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Praja Foundation - A New Path in Social Service
Empowerment is Our Strength
Education, Travel, and Social Service
Let's Empower the Community
A Fair Future for Every Community
About Us
As the Community Empowerment Center, we are a national-level public organization formally and legally registered with the National Secretariat for Non-Governmental Organizations in Sri Lanka. Registration from the National Secretariat for NGOs is granted only after obtaining clearance reports from the Ministry of Defense with recommendations from District Secretaries of two districts, and after thoroughly verifying whether the organization has the capacity to engage in national and international level activities on behalf of the objectives they stand for. An organization registered in this manner can be described as a national-level public movement with the highest level of legal background in Sri Lanka. We wish to introduce our organization as a national-level people's movement with such a legal background.
Theme Slogan
Empowered by education, let's conquer the world collectively and creatively.
Vision
Our vision is to empower marginalized communities through education and collective social activities, and to conquer the world with a creative approach in the face of all challenges.
Mission
Our mission is to promote civic education activities including legal education, empower the community by identifying new trends in the tourism industry, and work organizationally and collectively with citizen groups to build a positive cultural, social, political, and economic environment.
Our Services
The main service sectors operating under the Praja Foundation are as follows:

Praja Campus
The Sri Lankan brand of civic legal education.

Praja Balaya
Empowered by education, let's conquer the world organizationally.

Praja Travel
More than just travel.

Praja Associate
For the creation of formal para-legal professionals.

Praja Election Observation
The modernist tradition of Sri Lankan election observation.
Our Team
The People Driving the Praja Padanama Forward
Our Core Team

H. M. Sudesh Prasanna Jayawardena
Founder
Attorney-at-Law
Postgraduate Diploma in Sociology
(University of Peradeniya)
MA in Sociology (University of Peradeniya)

K. V. T. R. Karawita
President & Technical Director
HDip IT (University of Colombo)

Ashani Fernando
Secretary
BBA (University of Toronto)
CIMA (UK)

C. Gunawardhana
Treasurer
CIMA (UK)

W. K. Naveen Srimal
Executive Director
BSc IT (University of Sri Jayewardenepura)
Lecturer Board

President’s Counsel U.R. de Silva
Former President
Bar Association of Sri Lanka

Dr. Niroshan Ekanayake
Chairman - Samadana Organization

Dr. Ravindranath Dambare
Attorney-at-Law
Chairman - Centre for Environmental Justice

Dhanushka Weligama
Attorney-at-Law
Specialist in Labour Law

H. M.Sudesh Prasanna Jayawardena
Attorney-at-Law
Founder of Praja Balaya

Thimbiriyagama Bandara
Author and Senior Journalist

Udaya Kumara
Senior Lecturer
HOD - Department of Criminology
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Senior Advisory Board

President’s Counsel
U.R. de Silva
Senior Advisor
Former President
Bar Association of Sri Lanka

Dr. Ravindranath Dambare
Senior Advisor
Attorney-at-Law
Chairman
Centre for Environmental Justice

Kalinga Tudor Silva
Senior Advisor
Emeritus Senior Professor
Department of Sociology
University of Peradeniya

Ven. Medagama Dhammananda Thero
Senior Advisor
Registrar - Asgiriya Chapter of the Siam Sect

Specialist
Dr. Vinya Ariyaratne
Senior Advisor
Chairman - Sarvodaya Movement

Thimbiriyagama Bandara
Senior Advisor
Author and Senior Journalist

Ven. Wanawasi Rahula Thero
Senior Advisor
Founder - National Namal Uyana

Rohana Hettiarachchi
Senior Advisor
Executive Director - PAFFREL Organization