancemonthlyallowance(PAMA)payment. II. Rehabilitationoffamiliesunderpovertyline.(SelfEmployment) III. Sickpersonsallowance. IV. SupportandRehabilitationofthedisables a. Providingequipments b. ProvidinggranttostartSelfemployment 277

SOCIAL SERVICES Relieftopeopleaffectedbynaturaldisaster. Assistancecropdamagedbywildanimals(casualreliefpayment) IssuesofeldersIdentityCards RegistrationsofVolunteersorganization In 2009 department received 85.133 Mn under the PSDG, 1.55 mn under the CBG & 131.273 mn under the recurrent funds. There are state elders home & voluntary elders homes constructed & reconstructed.Socialcarecentersestablished.Vulnerablepeoplereceivedselfemploymentgrant. In2010received71.20underthePSDG,1.55undertheCBG,150.118mnundertherecurrentfund and6.5mnallocatedbyministryforthehousingprogramme.Midofthisyeardepartmentreceived 25.099 mn by Unicef to fulfill vulnerable peoples essential needs. such as toilet construction, Providing grant for self employment grant and modification of disable equipments. In 2011, 15 mn under the PSDG, 1.75 Mn under CBG, 12 mn under lead project and 21 mn under unicef fund allocatedtothedepartmentofsocialservices.Thisfundsveryusefulforvulnerablepeopletouplift theirlife. V. VI. VII. VIII.

5.5.2 Achievements / Performance

PublicassistanceformonthlyAssistance
2009 District Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaitivu Vavuniya Mannar Noof Benefici aries 23,804 4,031 5,032 5,180 2,515 Amount 22,270,910 608,540 1,070,960 4,352,830 2,069,700 Noof Beneficiar ies 27,839 5,570 2,035 7,308 3,460 2010 Amount 37,474,434 8,943,770 4,819,560 18,816,670 4,969,100 Noof Beneficiari es 27642 2333 7133 8395 3688 2011 Amount 17,294,250 4,294,819 2,502,020 4,449,258 1,935,530

40,000,000

Amount

35,000,000 30,000,000 25,000,000 20,000,000 15,000,000 10,000,000 5,000,000 0 2009 2010 year 2011 Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaitivu Vavuniya Mannar

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30,000 25,000 20,000 Jaffna 15,000 Kilinochchi 10,000 Mullaitivu Vavuniya 5,000 Mannar 0 2009 2010 2011 Year SelfEmploymentgrantforwomenheadedfamilies,disablepersons
NoofBeneficiaries

District Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaitivu Vavuniya Mannar

2009 Noof Benefici aries 1,072 79 132 207 Amount 18,180,000 592,500 2,715,000 3,917,500 Noof Beneficiar ies 435 85 302 149 212

2010 Amount 5,210,000 2,955,000 2,917,000 2,987,500 2,145,000 Noof Beneficiar ies 377 50 135 110 78

2011 Amount 2,827,500 510,000 1,012,500 825,000 585,000

Distributionofsewingmachine
2009 District Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaitivu Vavuniya Mannar 279 Noof Beneficiar ies Amount Noof Beneficiaries 52 70 50 30 34 2010 Amount 92,0400 1,239,000 885,000 531,000 601,800 Noof Benefici aries 2011 Amount

SOCIAL SERVICES

SelfEmploymentgrantforwomen headedfamilies,disablepersons
20,000,000 18,000,000 16,000,000 14,000,000 12,000,000 10,000,000 8,000,000 6,000,000 4,000,000 2,000,000 0 2009 2010 2011 Year

1,600

NoofBeneficiaries

1,400 1,200 1,000 800 600 400 200 0 2009 2010 2011 Year Mannar Vavuniya Mullaitivu Kilinochchi Jaffna

Amount

Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaitivu Vavuniya Mannar

ProvidingEquipmentstoHandicappedPersons
District Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaitivu Vavuniya Mannar 280 2009 NoofBeneficiaries/ Noofequipments 376 59 37 1,123 05 2010 NoofBeneficiaries/Noof equipments 465 25 37 76 07 2011 NoofBeneficiaries/No ofequipments 35 2

SOCIAL SERVICES
NoofBeneficiaries /Noofequipments 2009 Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaitivu Vavuniya Mannar
NoofBeneficiaries/ Noofequipments 2010 Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaitivu Vavuniya Mannar

