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By Sakshi Selvanathan and Ganga Kariyawasam – 27th July 2021   One does not usually envision lush greenery – or even vegetation in the least – when urban settings are brought into discussion. But a

By Sakshi Selvanathan (08th July 2021) The month of May 2021 was witness to a local yet gargantuan maritime disaster which dominated international media headlines for weeks afterwards: the cargo ship ‘X-PRESS PEARL’ (with little

22nd June 2021 Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society was and is still at the forefront of COVID-19 relief efforts. Hence, providing medical equipment to uplift the medical sector is

By Sakshi Selvanathan – 31/05/2021 It has been more than a year since the emergence of the debilitating COVID-19 pandemic, and it continues its ruthless rampage against the lives and security of countless individuals across

By Sakshi Selvanathan and Ganga Kariyawasam   Quite unsurprisingly, the COVID-19 pandemic is one extra challenge added to a long list of challenges faced by farmers in terms of selling their harvest – one among

By Ganga Kariyawasam and Sakshi Selvanathan   Improving livestock farming is a prerequisite in providing food for an increasing population and as well as in securing the livelihoods of farmers. As a consequence, however, livestock farming creates

By Ganga Kariyawasam Production of adequate and safe drinking water is a high priority issue for safeguarding the health and well-being of people in the world today. People in the dry zone in Sri Lanka

By Sakshi Selvanathan and Ganga Kariyawasam   Lalitha Damayanthi Kumari is an enterprising female farmer. Living in the Vitharanagama village (in the Polpithigama Divisional Secretariat of Kurunegala), Lalitha engages in cattle rearing and home gardening

By Sakshi Selvanathan and Samadhee Attanayake It is no novel revelation that COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on Sri Lanka and the localities within the island – and the national medical system is no exception to

By Sakshi Selvanathan   Nestled within the verdant hills of the Bogawana estate of the Bridwell division in Nuwara Eliya, lies the newly constructed house of 55-year-old Mrs Sivanu Poopathy – now inhabited by herself,