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NAVAJEVANA

AT A GLANCE

Navajeevana Rehabilitation – Tangalla

(Guarantee) Ltd.

320, Mahawela Road, Tangalla

SRI LANKA

Strategic Plan 2017 - 2021 2

ORGANIZATIONAL PROFILE

Name: Navajeevana Rehabilitation – Tangalla (Guarantee) Ltd.

Contact details: 320, Mahawela Road, Tangalla, Sri Lanka

T: +94 047 2242718

M: +94 077 3608234

E: [email protected]; [email protected]

Website: www.navajeevana.org

Registration Status: • Registered as a Company limited by Guarantee (Not for

profit) at Registrar of Companies (2004) under the

Company’s Act No. 17, 1982 • Registered as an NGO (2002) under the NGO Secretariat,

Ministry of Social Services & Social Welfare, Colombo

• Registered as a Charity (1987) under a parliament Act – Inland

Revenue No. 08, 1987

Details of the key contact: Kumarini Wickramasuriya

Chairperson

M: +94 773243326

E: [email protected]; [email protected];

[email protected]

Navajeevana’s disability work was started in 1987 as a home-to-home rehabilitation programme with

Mrs. Kumarini Wickramasuriya (the Founder) and three female volunteers walking in search of

families of children with disabilities in and around Tangalla, to help them and educate them on early

identification, home-based care and prevention of giving birth to children with disabilities.


Our Mission: “To promote inclusive development by enabling and empowering persons with

disabilities to demonstrate their abilities and organize for self-advocacy, through consultative

community based interventions, and to prevent disabilities by facilitating community action through

education”

Since 1996, Navajeevana has been using community based rehabilitation (CBR) approach as a

strategy in designing interventions for rehabilitation of disabled persons complementing the

government CBR program in Hambantota and Matara districts (Appendix 1). Navajeevana’s multi-

disciplinary therapy services are offered at the resource centre based at Tangalla, and through

community level mobile clinics (covering Physiotherapy, Speech therapy, Audio testing, Supply of

assistive devices and fabrication of Prosthetic and Orthotic devices). Our consecutive three decade

journey records that, over 40,000 persons with disabilities were served. A team of dedicated and

passionate professionals has been developed through the years by the organization on a plan for each

client covering a full range of rehabilitation interventions required. Government has recognized this

effort and our network with international donor agencies are the support arm towards our mission.

Goal & Objectives: The organizational goal for the period 2017 – 2021 is “Persons with disabilities

are included in the development interventions in Sri Lanka” and the objectives that will contribute to

the goal are as below:

• Rehabilitation needs of persons with all types of disability addressed with high-quality

centre-based and community based interventions in the sectors of Health, Education and

Economic Development

• A Knowledge Centre on Disability Inclusive Practices established to facilitate interactive

learning among stakeholders in the sectors of Social Services, Education, Economic

Development and Health

• A revenue generation strategy developed and in operation to ensure sustainability of

Navajeevana operations.

Strategic Directions

• INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING at all levels to ensure persons with disabilities participate

in the development process

• THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS to help persons with disabilities to improve their abilities

• DISABILITY - INCLUSIVE EDUCATION to make children/young adults participate in the free-

education facilities of the state

• DISABILITY-INCLUSIVE LIVELIHOOD DEVELOPMENT to build capacity of persons with

disabilities and their family members in income generation (self-employment/ employment) and

expenditure management

• ACTION-BASED ADVOCACY to ensure the rights of persons with disabilities are respected and

their needs are addressed

• SOCIAL MARKETING to strengthen Navajeevana capacity to educate and facilitate the process

of rehabilitation and empowerment of persons with disabilities

We have been an implementing partner of mega projects of international donor agencies such as

USAID, European Union, Plan International, World Vision, Save the Children, BasicNeeds and

Motivation. Using Navajeevana’s practical experience gained over two decades and having a strong

field based programme, presently Navajeevana is working together with the National and Provincial

Departments of Social Services, as a good strategy to address the identified development challenges

faced by persons with disability. Navajeevana presently work with SSOs, volunteers, self-help groups

(SHGs), Disabled People’s Organizations (DPOs) and practitioners, to further strengthened their


practical involvement in the establishment of a cost-effective stakeholder platform ensuring the

disability inclusive development.

