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Janathakshan endeavors to enhance the resilience of individuals, communities, and ecosystems through project interventions. This includes improving livelihoods, capacity, and skill development, introducing technological innovations, and advocating for best practices at various levels. We firmly believe in the pivotal role of ecosystems in overall resilience and actively work to protect and promote nature and ecosystems.

Practical Action implemented the Northern Rebuilding Programme in Killinochchi and Mullaitivu districts with financial assistance from USAID/OFDA in 2011. Conclusion in November 2013 the programme significantly impacted livelihoods by improving village level agricultural infrastructure enabling 14,780 returnee community members to resume agricultural and fisheries livelihoods. In total, 11 minor irrigation tanks, 5 km of irrigation

The Socio-economic Empowerment of Tsunami Affected Communities Project worked in 4 divisional secretariat divisions (DSD) severely affected by conflict and the tsunami in the Batticaloa district. 92 % funded by the Big Lottery Fund (BLF) on a total budget of £590,566 SET was implemented by Practical Action in 2009. Concluding in 2013, SET addressed the

The five year Community Governance in Infrastructure Services project co-funded by the European Union and implemented by Practical Action concluded in 2014. Operating in Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan the project centered on mainstreaming community voices in development planning and interventions. The project actively advocated development of institutional capacities of local governance systems in South

The European Union launched the European Union funded housing project for conflict affected IDP’s in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka in 2009. Practical Action served as training partner to implementer Arbeiter- Samariter-Bund (ASB) building the capacity of ASB staff in community mobilizing and technical skills and providing training in safe construction techniques to beneficiaries. Over the project

Practical Action has been actively developing Pico Hydro technology in Sri Lanka since 2007 as part of its Enhancing Renewable Energy Options (EREO) project. Pico hydro is potentially the lowest cost technology for off-grid electrification, producing energy from the smallest of water flows. The main environmental benefit of pico hydro is a reduction in greenhouse

The western region of Sri Lanka is considered the main metropolitan hub of Sri Lanka contributing to a significant portion of the national economy. A major segment of the economically significant infrastructure of Sri Lanka is situated in the Western Province together with some extremely sensitive ecosystems such as the wetlands, tropical forest patches,and the

Sri Lanka, as a party to the UNFCCC, prepared its Third National Communication (TNC) with support from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and technical support from UNDP. A consortium comprised of four leading organizations in Sri Lanka, Janathakshan, Sri Lanka Youth Climate Action Network (SLYCAN) Trust, Integrated Development Association (IDEA), and Sri Lanka Press Institute

One of the biggest challenges in climate change is that the significantly reduced predictability of known climate patterns. In Sri Lanka, the agriculture sector is mainly based on the known climate patterns and seasons. Downscaling of climate and weather forecasts while ensuring those messages are communicated appropriately is imperative for climate change adaptation. Janathakshan GTE

Technology plays a key role in industrial development. Identifying and transferring appropriate technology has always being a challenging process in inclusive and equitable industrial development. The handloom industry has been a sector that provided direct livelihood options for a large number of women in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka while creating several indirect livelihood