Soon, 15.7 million citizens will exercise their right to vote. They will stand up for their hopes and make their voices heard.
This election is a unique opportunity for Sri Lanka to continue to build a fair and prosperous future.
To achieve this, we must ensure that not one of Sri Lanka’s 6 million children are left behind.
Sri Lanka has lifted millions of families from extreme poverty. Mortality rates for children under 5 have been reduced drastically. Almost-universal primary school attendance for boys and girls has been achieved.
Yet, there are many children who still need our help to unlock their vast potential.
Every child in Sri Lanka must have equal opportunity to live a happy and healthy life and reach their full potential.
Sri Lanka’s next president will have the power and the responsibility to take action on behalf of the country’s 6 million children.
Ask ALL presidential candidates to commit now to tackling the 6 major issues that are holding our 6 million children back.
Act now, for the future of this generation and the future of Sri Lanka.
COMMITMENTS FOR 6 MILLION CHILDREN
There are 6 major challenges facing Sri Lanka’s 6 million children, that must be addressed to unlock their immense potential:
including by increasing investment into community-based care and treatment of acute malnutrition.
including by ensuring that every school places the child at the centre.
including through the establishment of a universal child benefit, as a concrete means to smoothing disparities, eliminating child poverty, and ensuring the right start in life for all children.
including by legally and explicitly prohibiting any act of physical force or humiliating action while promoting and implementing positive methods of disciplining children.
including through putting the National Action Plan on Education for Social Cohesion and Peace into action.
including by prioritizing the conservation and restoration of forests, wetlands and other ecosystems and ensuring all government ministries consider the environmental impact of future programmes, while supporting climate change adaptation.
ARA WADE, A VOTE FOR CHILDREN’ - REPORT
Learn more about the 6 major challenges facing Sri Lanka’s 6 million young people.
Add your name here to help change the future of Sri Lanka's children.
Dear presidential candidate,
We have an opportunity to continue to build a fair and prosperous future.
To achieve this not one of our 6 million children can be left behind. Every child must have an equal chance to live a happy and healthy life and reach their full potential.
I ask you to publicly commit now to tacking these 6 major children’s issues:
1. End child malnutrition forever.
2. Build an education system that prepares our young people for the future.
3. Give every child a fair chance to succeed by ending child poverty.
4. Ban damaging physical punishment against children.
5. Build an inclusive and peaceful Sri Lanka for all.
6. Fight climate change and prepare Sri Lanka for its effects.
Sincerely,
By adding your voice, you have joined thousands of voters and reminded each presidential candidate of their responsibility to tackle the 6 major challenges that are holding many of Sri Lanka’s 6 million young people back. But time is running out!
If we are to get candidates to commit to Sri Lanka’s children before the election, we urgently need more voices like yours. Please share this campaign with friends and family NOW and ask them to add their voice.
ආදරණීය ජනාධිපති අපේක්ෂකතුමනි ,
මෙම මැතිවරණය සාධාරණ හා සමෘද්ධිමත් අනාගතයක් ගොඩ නැගීම සඳහා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට ලැබෙන අද්විතීය අවස්ථාවකි.
එහෙත් මෙම අරමුණු ඉටු කර ගැනීමට නම් මිලියන 6ක් වන ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ දරුවන්ගෙන් එක් අයෙකුවත් අත නොහැරෙන බව සහතික කළ යුතු ය. සැපවත් හා සෞඛ්‍ය සම්පන්න ජීවිතයක් ගත කිරීම සහ තමන්ගේ පූර්ණ හැකියාව සාක්ෂාත් කර ගැනීම සඳහා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සෑම දරුවෙකුට ම සමාන අවස්ථා ලැබිය යුතු ය. අපගේ දරුවන්ට මුල් තැන දෙන බවට නායකයන් බොහෝ දෙනෙකු ප්‍රතිඥා දී ඇති නමුත් තවමත් අපගේ දරුවෝ ඉතා බොහෝ දෙනෙක් පෙරට යාම වළක්වා පසුබට කරන ලද තත්ත්වයේ පසු වෙති. මෙම තත්ත්වය වෙනස් කිරීමේ බලය හා වගකීම ඔබ සතු ය.
ඔබ තේරී පත් වූ විට මිලියන 6ක් වන අපගේ දරුවන් පසුබට කරවන ප්‍රධාන ගැටලු 6 සඳහා විසඳුම් ලබා දීම පිණිස දැන් කැප වන ලෙස මම ඔබගෙන් ප්‍රසිද්ධියේ ඉල්ලා සිටිමි.
1. ළමා මන්දපෝෂණය සදහට ම තුරන් කරන්න.
2. අනාගතය උදෙසා අපගේ ළමා හා යොවුන් පරපුර සූදානම් කරන අධ්‍යාපන ක්‍රමයක් ගොඩ නගන්න.
3. ළමා දරිද්‍රතාව තුරන් කර සාර්ථකත්වය ළඟා කර ගැනීම සඳහා සෑම දරුවෙකුට ම සාධාරණ අවස්ථාවක් ලබා දෙන්න.
