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We are mindful of the daily challenges that our partners, board, and staff operate under and aim to reduce stress and build supportive, empathetic, trusting, and horizontal relationships.
We foster a participatory and pluralistic democracy that includes a vibrant and diverse civil society and promotes and protects basic human rights, respects the rule of law, and upholds integrity, transparency, and accountability – values by which our organisation and our partners are expected to abide.
We advocate for non-violence and justice as a means to resolve conflict through healing and restoration of relationships, fostering understanding, trust, and confidence. We actively seek to dismantle oppressive systems and practices that perpetuate injustice and inequalities and promote efforts that transform justice systems and institutions to be legitimate, equitable, accountable, transparent, and rights-respecting.
We recognise that existing systems and cultural practices perpetuate inequalities and barriers that prevent people, particularly those who have been historically discriminated against and marginalised because of gender, age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture or disability, from accessing resources and opportunities to fulfil their basic needs and enjoy their rights. This includes acknowledging the power that comes as a donor organisation. We actively check our privilege and strive towards action that facilitates a more equitable sharing of power and resources between ourselves and our partners. We pursue policies and approaches that promote and uphold the rights, dignity, and the well-being of all, empower traditionally disenfranchised groups, and work to transform individuals, organisations, and communities to become just and inclusive.
We acknowledge that power and strength emerge from collective efforts from coalitions and partnerships to which each partner brings their unique strengths and diverse lived experiences. We recognise that Sri Lanka’s coalition building work is still developing and will work to promote and strengthen networks that incorporate the diverse perspectives and strengths of partners. This includes ensuring that all groups, in particular, historically discriminated against and marginalised groups, are able to meaningfully participate in the coalitions, in order to achieve more effective and inclusive outcomes.
We embrace and value the richness of diversity and celebrating our common humanity because we recognise that our collective strength is rooted in these differences.
We value learning, action, experimentation, and knowledge sharing as part of our political practice to strengthen our strategic programming approaches and daily practices with our staff, board, and partners.