NAVAJEEVANA APPROACH [2017 – 2021]

Responsible

Stakeholder

National CBR Program

(Dept. of Social Services)

NAVAJEEVANA

REHABILITATION

- TANGALLA

Other Stakeholders (GOs, NGOs & Corporate Sector)

Ministry of Social Services

& Social Welfare,

Dept. of Social Services,

Provincial Departments of

Social Services (South &

East)

SERVICE UNITS:

Field Operations

Therapy Services

Assistive Technology

Services

Inclusive Education

Finance &

Administration

Social Operations

EDUCATION: Provincial Depts. of

Education, National Institute of

Education, NGOs working with

children – Plan Sri Lanka, Care,

LEADS, DEAFLINK, MENCAFEP

HEALTH: Ministry of Health,

Hospitals @ Tertiary, Secondary &

Primary Health care level; MOH

offices & NGOs working in the

Health sector: BasicNeeds, Centre

for Handicapped, CAMID, Handicap

International

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:

Industrial Devt. Board, National

Apprentices and Industrial Authority,

Vocational Training

Authority/Depts.; National Enterprise

Development Authority, Ministry of

Industries (Provincial)

Economic development and poverty

alleviation programmes of the govt.

& NGOs – Berendina Foundation,

World Vision, Care Sri Lanka, ZOA,

CBTD

Main Role

Enabling Environment for persons with disability

to address their needs

Facilitation towards strengthening

persons with disability

to exercise their rights

Disability Inclusion addressing

special needs of persons with

disability

Actions

• Implementation of

National CBR

Programme

• Stakeholder networking

• Referrals to service

providers

• Joint actions towards

inclusion

• Empowerment of

persons with disability

• Institutional

Strengthening

• Therapeutic

rehabilitation &

prevention

• Inclusive

Education

• Inclusive

Livelihood

Development

• Action-based

advocacy

• Social marketing

• Networking and participation

• Collaborative interventions with

stakeholders in the disability

sector

• Capacity building partnerships

with Navajeevana

Outcome

PERSONS WITH DISABILITY GET ORGANISED

WITH THE SUPPORT FROM COMMUNITY LEADERS (CBR VOLUNTEERS)

TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS AND ADDRESS THEIR NEEDS


Navajeevana Resource Pool: Navajeevana is a Knowledge Centre for Disability Inclusive

Development, which has a team of 55 staff members with a majority with experience, knowledge and

skills in a range of fields. Their hands-on experience combined with academic qualifications, has

added the value to the organisation in all aspects of community based rehabilitation of persons with

all types of disabilities. Navajeevana Board comprises of experts and entrepreneurs in different fields

of development – Disability, Community Development, Livelihood/Small enterprise development,

Media, Finance and Administration, Development research, etc. The Board members are also active in

the operations of the organisation to transfer the skill and knowledge to the staff and also in social

marketing and consulting aspects as a measure to generate revenue for the organisation. Following

are the Board Members of Navajeevana:

• Kumarini Wickramasuriya, Founder/Chairperson

• Dr. Padmani Mendis (Disability Policy Adviser to the Sri Lanka Government and one

of the Authors of WHO CBR Manual)

• Dharini de Mel (Former Executive Secretary to the World Bank Sri Lanka

Representative)

• Chintha J. Munasinghe (Small Enterprise Development/Communications expert and

Consumer Advocate who led the consumer movement in Mental Health in the

capacity of the First Country Programme Manager for BasicNeeds Sri Lanka)

• Nirmi Vitharana (Former Programme Manager of CBM Sri Lanka, a researcher and a

development practitioner who is also a disability rights advocate and facilitator in

many fora on human rights)

• Suresh de Mel (Owner of Lanka Fishing Flies (Pvt) Ltd. and an active member of

Hambantota Chamber of Commerce, who led the project – Business with Peace

Alliance)

• Brindley Zylva (Managing Director – LOLC Micro Finance – Vietnam & Cambodia).

The Organogram:

Chairperson &

Navajeevana

Board of

Directors

Director –

Admin &

Finance

Director –

Programmes

Manager –

Finance & HR;

Admin Asst;

Support staff

Head – Social

Marketing &

Revenue

Generation

Head – Field

Operations

Head –

Education

Head –

Rehabilitation

Therapy

Head –

Assistive

Technology

Services

Unit Mangers &

Field Officers

Physiotherapist

&

Physiotherapy

Assistants

Prosthetist &

Orthotist +

Bench

Technicians

Teachers &

Teacher

assistants


Consultancy undertaken by Navajeevana team

• Consultative Strategic Planning with the

members of Northern Province

Consortium of Differently-abled

(NPCODA)

• Building livelihood development capacity

of staff and the clients of Centre for

Handicapped, Kandy (Since 2015) –

Rotary Club, Kandy

• Designing and conducting Management

team capacity building programme of

USAID project partners through a process

of learning from each other – Exposure

visit (2015) – SPICE Project, USAID

• Team Leader – Disability Inclusion in the

consultancy: DIPECHO VIII – Baseline

Study, Killinochchi and Mullaitivu

districts, conducted by IPID for Handicap

International (2015) – European Union

• Field enumeration of the Evaluation of a

micro-finance project of Save the

Children for vulnerable groups (2015)

conducted for an Indian Consultancy

Firm.