CasualReliefforNaturalDisaster
2009 District Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaitivu Vavuniya Mannar 281 Noof Benefici aries 116 2 325 102 Amount 1,128,000 20,000 3,101,000 1,015,000 Noof Beneficiar ies 177 56 7 186 76 2010 Amount 1,747,000 488,100 70,000 1,612,000 751,500 Noof Beneficia ries 107 1 9 92 10 2011 Amount 1,060,000 10,000 90,000 571,000 85,500

SOCIAL SERVICES 2010 Year 2010 Year

350 300

NoofBeneficiaries

250 200 150 100 50 0 2009

Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaitivu Vavuniya Mannar

2011

3,500,000 3,000,000 2,500,000

Amount

2,000,000 1,500,000 1,000,000 500,000 0 2009

Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaitivu Vavuniya Mannar

2011

ConstructionworkofToilet
2009 District Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaitivu Vavuniya Mannar Noof Benefici aries Amount Noof Beneficiar ies 75 25 19 1 2010 Amount 7,196,513 1,921,792 1,897,536 99,048 Noof Beneficia ries 15 25 2011 Amount 282

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Amount 2010
Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaitivu Vavuniya Mannar

NoofBeneficiaries 2010

Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaitivu Vavuniya Mannar

ConstructionworkforStateeldershome,othervoluntaryhomesand socialcarecenters
2009 District Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaitivu Vavuniya Mannar 283 Noof buildings 15 1 2 Amount 42,385,000 9,321,000 3,611,000 Noof buildings 4 1 2 5 2010 Amount 21,850,000 1,082,000 2,297,882 20,650,000 1 Noof buildings 1 1 2011 Amount

SOCIAL SERVICES

15 10 Noofbuildings 5 0 2009 2010 Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaitivu Vavuniya Mannar

50,000,000 40,000,000 30,000,000 20,000,000 10,000,000 0 2009 010 2

Amount

Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaitivu Vavuniya Mannar Year

Year

MaintenanceofState&othervoluntaryhomes
Maintenanceof State&other voluntaryhomes 2009 9,555,749 2010 8,714,683 2011 5,066,784

MaintenanceofState&other voluntaryhomes

2009 2010 2011

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5.5.4 Future Plans

TheDepartment ofSocial Services has planto strengthen the state eldershome,kaithady.Asthis homeonlystateeldershomeintheNorthernProvince.Itisveryessentialtoimprovethishome. Apart from that, a survey is revealed that there are lot of houses which were built for vulnerable peoplearewithouttoilets.Thereforewehaveallocatedsomefundtoprovideassistancetowidows anddisabletoputuptoilets.Asdisableneedsspecialtoiletsweallocatesomemorefundfordisable toilets. Furtherfundhasbeenallocatedtoprovideselfemploymenttrainingformainlydisablepersonsand fewnumberofeldersindeferentlocations.Wehavebeenplan,Endofthesetrainings,Equipments andtoolsforselfemploymentshallbeprovidedtostarttheirownbusinessorwork.Theseproposals havebeenapprovedundertheleadproject.

5.5.5 Constraints and Strategies

ThemajorissueeffectingtheDepartmentofSocialServicesisnostrengtheningDistrictleveloffice. Becauseofthisitisverydifficulttoensure,theservicesreachthesuitablepersons.Disablepeople needspecialarrangementstofulfiltheiractivitieslikenormalpeople.ButinNorthernProvincethere are no special arrangements for disable peoples. For example there are no special accesses for disable people to travel with their wheelchairs. Non availability of local institutions for disable equipmentsisamainissueofdeliversthesupportequipments. SocialServiceOfficersarenewlyappointedtotheirpostinClassII.Aftercompletingthenecessary requirementstheyarepromotedtoClassI.ApartfromClassIthereisnopromotionsaccordingto thepresentserviceminutes.BecauseofthisefficiencyoftheSocialServiceOfficersisdecrease.In accordance with the earlier system, there were district offices and Asst. Directors in district level. Senior Social Service Officers promoted to these Asst. Director post. SLAS officers were also appointedtothispost.AtpresentKaithadyStateEldersHome,Superintendentpostistheonlyone availablepromotionalpostforSocialServiceOfficers.Rarelyoneseniorofficerwillgetthispost.This isalsodefinedequaltoSLASIIIpostinthescheme.However,mostofficersarebeingretriedwithout anypromotions. SocialServiceOfficersalwaysrequesttointroduceapromotionalsystemlikeintheDepartmentof Cooperative Development. Cooperative Development Officers scheme has the promotion system touptoAsst.Commissioner.

