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C4C Changing the Lives of Child Soldiers in Sri Lanka
Oct 20, 2009
How long were you in Sri Lanka for?
A successful scoping visit by Cricket for Change took place in Sri Lanka between October 20th and 22nd 2009.
What were you doing in Sri Lanka?
In the summer of 2009 Cricket for Change (C4C) was commissioned by the ICC to set up four sustainable cricket development programmes in the Indian sub-continent by May 2011. These programmes were to be set up in conjunction with ICC partner charity Peace and Sport. The overall aim of these programmes is to show how cricket can be used as a force for good in areas of disadvantage and conflict.
C4C and Peace and Sport plan to run one programme in each of the following countries; Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. The first of these will be in Sri Lanka in February 2010.
The C4C team met with all of the main partners (including the ICC, Unicef, Peace and Sport, The British High Commission, UK Sport, Just in Time Group and Sri Lanka Cricket) in the proposed programme and also worked with a group of former child soldiers at Ambepussa Rehabilitation Camp.
The main aim of the programme is to identify 24 former child soldiers from the three Child Soldier Rehabilitation Camps in Sri Lanka and give them the opportunity to train as Cricket Peer Leaders .
Whom did you meet?
Cricket for Change met and would like to thank Nishantha Ranatunga, Colonel Modestus Fernando, Philippe Duamelle, Sanjeevani Munasinghe, Gill Westaway, Dominic Williams, Manori Unambuwe, Nick Pink and Jon Long for making our visit so productive and helping us to create the programme.
So what is next for C4C's work in Sri Lanka?
The programme will look to be in place by Feb. 2010 with continuing support from Cricket for Change and the programme partners.
