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Visit from Nadeesha Chathurangani, Commissioner of Probation and Childcare

11-06-2023

This week we were delighted to welcome Nadeesha Chathurangani, Commissioner for Probation and Childcare in the Uwa Province. She visited two of our transition homes and the Brighter Path office. …

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Care Leaver

New Girls’ Transition Home

20-03-2023

We were thrilled to open a new girls’ transition home in Colombo this week. Our first residents have already moved in and are settling into their new home. We know …

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Community

Visit from British High Commissioner Sarah Hulton OBE

12-02-2023

We were delighted to welcome British High Commissioner Sarah Hulton OBE to visit one of our transition homes today. Sarah was given a tour of the house by one of …

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Legal

Law and Order

21-12-2022

Although not the most obvious part of our work, in 2022 we have continued to provide significant legal support to care leavers.  Many leave orphanages without birth certificates or other …

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Education

Graduation Triumph

13-12-2022

This week a young care leaver living in one of our transition homes graduated with an upper second class degree in Sociology from the prestigious University of Colombo.  That would …

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Education

Educational Workshops

05-12-2022

Brighter Path ran a successful series of workshops this year. They were very popular with our care leavers and provoked plenty of discussion.   All of the care leavers in our …

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Inclusion

With the UN in Nuwara Eliya

02-11-2022

Two Brighter Path care leavers were invited to take part in a UN Development Programme audit of disabled facilities in Nuwara Eliya, a large town in the tea country of …

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Aid

Food Distribution in the Eastern Province

15-10-2022

In October 2022 Brighter Path founder Caroline travelled to the Eastern Province with the Brighter Path team to oversee an emergency food distribution project.  The area between Dimbulagala  and Welikanda …

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Aid

Homes for the Disabled in the Eastern Province

15-08-2022

In August 2022 Brighter Path organised a relief project for three residential homes in the greater Polonarruwa area.  Two of the homes, Arunalu and Parakum Uyana, provide accommodation for mentally …

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Aid

Food Distribution in Northern Central Province

28-06-2022

In July 2022 Brighter Path carried out a large project in the Northern Central Province of Sri Lanka.  This is a remote area of the country, about 200 km north …

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Sports

Elite Athlete

10-05-2022

For the last 5 months Brighter Path has been supporting Sandun, an elite athlete and a care leaver. When he was young Sandun always excelled at athletics and showed enormous …

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Aid

Economic Crisis

27-03-2022

These are difficult times in Sri Lanka.  Over the past year the economic situation has steadily deteriorated with high inflation and widespread shortages of food.  In addition a shortage of …

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Education

School Boys

19-03-2022

Since the start of 2022 Brighter Path has been supporting two care leavers who are still studying at school. Both care leavers were asked to leave their children’s home when …

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Funding

Funding for a Resource Centre

26-02-2022

Brighter Path is funding a resource centre for Generation Never Give Up. GNG was founded by care leavers for care leavers and advocates for better rights and representation of this …

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Education

Continuing Education

09-01-2022

This month we helped two care leavers who approached us about participating in advanced training courses which will help them progress in their chosen careers. In both cases the care …

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Training

NVQs

23-12-2021

We have been celebrating the Brighter Path care leavers who completed their vocational training this term, passed all their exams and were awarded their NVQ certificates at a beautiful ceremony …

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Health

Dengue Fever

30-11-2021

Dengue Fever continues to be a permanent cause for concern, particularly as cases have been rising in unprecedented numbers in Sri Lanka this year. Dengue can strike anyone and is …

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Mental Health

Art Therapy

02-09-2021

Of the many care leavers Brighter Path works with, some carry huge trauma from childhood (sometimes from before they went into orphanages, for others arising from their time in orphanages.). …

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Covid-19

Dry Food Packs

01-07-2021

This year during the extended periods of travel restrictions and lockdown Brighter Path was able to fund the provision of food packs to care leavers throughout the country who were …

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Covid-19

Help for Orphanages

17-06-2021

The implications of the pandemic for Sri Lanka’s orphanages have been profound.  In normal times local companies and well-wishers provide regular support with donations of food and money. With local curfews …

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Care Leaver

Darshan’s Story

10-01-2021

Darshan’s earliest memory is of sitting by the side of the road, laughing and giggling with the woman he still regards as his mother.  He had been abandoned as a small …

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Inclusion

Accessibility Works

04-01-2021

Last month we completed some major adaptation works to the Brighter Path transition home in Colombo to make it suitable for wheelchair users.  The most important part of our project was …

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Covid-19

Covid-19 Response

07-12-2020

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted many of the difficulties care leavers around the world struggle with on a daily basis: housing, finance, health care, social support, employment, nutrition and hygiene. …

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Care Leaver

International Care Leavers Convention

02-12-2020

From 23rd to 25th November 2020 the 1st International Care Leavers Convention was hosted in India and organise by Udayan Care, SOS Villages and Kinder Perspectief.  Delayed from March 2020 …

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Care leaver

Indrani’s Story

17-11-2020

When Indrani was still very young her father was imprisoned for killing another man in a fight.  Her family were left destitute. They lived rough in a cemetery whilst her …

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Care Leaver

Tharindu’s Story

17-11-2020

Tharindu was four when his mum left him at the orphanage. He remembers crying a lot. He was a very quiet and shy boy. He was 14 when a young …

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Care Leaver

Sanath’s Story

17-11-2020

Sanath’s parents both died when he was three years old. The head teacher of his village school took him to an orphanage in Colombo. Sanath stayed there for the next …

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Care Leaver

Dinesh’s Story

17-11-2020

Dinesh arrived at his orphanage when he was a very small baby and stayed there for over 20 years. He doesn’t know his birth name or his age or anything …

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