Social justice key to social harmony
With the military victory of Armed Forces over
the LTTE, the country has seen an end to a long-fought war. In my
opinion, now in the absence of war, Sri Lanka faces challenges
mightier than the civil war. The biggest challenge that we confront
today, some might argue that it is the resettlement of internally
displaced people (IDPs) or economic development, to me is the
restoration of social justice to all sections of the society. (And
also I am not denying that speedier resettlement and economic
development play a bigger part of assuring social justice to the
Tamils affected by the conflict).
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Social work: A nourishing agent for rural development in Sri
Lanka
Social services is the provision of services to
meet the basic needs of an individual such as food, clothing and
shelter and other services geared towards this end by providing
material aid whereas social work focuses on the strengths and
weaknesses of an individual and provides him/her support to sort
them out in order to realize his/her potential and become a
self-reliant, self-confident and a productive person in the
community. It is really self-actualization - to turn potentiality to
actuality. The person becomes the best he/she can be.
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Eid-ul-Fitr: The day of thanksgiving
The recital of the 'Takbeer' heralds the end of
the month of fasting in the month of Ramadan and the dawn of the
festival of Eid-ul-Fitr.To the Muslim, Eid-ul-Fitr or the Ramadan
festival is the day of thanksgiving and rejoicing on the successful
completion of a month of fasting. The time of joy should be shared
by everyone, rich and poor, and this is why we have been ordered to
pay Zakat-ul-Fitr before the Eid so that the needy could also
participate in the festival.
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