You are not alone
WIN assists national programme of violence
against women:
But, breaking the silence, the one stop crisis
centre, the arm that assists the helpless and the hopeless, is the
Women in Need with seven crisis centers around the country, six
hospital centres and two police centres working tirelessly to
provides crisis counselling and psychological support for victims of
violence and their families, legal aid and even temporary shelter
free of charge for battered women in Sri Lanka.
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London was his kind of place
Anura: rich in wit, loved books and theatre:
At London University Anura was considered a
brilliant student and according to Dhanapala Samarasekera who was
his guardian, Anura's tutor had stated that an essay Anura wrote on
'The impact of the Russian revolution on Latin America' was one of
the best the tutor had read and was worthy of publication.
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Genetic screening for wildlife conservation
Genetic diverisity is one of the major factors
that determine survival of species. As it ensures the resistance
against epidemics, diseases and other natural crisis and assures
that, in the face of a catastrophe, at least few individuals of a
species will live on to reproduce and pass on their genes to the
next generation. Consequently genetical information on any species
is vital for their conservation.
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