Kebithigollewa - Winning Together
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Kebithigollewa is situated in the Anuradhapura District in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka. Located on the border of the conict zone, the area experienced more than its share of violence from the 27-year-long war with the LTTE which ended only in 2009.
Although Kebithigollewa depended on agriculture for a living, maintaining a stable livelihood was dicult with the terrorist attacks and the unpredictable rainfall patterns. Additionally, most of its community was recruited into the Civil Security Forces during the height of the conict.
World Vision rst entered Kebithigollewa in 1999, working with the Sri Lankan Government authorities to provide humanitarian assistance to the population aected by displacement and an outbreak of the malaria epidemic. The programme then gradually transformed itself into a development initiative as World Vision’s Kebithigollewa Area Development Programme.