Sinhala NGO’s profit and exploit the poor Tamils in the North

Sarvodaya officials in North accused of swindle

Many Sinhala NGO’s are exploiting the current draconian laws which makes it impossible for Tamil NGO’s to operate in the North or the East.

The main culprits are Sarvodaya, Sewa Lanka, Green Movement and a Colombo City Rotary Club, led by a Sinhala zealot named Jaliya Bodinagoda and his friend Chintaka Rajapakse. Yes, another Rajapakse into the fray, and we are uncertain whether he has had a recent name change. The Rotary Club works closely with the military in the North and a Malaysian Tamil Organization called FOMSO, who are unable to penetrate the North without the assistance of the Rotary Club and military to distribute their goodwill and humanitarian assistance.

Sarvodaya is led by Dr. Ariyaratne and his estranged nephew owns and leads the Sewa Lanaka. He is Navaratne.

Prof. Navaratnarajah who was and is still the Chairman of TECH registered as a NGO in the Vanni is now working for Sewa Lanka, and is the front man to attract Tamil donors to the North via Sewa Lanka.

Green Movement who are expecting an infusion of a few million dollars from Norway agencies are working with TECH in Norway, Germany and Malaysia for projects in the North and East. The project leader is dr. Selva malar aiyathurai who is the head of the malaysian tech and has already made 3 visits to sri lanka. She arrives in colombo today to finalize details with green movement, norwegian embassy, and american ceylon mission a christian organization operated by dharshan ambalavanar and rev. Jeyanesan. The acm would receive at least 50% of the funds for their projects and other tamil recipients are unhappy about the unfairness in the distribution of funds.

  Here is a report from Tamil Net:

The farmers among the resettled families in Vanni accuse the officials of Sarvodaya for having sold them inferior quality seeds at a high price making huge profits for themselves, sources in Vanni said. The Sarvodaya officials buying black grams and other grains whole sale in Colombo market at low prices sell them in packets as quality seeds at high prices, the sources added. Meanwhile, the agricultural implements issued to the resettled people in Vanni are found to be of poor quality and unsuitable for use in Vanni, the sources said. The people of Vanni already rendered destitute by the war on Vanni are further cheated by unscrupulous men in organizations like Sarvodaya, the sources in Vanni said.

Initial investigation has revealed that around four million rupees had been swindled by the Sarovodaya local officials.

The seeds had been sold to people in Puthoor, Mathiyaamadu and Pu’liyangku’lam in Vavuniyaa district and in Thellippazhai and Koapaay in Jaffna district. They had also been sold to the famers in Mannaar district.

The seeds sold by Sarvodaya sown by the farmers investing a lot of money in their cultivation projects had failed to germinate.

The enraged farmers had demonstrated in front of the Sarvodaya offices in their respective areas.

The Sri Lanka Army (SLA) officers had intervened to save the Sarovodaya employees from being attacked by the farmers.