It is estimated that about 10% of the

population of the Southern Province has

a disability. What we need to do is to

bring them forward and integrate them

into society.

How does one begin an enterprise?

How do we do it profitably? What do

we do with the profits? We discuss all

that at this workshop. We started

holding this workshop last year before

disbursing the grants. Navajeevana

was the main resource for this. We look

forward to continue to use this

assistance, with rehabilitated people

with disabilities as resource persons.

S. Danthanarayana Southern Provincial Director

Social Services

It’s been a huge experience for us. In

the rehabilitation of people with special

needs there were many areas in which

our knowledge was lacking. When we

worked with the Navajeevana officials

we were able to gain the knowledge they

had and apply it practically. It was an

important exercise to translate

theoretical knowledge into practice.

Ganesha Kaushalya Dissanayake Social Service Assistant

Kirinda Puhulwella


THEORY OF CHANGE – Navajeevana Rehabilitation - Tangalla

OBJECTIVES ASSUMPTIONS OUTCOMES STRATEGIC

DIRECTION KEY ACTIONS PERIOD ENABLING FACTORS

1. Rehabilitation

needs of persons

with all types of

disability

addressed with

high-quality

centre-based and

community based

interventions in

the sectors of

Health, Education

and Economic

Development

National Action

Plan on Disability

is operational at

provincial and

district level

Ministry of Health

expands their

rehabilitation

related services

(physiotherapy,

Occupational

therapy, Speech

therapy, etc) to

primary health

care level

National CBR

programme

operational at

provincial level

opens for

colloborative

interventions in

the community

Persons with

disabilities

(covering all

disabilities) in

southern and other

provinces

rehabilitated through

therapeutic

interventions

Children and young

adults with

disabilities in South

developed to live a

decent life without

being stigmatized,

abused and

exploited at

community level

Persons with

disabilities are

included in the

rehabilitation

actions

1.1 THERAPEUTIC

INTERVENTIONS

to help persons with

disabilities to

improve their

abilities

• Navajeevana centre-

based therapy &

rehabilitation services

• Mobile multi-

disciplinary clinics

• Action-research/pilot

projects on innovative

& effective service

delivery around the

country

• Manufacture and/or

supply of assistive

devices

• Coordinate & guidance

for environmental

accessibility

adaptations

• Sensitization and

capacity building of

other stakeholders on

prevention and

management of

disability

2017 - 2021 • More than 25 years of

experience of

Navajeevana is

recognized in Sri

Lanka, will be a

strength to attract

interest of institutional

stakeholders, which

gives the opportunity

for building their

capacity through

collaborative

interventions;

• Education authorities

collaborating with

Navajeevana to include

children with

disabilities in school

education; Navajeevana

6-modular teacher

training programme on

ECCD recognized by

the educational

authorities;

• Government's National

CBR programme

recognize Navajeevana

Resource Centre as

qualified for para-

medical service

delivery;

• Consumer Action

Network - Mental

1.2 DISABILITY -

INCLUSIVE

EDUCATION

to make

children/young

adults participate in

the free-education

facilities of the state

• Stakeholder

networking

• Facilitation of Action

Committees on

Education at provincial

level

• Sensitization

programmes for

educationists, school

2017 - 2021




Risk: Competition

among institutions

in the disability

sector, may result

in slow progress of

actions

principals, teachers of

primary schools and

ECCD centres, parents

of school children,

etc.,.