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Importantmatterstobetakenup
The amount of PAMA is not enough to manage any expenditure in the prevailing cost of living.Thereforprovidingselfemploymentgrantsandencouragebeneficiariestostartself employmentisanessentialneed. Elders suffering from lonely in Elders Home. Arrange entertainments activities and minor industrialactivitiesareessentialtomakethemhappy. Encouragesocietytopayspecialaffectedondisablesthroughawarenessprogrammes. Setupspecialtraininginstitutionfordisablepeople.

Providing training to increasing the knowledge of officers and the public regarding to the importanttotakecareofvulnerable. Maintainingaupdateddatabaseformonitoringandmakedecisionsquickly.

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5.6.1 Background
Provincial Responsibilities in Probation & Child Care Services are handling the Children who are in conflict with Law (Child Offenders) and provide Children who need Care and Protection (Child Victims).Tohandletheoffendersdepartmentinvolvedincorrectionalservice.Correctionalservices are providing by two ways. One is the community base and the other is through institutions. CommunityBasedCorrectionalServices(ChildOffenders)areUnderProbationary(Probationorder), Deliveredtoparentsorguardians,Fitpersonorder,dischargingthechildconditionally,Orderparent topayfine,Discharge.TheInstitutionalCorrectionalServices(ChildOffenders)areRemandHomes, Certified Schools andImprisoned.For the childvictims this departmentprovideCommunityBased Correctional Service are Fit person orders, Order to parents or guardians to proper care Placing supervision of a probation officer, Adoption, Sponsoring programmes Counseling Family Groups Conference,Othersupportingservices.InstitutionalCorrectionalService(ChildVictims)isApproved or certified school, Detention Home, Counseling Centers, State receiving homes and, Children Homes.State receiving home for abandoned, neglected, and, orphaned children below the age of five years. The major role is the correction and rehabilitation of young offenders and children in needofSpecialprotection The Voluntary Children home the reception boarding care of maintenance mainly of orphan or desertedchildren,beingahomeorinstitutionsupportedwhollyorpartlybyvoluntarycontribution. Thedaycarecenterforcareofpreschoolchildrenawayfromtheirhomesduringsomepartofthe daywhencircumstancecallfornormalcareinthehometobesupplementedtheprimaryobjective of day care services is to help parents in the daily care and upbringing of their children and thus supportthecontinuecareofchildrenintheirownhomes. Protect the child rights should be given priority, to mitigate the child related crimes and violation several actions have been taken through probation and childcare services. The following Service LegalProtectiontotheChildren,RehabilitationandReSocializationofChildrenandProvidecare andMaintenanceProvidestoVulnerableChildrenbythisdepartmentintheNorthernProvince. TheVadakinVasantham180daysProgramewaslaunchedin2009.Rs.75MnPSDGcapitalfund was allocated to the department. 105 activities has completed successfully .The received total impresthadfullyutilized.Theofficefurniturehadpurchasedandissuessedtodistrictanddivisional officers under the CBG allocation Rs 0.80 Mn. Apart from the work conducted de institutionalizationProgrammebytheunicefassistantatcostofRs8.26Mn.Rs2,505,205.00Mn forMaintenance&Adhocgrant1094 ChildreninChildrenhome.788childrenindaycarecenter received Rs 481,427.00 as Maintenance & Adhoc grant and Fit person assistant received of Rs 807,276.00received471singleparentorbothparentlostchildren. The Vadakin Vashantham Programme 2010, Rs 79.69 Mn PSDG capital fund was spent to complete25nosactivitiesatfivedistrict.AndcostofRs.1.35Mnspentforofficerfurnituresand equipmentstoheadofficeanddistrictoffice.AndReunification,Reintegration,prevention&follow upprojectconductedandspentcostofRs13.4mn.Rs4,305.00MnforMaintenance&Adhocgrant 1094ChildreninChildrenhome.854childrenindaycarecenterreceivedRs0.761asMaintenance& 287

PROBATION&CHILDCARESERVICES Adhoc grant and Fit person assistant received of Rs 2.19mn received 471single parent or both parentlostchildren. During this year 0f 201 Rs 20 Mn allocated for capital work in PSDG at present capital work is Continue. And Reunification Reintegration, Prevention & follow up Project 2011 is continue by UNICEFassistant.TheallocatedofCBGfundRs1.75mnSpentRs1.4.