4. දරුවන්ට හානිකර කායික දඬුවම් පැමිණවීම තහනම් කරන්න.
5. සියල්ලන් උදෙසා සියල්ලන් ඇතුළත් කර ගත් සාමකාමී ශ්‍රී ලංකාවක් ගොඩනගන්න.
6. දේශගුණික විපර්යාසයට එරෙහිව සටන් කරමින් එහි බලපෑම්වලට ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සූදානම් කරන්න.
ශ්‍රී ලංකාව, දරුවන් උදෙසා ඡන්දය දිය යුතු කාලය යි මේ.
තම අදහස් එක් කිරීමෙන් ඔබ දහස් ගණනක් ඡන්ද දායකයන් අතරට එක් වී ඇති අතර මිලියන 6ක් වන ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ළමා හා යොවුන් පරපුර පසුබට කරවන ප්‍රධාන අභියෝග 6 සඳහා විසඳුම් ලබා දීමට තිබෙන වගකීම සෑම ඡන්ද අපේක්ෂකයෙකුට ම සිහිපත් කර දී ඇත. එහෙත් කාලය වේගයෙන් ගලා යයි!
අප ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ දරුවන් වෙනුවෙන් කැප වීම සඳහා මැතිවරණයට පෙර අපේක්ෂකයන් පොලඹවා ගැනීමට නම් ඔබගේ වැනි තවත් අදහස් අපට වහා ම අවශ්ය ය. කරුණාකර මිතුරන් හා පවුලේ සාමාජිකයන් සමග දැන් මෙම ව්යාපාරය බෙදාහදා ගෙන තම අදහස ඊට එකතු කරන ලෙස ඔවුන්ගෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටින්න.
அன்பார்ந்த ஜனாதிபதி வேட்பாளரே,
இலங்கையின் 6 மில்லியன் சிறுவர்களில் ஒருவர் கூட தவிர்க்கப்படாது ஒவ்வொருவரும் மகிழ்ச்சியாகவும் ஆரோக்கியமாகவும் வாழவும் தங்கள் முழு திறனையும் வெளிப்படுத்தவும் சமமான சந்தர்ப்பத்தை வழங்குவீர்கள் என எதிர்ப்பார்க்கின்றேன்.
எனவே சிறுவர்கள் எதிர்நோக்கும் பின்வரும் அடிப்படையான பிரச்சினைகளுக்கு முன்னுரிமையளித்து அதனை நிறைவேற்ற பகிரங்கமாக உறுதியளிக்குமாறு பணிவன்புடன் கேட்டுக்கொள்கின்றேன்.
1. சிறுவர்போசாக்கின்மையைமுழுமையாகஇல்லாதுசெய்தல்.
2. எமது இளைஞர்களைஎதிர்காலத்திற்குதயார் செய்யும்கல்வி முறைமையைஉருவாக்கல்.
3. சிறுவர்வறுமையைஒழிப்பதன்மூலம் வாழ்க்கையில்வெற்றிபெற ஒவ்வொருபிள்ளைக்கும்சமமான சந்தர்ப்பத்தைவழங்கல்.
4. சிறுவர்களைபாதிக்கும்அவர்களுக்குஎதிரானஉடல்சார்தண்டனையைதடை செய்தல்.
5.அனைவரையும்உள்ளடக்கியசமாதானமானஇலங்கைநாட்டைகட்டியெழுப்புதல்.
6.காலநிலைமாற்றத்திற்குஎதிராகசெயல்பட்டுஅதனால்ஏற்படும்விளைவுகளுக்குமுகம்
கொடுக்கக்கூடிய இலங்கையைதயார் செய்தல்.
சிறுவர்களுக்காக அவர்கள் வேண்டி நிற்கும் வேலையை செய்வதற்கு இதுவே சரியான தருணம்.
உங்கள் குரலை சேர்ப்பதன் மூலம், ஆயிரக்கணக்கான வாக்காளர்களுடன் நீங்கள் இணைந்துள்ளீர்கள். ஆறு மில்லியன் சிறுவர்களை பின்னிலையில் வைத்திருக்கும் ஆறு பிரதான சவால்களை எதிர்கொள்வதற்கான அவர்களது பொறுப்பு குறித்தும் ஜனாதிபதி வேட்பாளருக்கு நினைவுபடுத்தியுள்ளீர்கள்.
ஆனால் நேரம் வேகமாக சென்று கொண்டிருக்கின்றது. தேர்தலுக்கு முன்னர் சிறுவர்களுக்கான ஜனாதிபதி வேட்பாளர்களை உறுதிமொழியளிக்கச் செய்வதற்கு, உங்களைப் போன்ற வாக்காளர்களை நாம் உடனடியாக முன்னகர்த்த வேண்டும். இப்போது, இதனை உங்கள் குடும்பத்தினர், நண்பர்களிடம் பகிர்ந்து, அவர்களது குரலை சேர்க்குமாறு சொல்லுங்கள்.
