Offical Website of PALM Sri Lanka
PALM CDSG (G) Ltd is a non-governmental community development organization which adopts a holistic development approach in implementing a package of community development programs, which are initiated with community mobilization processes.
Unity in Diversity
To work with difference multi ethnic communities through a community governance approach to strengthen coexistence and reduce poverty by focusing on entrepreneurial & social business approaches.
The mother organization of the company was initiated in the 1985 in Netherlands , by the
Ms. Natacha, Mr.Maarten Van Woerden ,Mr. Oppewal Sjoerd and group of
Dutch volunteers who were moved by the poor and isolated living conditions of the plantation workers in the Central Province.
PALM Community Development Servicers Company Guarantee Limited was formed in 2009 to address tsunami disaster recovery and mitigation projects in the Eastern and Northern sea belt in Sri Lanka.
Local & International Partnership.
PALM Community development Servicers Company Guarantee ltd has been engaging with local and international partner organizations by implementing difference type of community development programs in the east, north and north central provinces by highly committed and dedicated multi ethnic staffs who were appointed from the island wide.
The integrated development program, which was implemented in the Marginalized Communities of War and tsunami affected during the past period, has clearly contributed in disseminating a “Community driven development approach” to the Marginalized sector, which has now been widely accepted by local & national level. The understanding & collaborative partnership of the funding organization of the past phases namely PALM Netherlands, MECY CORPS, PRACTICAL ACTION, DIAKONE, Give2Asia, CARE Australia, ILO, Big lottery fund UK, BERENDINA, USAID, UNDP, ONUR (Office of National Unity and Reconciliation), Melania Foundation & CSR components of privet companies were a major strength to the program. It could be seen that the funding partners may change their development scopes & find difficulties in continuation of such partnership. However, PALM emphasizes the attention on ‘Needy marginalized sectors’ with alternative approaches.
PALM Community Development Servicers Company Guarantee Ltd Development Interventions
PALM CDSCG LTD has emerged about 17 years ago by imitating an alternative effort to contribute for possible improvement of life style of 30 years’ war and Tsunami disaster effected Marginalized people by considering their vulnerability. This initiative matured into a major community development program in the sector, which has a national level recognition today. According to the learning’s of initial stage of PALM CDSCG LTD, it realized that project-based approaches are not sustainable & needs the aspects of integrity & long term-based planning.
A remarkable impact in terms of social empowerment due to the successful dissemination of PALM CDSCG LTD development program could be noticeable amongst the marginalize communities within the east north Sri Lanka. Thereby continuation of the program needs to be critically analyzed for further justification of the PALM CDSCG LTD’s development model.
