Project Name:
Child Rights Project

Partners:
South Asian Partnership Canada; Child Rights Centre, University of Cape Breton

Country:
Sri Lanka

Funder:
CIDA

Sector:
Child Rights

Project Value:
$3,950,000

Duration:
Design phase, September 2000 – May 2001; Project, July 2001 – July 2006

Goal:
To enhance key institutions that can improve policies related to economic reforms and that can promote human rights and democratic values.

This project is building institutional capacities and networks to promote the rights of children in Sri Lanka. FIT is working with Canadian and local experts to strengthen the capacities of organizations, families, and children in Sri Lanka to adopt and promote rights-based approaches to child protection, guided by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. This past year, FIT completed the project’s design phase and mobilized the project team. A Local Project Office in Colombo has been established to coordinate the delivery of capacity building activities.