Butterfly Sanctuary

Butterfly Peace Garden situated in the eastern part of Sri Lanka, Is a Sanctuary for the healing, ethnic harmony and peacemaking of children in post war era. It is an internationally recognized and effective child’s programmes in conflict zones. “Play is Child, Child is Play”.

Through play activities the creativity and imagination of children are entered into for transformation. Visit the Butterfly Peace Garden.

The ground that you are standing on is holy ground.

Butterfly Identity Meet

Vision


Enhancing and strengthening meaningful life to traumatized children, youths, adults and women through creative art.

Mission


A resourceful all inclusive society.

Objective

To provide a holistic transformation of young people, member of the disadvantaged communities and person with disabilities through healing, strengthening ethnic harmony, reconciliation opportunities and environment, promoting child rights / child care continuing education of garden path process.

OUR WINGS

The Butterfly Peace Garden is natured in a 2 acres of land with green trees, chirping of birds, and ecologically constructed activity centres. This centre is functioning for the last Twenty five years. It has grown. It has strong wings. It has taken flight to “White Crane House” for Tamil community. Programmes according to garden path ways are played in these gardens with children. Monkey’s Tale centre is the educational wing of the garden. Education in garden path ways, syllabi, Training and Programmes, are done for Trainers, Animators and field workers, accompanying the children.

BUTTERFLY TENTACLE

  • Twenty five years of sustained children’s programme have encountered 1.5 million children, who have experienced trauma healing, reconciliation and ethnic harmony.
  • Fifty Animators and accompaniers have been trained by local, National and International trainers through capacity building programme, in Art work, Earth work and Heart work.
  • Fifty five printed publications have been produced in the garden National and international inter netting at different levels have been archived.
  • Access has been made to vulnerable groups like ex-combatants, Prison in-mates, Special physically disabled children and severely traumatized children.
  • Sinhalese community has been befriended by the garden.

NEW SANCTUARY

From the cocoon the Butterfly Peace Garden flies out and goes to a new garden. A new site has been identified. Two and a half of acres of lands is owned by the garden. We are in the process of creating a new garden in our own property.

SEEDING

  • Through “Kattadi”, that is, Butterfly Peace Garden Magazine, publicized three times in a year, dissemination of garden philosophy and spirit is being sown and harvested.
  • Research on the garden programmes have been made by Doc. Robbie Chase P.H.D
  • The Philosophy of garden has been written by Doc. Pattricia Lowrance P.H.D.

Seeding

Funds for sustainability of our programmes.

Resources for creation of the new garden.

Animators’ ongoing formation and a capacity building programmes through international sceptres in Art.

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The Butterfly Peace Garden

Manressa Street
Batticaloa
Sri Lanka
Tel.No : 065 2226761
Mob : 077 5599422
Email : butterflypeacegardenbatticaloa@gmail.com