• Training programmes

conducted on

Disability Inclusion for

the key actors in

education and

vocational training

centres

Health Lanka, National

Institute of Mental

Health and Ministry of

Health collaborate in

serving persons with

psychiatric disabilities

identified in southern &

eastern provinces;

• Accessibility facilities

improved to facilitate

participation of persons

with disabilities in

mainstream economic

development

programmes;

• stakeholders in the

economic development

sector have confidence

and interest to include

persons with

disabilities;

• Supporters of

Navajeevana efforts

increased within and

outside Sri Lanka;

Media and advertising

companies interested in

promoting Navajeevana

work; Capacity of

Navajeevana team

improved and their time

managed to market their

skill and experience;

Clients of Navajeevana

•

1.3 DISABILITY –

INCLUSIVE

LIVELIHOOD

DEVELOPMENT

to build capacity of

persons with

disabilities and their

family members in

income generation

(self-employment/

employment) and

expenditure

management

• Facilitation of DPO-

managed livelihood

development revolving

fund

• Stakeholder

networking

• Facilitation of Action

Committees on

Economic

Development

• Sensitization

programmes organised

in collaboration with

DPOs for stakeholders,

especially service

providers & employers

on disability inclusion

• Sensitization and

education programmes

for disability –sector

stakeholder on

2017 -2021




techniques & tools in

livelihood/business

development

and their families

actively participate in

promotional campaigns,

sharing their

experience.

1.4 ACTION-

BASED

ADVOCACY

to ensure the rights

of persons with

disabilities are

respected and their

needs are addressed

• DPO-led advocacy

actions, to educate and

sensitize the

stakeholders

responsible for

inclusion of persons

with disability

• Collaborative inclusive

practices/action

research with

institutional

stakeholders (Health,

Education and

Economic

Development) to

change their practices

Facilitate participation

of DPO leaders in

National-level

advocacy campaigns

and lobbying exercises

2017 -2021




2. A Knowledge

Centre on

Disability

Inclusive

Practices

established to

facilitate

interactive

learning among

stakeholders in

the sectors of

Social Services,

Education,

Economic

Development and

Health

Donor community

and INGOs

continue to

collaborate with

NGOs and DPOs

in the process of

building the

capacity of

relevant

stakeholders

towards an

inclusive society

that caters to the

special needs of

persons with

disability

National council

for persons with

disabilities, DOJF,

and other

stakeholder

networks share

information on

policy decision &

services with

stakeholders

(DPOs, NGOs,

and SSOs),

operating at

community level

Persons with

disabilities/advocate

s, carers, community

leaders/members,

service providers

and policy

implementers(at all

levels) actively

participate in the

process of

strengthening

persons with

disabilities to

demonstrate their

abilities and

promoting inclusive

development in

southern and eastern

Sri Lanka

Children and young

adults with

disabilities in Sri

Lanka developed to

live a decent life

without being

stigmatized, abused

and exploited at

community level

Persons with

2.1INSTITUTIONAL

STRENGTHENING

at all levels to

ensure persons with

disabilities

participate in the

development

process

• Networking with other

stakeholders

• Capacity building of

stakeholders in the

sectors of Disability,

Economic

Development,

Education and Health

on Disability Inclusion

through:

a. Training

programmes

b. Best practices

workshops

c. Study

tours/exposure

visits

d. Partnership/collab

orative projects

e. Information

production &

distribution

f. Trainees study

forums (electronic)

2018 - 2021




Risks: state

interest and

commitment for

disability sector

development may

change with the

reduction of

donor-funding;

disabilities and their

families in Sri

Lanka have access

to state benefits and

mainstream

economic

development

programmes

3. A revenue

generation

strategy

developed and in

operation to

ensure

sustainability of

Navajeevana

operations.

The existing

individual donors

and trusts continue

to support

Navajeevana

operations;

Corporate sector

interested in

financial

investments on

Navajeevana

operations based

on Charity status

of Navajeevana

under the Inland

Revenue Act

(1990);

Expactriate Sri

Lankans interested

Civil society

including business

community within

and outside Sri

Lanka supports

Navajeevana efforts

in serving and

empowering persons

with disabilities

3.1 SOCIAL

MARKETING to

strengthen

Navajeevana

capacity to educate

and facilitate the

process of

rehabilitation and

empowerment of

persons with

disabilities

• Donor liaison

• Coordinate project

proposal development

• Organize local

fundraising activities

• Manage & implement

revenue generation

projects such as

development tourism

(coffee shop, craft

shop), consultancy

wing; training centre

• Develop and update

social media platforms

and communication

material to support

financing Navajeevana

operations

2017 - 2021




in donating

through e-

gateways;

Navajeevana

invited for joint-

fundraising by

other organisations

and state.

More

organisations

consider

Navajeevana for

consulting

assignments

Tourists hotels,

tour organizers

collaborate to

support

Navajeevana

development

tourism efforts

Risk:

government's

economic policies

that may affect the

business growth,

with the

possibility of

reducing




budgetary

provisions for

CSR/social

entrepreneurial

activities; busy

work schedules of

private sector

institutions leading

to low

participation at the

network meetings.

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