On 9th Sep, 2020 the Batticaloa Municipal Council and UNICEF Sri Lanka marked a significant milestone, signing a Memorandum of Understanding to help make Batticaloa the first Child-Friendly city in the Country and in South Asian region.
The MoU marks the latest stage in Batticaloa Municipality’s journey to become the first municipality in Sri Lanka that is committed to ensuring that the voices, needs, priorities and rights of children are an integral part of public policies, programs and decisions as guided by the convention on the rights of the child (CRC) are being met.
Mr.Tim Sutton, Representative of UNICEF Sri Lanka and Honorable Mr.Saravanapavan, Mayor of Batticaloa MC signed the MOU.
The event is witnessed by the Commissioner of the local government, Mr.Mannivannan and other key stakeholders in the district. The event was took place at the Town Hall of Municipality with the participation of major stakeholders viz., Hon. Councilors of Municipality, Dr. Gadambanathan, Consultant Psychiatrist, Teaching Hospital, Batticaloa, Eng. Sasinanthan, Road Development Authority, Batticaloa, Dr. Girisuthan, MOH, Batticaloa and other distinguish guests. Signing of MoU between the two parties was pave the path to ensure all activities in the Municipality would take the child rights into consideration in all aspect and ensure that the Municipality environment is more convenient and conducive for the children and finally for all.
