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Ancient Cultures, new futures: Sri Lankans moving forward together
Following from a landmark 2012 workshop held in Colombo, the Sri Lankan Australian diaspora is leading an innovative new campaign that seeks to involve the Australian population in helping to heal the personal, psychological and social wounds left by the nation’s recent conflict. The campaign’s goals include the broadening of Australia’s contribution beyond refugee control to help address the problems causing Sri Lankans to flee their homeland.
The projects emphasise civil society development, building of community capacity and facilitation of personal and communal grieving. They cover people of all ethnicities, religions and geographical locations in the fields of community infrastructure, health care, the arts, education, sport and livelihoods.
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Global Reconciliation is an ambitious and innovative Australian-initiated partnership of people and organisations around the world seeking to promote “reconciliation” – that is, creative communication and dialogue across national, cultural, religious and racial differences.
The core idea underlying our work is that everyday practices can be used to foster reconciliation; our focus is community-based and local. We have eight major areas of interest: health care and medicine, the arts and culture, learning and education, livelihood and money, spirituality and celebration, sport and recreation, place and environment, and justice and ethics. Working within these themes, Global Reconciliation draws together the vast resources of communities around the world to establish specific, outcome focused collaborative projects with the aim of enhancing learning and understanding in all the countries involved.
We accept that communication is always evolving and developing and that as a result, reconciliation will never be seen as a final state or outcome: rather, it is an ongoing process that can serve many different purposes: it can contribute to consolidating peace, breaking a cycle of violence, restoring justice at the personal and social levels, bringing about personal healing and reparation for past injustices or building positive relationships between individuals and communities.