5.6.2 Achievements /Performance

LegalProtection&care
The department services major role in given of Protection & care due to the past conflict the departmentcompelstolookafterthedisplacementandresettlingchildren,includingparentlostand separated,missingandviolenceagainstchildren.

Statereceivinghome
Statereceivinghomeforabandoned,neglected,and,orphanedchildrenbelowtheageoffiveyears andfullymaintenancebythedepartment.2009&2010reconstructedofpartofbuildingatcostof Rs3.9Mn. Year Amountspent NoofBeneficiaries 2009 0.9Mn 18 2010 1.2Mn 22 2011UptoJune 0.9 26

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VolunteerChildrenhome
Establishchildrenshomeforthereceptionoforphansanddesertedchildrenwhoareremovedfrom orphanage under the provision of sector 13 or who are found to be homeless or without visible means of subsistence. Orphanage includes every home or other institutions for the reception boarding care or maintenance mainly of orphan or deserted children, being a home or institution supportedwhollyorpartlybyvoluntarycontribution.

DetailsofRegistered&UnregisteredChildrenHomesin NorthernProvince2011
District Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaithivu Vavuniya Mannar Total NoofRegisteredHomes 27 06 06 05 10 54 NoofUnRegisteredHomes 06 03 01 15 01 26

2009 District Jaffna Kilinochchi Mullaithivu Vavuniya Mannar Total Maintenance grant 1.855 0.864 0 0.942 0.434 4.095 Adhoc grant 0.118 0 0 0.080 0 0.198 Noof Home 05 01 0 03 03 12 Maintenance grantRsmn) 1.970 0.326 0 1.266 0.383 3.945

2010 Adhocgrant 0.160 0.115 0 0.080 0 0.415 Noof Home 08 01 0 2 2 13

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Otherfacilities
Departmentprovidedplaymaterial,equipments,andinfrastructurefacilitiesin2009and2010 Schoolkit Play Furnitures Infrastru andother District material Amount & Amount cture Amount equipment Amount equipments Facilities inIDP children Jaffna 22 1.15 12 1.40 0 0 0 Kilinochchi 0 0 1 5.00 01 2.9 Vavuniya 04 0.10 01 0.42 1 1.88 15 1.5 Mannar 06 0.3 06 1.530 0 0 10 0.1 Mullaithivu 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 32 1.55 193.350 2 6.88 26 4.5 In addition department conducted training programme for every year to the Children home managersandAdministrativeofficersatcostof0.1Mnspentthisprogramme

Daycarecenter
Inorganizedserviceforthecareofpreschoolchildrenawayfromtheirhomesduringsomepartof the day when circumstances call for normal care in the home to be supplemented. The primary objectiveofDaycareServicesistohelpparentsinthedailycareandupbringingoftheirchildrenand thussupportthecontinuingcareofchildrenintheirownhomes. There are also over20 day carecenters that are run by Voluntary Social Service Organizations as wellasindividualpersonsinvariousvillagesspreadallovertheprovince.Thesecentersareassisted attherateofRs.100/=perchildpermonth.TheyalsoreceiveThriposha,whichisnormallysupplied throughthedepartmentbytheMinistryofHealth.

ReceivedMaintenanceGrantfordaycarecenter
2009 District Maintenance Noof grant children 0.656 0.200 0.856 710 340 1050 Noofday Maintenance care grant center 09 0.556 04 0.204 13 0.761 2010 Noof care center 09 04 13 Noofchildren 629 225 854

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PROBATION&CHILDCARESERVICES In addition under the 180 days Vadakkin vasantham Programme we supported water supply sanitationprogrammeinregistereddaycarecenterinJaffna04andMannar04daycarecenterat costofRs0.6mnandinfrastructurefacilitiesalsoprovided08carecenterscostofRs2.5Mn. and303thriposhabagsissuedin2009duringthis2010206bagsissued.Atthisyear103bagissued indaycarecenters.

