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With difficulty, I gradually moved through life

A lady from Batugoda speaks of the way she overcame financial struggles in her l...

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We should learn to treat everyone equally...

A 68 year old father from the Wilpita village in Matara speaks about the politic...

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Please save my child!

A story about a father who sacrificed everything that he had to save his child, ...

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A River Tragedy

A woman tells of her sorrow when her father was attacked by a crocodile in the r...

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A story of a daughter

A young woman recalls her early days in poverty and how her parents lived throug...

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A difficult life

A young man from the Porathota village relates the stories of the hardships he e...

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A past too painful for the light of day

A young woman from Pitabaddara village reminisces her parents' experiences durin...

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With darkness came terror

A grand daughter speaks of how her grandfather was locked up in the time of the ...

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A bakery caught in the crossfire

Martin, a baker's help when the J.V.P. insurrection took place, explains how the...

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'Blow out the lamps' we were told

A 58 year old man reminisces about one of the darkest chapters of his life...

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An invader that threatens our livelihood

An invasive species threatens the health of the bee population within the area a...

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Lost without a trace

A mother waits for a son that she last heard of in 1998 when she last saw her be...

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A flood that washed away everything

A young woman relates her experience of the 2003 great floods...

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Orphaned by chance

An orphaned young woman remembers the stories that her deceased father told her,...

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Parents' love for their child

A young lad from Akuressa takes account of the sacrifices that his parents made ...

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My life so far...

Prasanna from Akuressa relates the tale of his life so far with poverty, and lov...