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Equal Opportunities
Celebration of
    multi_culturalism
Social Responsibility
Subsidiarity
Respect for the rule of  law
Leveraging power
   and  authority only for    functional purposes


   
                Achievements
Viluthu Journals make a mark
2008 saw land mark events in Viluthu publishing the 25th issue of the Irrukiram magazine and the 50th issue of the Ahavili journal. The donations from Asia Foundation (AF) and FLICT have gone a long way into making these landmark events possible. The research publication Koodam  also sent out 3 issues full of research articles on subjects like ‘Cultural History of Sri Lankan Tamils’. ‘New Approaches in Political Theory’,  ‘Political Power of Palestinians and International Society’.
 

 

300 disputes in court
In the legal awareness programme, working in 25 villages in Batticaloa district  that was completed in 2008, Viluthu managed to build strong relationships between the local community and the legal professionals in Batticaloa. As a result of this initiative almost 300 disputes were taken for hearing by the courts, for which, many members of the public were represented free of charge by their lawyers  - Funded by Asia Foundation
 


New Education Act
In Oct 2008  Viluthu held a workshop with Tamil educationists to assess problems faced by schools that use Tamil as the medium of instruction. The objective of the workshop was to sharpen Viluthu’s submission towards the New Education Act and to make an input into the MPs speech on the budget day proceedings on the same subject. The MP Thurairatnasingam in his parliamentary speech quoted extensively from the Viluthu’s report which was also reproduced in many related websites
 

Study Circles
Viluthu is the first to introduce and popularize, in early 2004, the idea of study circles as a tool for citizens’ participation in policy formulation
 
Empowering Unions
Viluthu is the first organization to take up the issue of women’s political participation in the North-East. As a result of its lobbying of both the Tamil parties and the LTTE, two women (who were not wives of male politicians) were elected to the Sri Lankan parliament under the banner of the Tamil political parties in 2004.
 
First in South Asia
Publish in August 2004. the first ever journal in Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu for teachers and educationists This monthly journal named ‘Aha Vili’ (meaning the inner eye) completes its third year in August 2007 and is self funded by Viluthu . ‘Aha Vili’ has encouraged many teachers to become new writers. Through ‘Aha Vili’ gender issues were highlighted among teachers and school principals.
 
Assisting the Researchers
Produce a research journal ‘Koodam’ for the use of researchers, university students, teachers and professionals. ‘Koodam’ has translated vital material in English and Sinhala languages into Tamil for research students of politics and sociology..        
 
Fostering Peace Building
Publishing original and creative work in peace education both in Tamil and Sinhala for mass scale distribution. These book-lets have evoked significant positive responses both from the Tamil and Sinhala constituencies. Viluthu is a pioneer Tamil organization that has attempted to build bridges with hardcore Sinhala constituencies such as in Galle, Matara and the Uva province.
 
Women in politics
Viluthu is the first organization to take up the issue of women’s political participation in the North-East. As a result of its lobbying of both the Tamil parties and the LTTE, two women (who were not wives of male politicians) were elected to the Sri Lankan parliament under the banner of the Tamil political parties in 2004.
 
Milestores in Publications
2008 saw land mark events in Viluthu publishing the 25th issue of the Irrukiram magazine and the 50th issue of the Ahavili journal. The donations from Asia Foundation (AF) and FLICT have gone a long way into making these landmark events possible. The research publication Koodam  also sent out 3 issues full of research articles on subjects like ‘Cultural History of Sri Lankan Tamils’. ‘New Approaches in Political Theory’,  ‘Political Power of Palestinians and International Society’
 

 

Legal Assistance to Women
In the legal awareness programme, working in 25 villages in Batticaloa district  that was completed in 2008, Viluthu managed to build strong relationships between the local community and the legal professionals in Batticaloa. As a result of this initiative almost 300 disputes were taken for hearing by the courts, for which, many members of the public were represented free of charge by their lawyers  - Funded by Asia Foundation.
 

 

Viluthu’s report in Parliment
In Oct 2008  Viluthu held a workshop with Tamil educationists to assess problems faced by schools that use Tamil as the medium of instruction. The objective of the workshop was to sharpen Viluthu’s submission towards the New Education Act and to make an input into the MPs speech on the budget day proceedings on the same subject. The MP Thurairatnasingam in his parliamentary speech quoted extensively from the Viluthu’s report which was also reproduced in many related websites.