Rehabilitation&ResocializationChildren
CertifiedSchool&RemandHome Thecertifiedschoolfunctionattemporaryhouseandfullymaintainedbythisdepartment Year Amountspent NoofBeneficiaries 2009 1.05Mn 22 2010 1.1Mn 29 2011UptoJune 0.9 46 The correctional Center destroyed by the past war. Since the Vadakin Vashantam the Certified SchoolReconstructed.Thefollowingactivitiesdone.In2009primaryworkinlandclearingand fencingworkhaddoneRs2.895.In2010ReconstructedadministrativeblockandVocationaltraining units,andlandimprovementworksatcost19.07mn.

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PROBATION&CHILDCARESERVICES Rehabilitatedchildren 573Rehabilitatedchildrenreleasedandregenttheirparentorrelatives.thesechildrenarefollowup and reported to courts by probation officers until this day. This year rehabilitation programme conducted. WorkshopwithChildSurrenders,ProbationOfficerswithCGRfacilitatedbyUnicefon15thMarch 2011

ProvideCareandMaintenanceofVulnerable
Reunification&Reintegration,Prevention&followup Thedepartmentconductedreunificationprogrammeforinstitutionalizationchildrenandrequesting ofhomeadmissionchildrensince200touptonow. Activities Prevention Reunification Fitpersonreceived Cashassistantreceived CareplanPreparedFor homechildren ProvidingSchoolkit Providingbicycle 292 2009 50 75 471 256 50 500 0 2010 2500 112 487 272 1500 600 288 2011uptonow 300 25 75 600 700 100 0

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5.6.3 Fund Received

Year2009 No 1 2 3 Year2010 No TypeofFund 2CapitalExpenditure PSDG CBG UNICEF Total Year2011 No TypeofFund 2.CapitalExpenditure PSDG CBG UNICEF PSDG CBG UNICEF Total

TypeofFund

ReceivedFund 73.40 0.80 8.26 110.84

Expenditure 73.40 0.80 8.26 110.84

ReceivedFund 79,695,000.00 1,400,000.00 13,406,750.00

Expenditure 79,687,802.83 1,353,623.12 13,406,750.00 116,895,704.04

ReceivedFund 20,000,000.00 1,750,000.00 21,850,000.00

Expenditure 0 1.4 4.7

5.6.4 Future Plans

Reconstruction of Certified School and Remand Home to upgrade the facilities a Function of Permanentbuilding.

ChildrenhomeManagement
Construction of Safe house in Kilinochchi and Mullaithivu districts &established 05 juvenile observationhomeinthedistrict Reintegration & Reunification Programme for home children & vulnerable children and identify alternativeCommunitybasedSolutionforchildabuseProvidealternativeAssistancetothefamilyof thechildrenwholosttheirParentsordisability,Vulnerability 293

PROBATION&CHILDCARESERVICES Maintenance of the FTR unit at Vavuniya & Established other district updating & tracing of the children ConductedAwarenessProgramme&Social,PsychologicalProgramme

5.6.5 Constraints and strategies

CurrentlythedepartmentdoesnothavenopropercorrectionalcenterintheProvince. Thishasledtotheproblemoftheyoungoffendersbeinglumpedtogetherwithadults both in being sent to adult prisons police remand. The department started to reconstruct the remand home and Certified school and Juvenile observation home which were completely destroyed by the past war. But for the reconstruction departmentneednearlyRs.650Mn.Duetocentraltreasuryredacttheallocationinthe yearas1/5departmentunabletoprovidethevitalserviceontime. The major bottle neck to provide service delivery due to non availability of Proper transportinthedistrictlevel. Lack of trained officers in the field of child care. But this department able to provide childprotectiondiplomatoselectedfrontlineofficersworkingonchildprotection.This onlycovers25%oftheneed. MinimumcadreyettobeapprovedforcertifiedSchool&Remandhome.Department hassubmittedtheFr71tocreatevitalcarders.Butprovincialcardercommitteeyetto considerthesame. Insufficient knowledge of home management and officers in child development and protection. Hon. Governor appointed a committee to inspect all homes. The department alsoconductingworkshopsthisyear. Less coordination with police with probation. Child desk of police division not function properlyorhaveshortageofofficers.Thisdepartmentplanetohaveworkshopnextyear. Increasingtrendofchildrelatedvalances.

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