Introduction

The NEUF was established in 2004 as a not-for profit NGO by a group of concerned citizens whose vision was “A Just and peaceful society with sustainable development”. It has six academically and technically qualified members serving in the board. There are Five full time staff members and two part time academics working in the organization at present. Since its inception, the NEUF has carried out several development projects and programmes in twenty (20) DS Divisions in the Ampara district to empower marginalized and impoverished groups and alleviate poverty. As a result of these development programmes, there are a large number of village level carders built, and they work as volunteers of the NEUF at village levels. One of the key advantages to NEUF is that the office is situated at Ampara. NEUF has worked in close collaboration with the Pradeshiya Sabha in the past and also with the Divisional Secretary’s Office and other relevant governmental and non-governmental organizations to achieve its objectives. The following table indicates the present manpower of the organization.

Vision

“A Just society with peace and sustainable development”

Mission

• Empowerment of communities towards determining and deciding their quality of life, future and destinies.
• Develop a holistic, gender sensitive, sustainable, politically and spiritually motivated development paradigm to promote a wholesome and harmonious society.
• Creation of mutual understanding and respect among nations where opposing views can be shared without fear of retribution, in order to engage in productive discussions and dialogues.
• Facilitate and support peoples networking within and outside the Ampara District.

Objectives

• To promote democratic, harmonious and non provocative participatory development processes those are non-discriminative and rational, non-hostile to religions, beliefs, cultures and ethnicities, that preserve and respect the identities of all nations who live in Sri Lanka,
• To protect the environment and preserve the natural ecosystems,
• To protect small entrepreneurs and industrialists by providing them with technical know-how, skills and resources in order to get a better value for their products,
• o promote community governance and politicize communities to secure their active participation to achieve participatory democracy.

Organizational Structure