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Current economic crisis has brought many negative impacts to children’s mental and emotional wellbeing. To motivate children to put aside the worries at home and enjoy their childhood we have created Child Friendly spaces in our communities with the financial and technical assistance of ChildFund Sri Lanka. Child Friendly Spaces intend to provide children with …

Youth in tea plantation communities lack adequate access to vocational trainings.  Addressing the said issue, T-Field Child Development Federation in collaboration with National Apprentice and Industrial Training Authority (NAITA) , with the funding of ChildFund Sri Lanka, established basic training center in Somerset estate. This center, at the first stage, will provide basic training on …

Lighting the path of Education: Children experience many difficulties to continue their studies due to the current frequent power cuts in the country. As a step to help children to overcome this challenge up to a certain extent, we have provided our enrolled children with rechargeable light bulbs. This has helped children to continue their …

Economic crisis has given many reasons for children to drop out of school. In order to encourage children to continue education, with the funding of ChildFund Sri Lanka, we have provided our enrolled children with school shoes. Though shoes alone do not solve all concerns related to regular school attendance, we hope that this small …

Youth in tea plantation communities, especially young women, lack adequate access to vocational education/ trainings. Addressing the said issue, T-Field Child Development Federation in collaboration with National Apprentice and Industrial Training Authority (NAITA) , with the funding of ChildFund Sri Lanka, established a career development outreach center in Holyrood estate to provide easy access to …

Many people, including children, in Nuwara Eliya are currently food- insecure due to the great spike in food prices. To improve access to healthy and affordable meals in tea plantation communities, we have facilitated the start of community gardens in the area.  We had initial discussions with the Agriculture department of Nuwara Eliya to obtain …

Current economic crisis has created adverse effects on many aspects of people’s life.  Many families even have reduced the number of meals they cook per day and it has greatly affected on children’s nutrition. In order to make sure the children in tea plantation areas receive access to nutritious meal despite of the economic crisis, …