TGH program in Sri Lanka is part of four-nation program co-ordinated by McGill University, Montreal (click to see), comprising of research and capacity building. I am consultant to the Sri Lanka program led by Chamindra Weerackody, Social Scientist attached to People's Rural Development Association (PRDA) (click to see), Sri Lanka.
The initial research was conducted in
East (Batticaloa area where there are people affected by tsunami and conflict),
South (Hambantota area mainly among people affected by tsunami ) and West
(Puttalam area among Muslim refugees from the North who had been expelled
by LTTE militants in 1990). The research carried out in the East has not
been fully analysed yet but that from other areas have been used for three
publications - the book Mental Health and Wellbeing (see column on
left), and two papers (click on reference to see): (1) Weerackody, C. and Fernando, S. (2008) ‘Field
Report: Perceptions of social stratification and wellbeing in refugee
communities in North-Western Sri Lanka’, International
Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care 4(2), 47-56; (b)
Fernando, S. and Weerackody, C. (2009) ‘Challenges
in developing community mental health services in
An earlier paper, Fernando, S. (2005) 'Mental Health Care in Low Income Countries; Challenges and Innovations,' International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, 1(1), 13-18 is also worth looking at.
The Sri Lanka Core Team
Women constructing a PRA ranking Sept 2007
PRA Consulation conducted by Chamindra Weerackody at Hambantota, Sept 2007
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This book is available from Suman Fernando in UK (e-mail) at £9.00 pp. or from PRDA in Sri Lanka (click here to see) |
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