On 19th July, a comprehensive awareness session on Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (OCSEA) was conducted for 32 teachers from Boralesgamuwa Maha Vidyalaya and Raththanapitiya Ananda Vidyalaya. This KIOS-funded initiative aimed to equip educators with the knowledge and tools…
Our PEaCE employees completed a three-day training held at the Ecumenical Institute for Study and Dialogue (EISD), to enhance their skills in combating Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (OCSEA) and related topics. With the aim of spreading knowledge and…
On 6th June, the training session on “Child Safeguarding in the Digital Environment” was conducted in collaboration with the Distance Learning Centre (DLC) in Colombo 7. This session targeted school officials, specifically principals from schools across the Western Province. A…
Starting off the sessions was PEaCE/ECPAT Programme Officer Amali Ranasinghe, who provided the attendees with an understanding of Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (OCSEA). Prominent lawyer and digital law expert Dr. Sunil Abeyratne joined in with his session afterwards,…
In an ongoing programme ECPAT Sri Lanka, led by ECPAT International is engaged in activities concerning regulating the issue of voluntourism, the project aims to generate sectoral momentum by equipping tourism professionals to become part of the child protection system.…
The official ‘Touch Me Not’ logo, which depicted a handpainted image of a girl extending her palm towards the viewer to align with the phrase and a butterfly on the side to demonstrate the freedom that a child is entitled…
PEaCE was part of the campaign wherein content prepared by a Forum, was shared by all members via each other’s social platforms. From our end, we too shared some of the artwork across our socials in all three languages. This…
Launched on 17th August 2024, the campaign was unveiled during a significant event at the Madampe Cooperative Theatre, where over 400 parents participated. The morning session for parents was done in collaboration with the Madampe Pradeshiya Sabha and Power of…
ECPAT International has partnered with ECPAT Sri Lanka on a short-term project to develop policies and procedures to regulate voluntourism in Sri Lanka thereby contributing to the development of its international advocacy. Voluntourism combines both the terms “volunteering” and “tourism”.…
ECPAT Sri Lanka has been actively monitoring and collecting reports of violence against children in the media since 2013. Each reported case undergoes a thorough verification process to ensure its authenticity and gather comprehensive details for further action. Since January…