This is the final evaluation report of the Community Memorialization Project (CMP), implemented by Search for Common Ground, Sri Lanka and HerStories project (http://herstoryarchive.org) together with local partners Akkaraipattu Women’s Development Foundation in Ampara, Viluthu Centre for Human Resources Development in Mannar; Prathiba Media Network in Matara and Sarvodaya in Anuradhapura, Moneragala and Kalutara, with funds provided by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). The project was implemented in two Phases: Phase I, from September 2015 to April 2018, was implemented in three districts, Matara in the South, Ampara in the East and Mannar in the North of Sri Lanka. In Phase II, the project was extended to cover new divisions in the existing three districts as well as three new districts; Kalutara in the South, Anuradhapura in the North Centre, and Moneragala in the Uva Province. Phase II was implemented from August 2018 to January 2020. The CMP was implemented as an exploratory project, to pilot innovative activities as well as to learn from the project experience about using memory to promote non-recurrence of violence. While its three main objectives remained the same through Phase I and Phase II, project activities, outputs and expected outcomes were regularly reviewed and revised, with the support of the DE methodology, in line with what was being learned about what was working and what was not, and what was changing in the context. Te report captures the success of the project and learning for the futire.
May 11, 2020
