The United States government in an effort to overcome the language barrier between the Sinhala and Tamil communities is providing funds to train government officials in both languages.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing Sinhala and Tamil language training to elected government officials and staff from 11 local government authorities in Eastern Province, the US Embassy in Colombo announced in a press release today.
USAID is funding a three-year initiative to promote good governance and human security in the East entitled Supporting Regional Governance (SuRG) with the goal to build participatory and transparent local government and to improve responsiveness to local community needs, according to the press release. Read more ...
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
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