{"id":86652,"date":"2022-02-16T04:52:30","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T04:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=86652"},"modified":"2022-02-16T04:52:30","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T04:52:30","slug":"yasotha-runs-a-biscuit-shop-in-a-small-village-in-manthai-east-sri-lanka-by-gowshan-nandakumar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/yasotha-runs-a-biscuit-shop-in-a-small-village-in-manthai-east-sri-lanka-by-gowshan-nandakumar\/","title":{"rendered":"Yasotha runs a biscuit shop in a small village in Manthai East, Sri Lanka. by GOWSHAN NANDAKUMAR"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"h2\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 24px;\">Yasotha runs a biscuit shop in a small village in Manthai East, Sri Lanka. by GOWSHAN NANDAKUMAR<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Source<\/strong><\/span>:<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.75yearsaustraliasrilanka.com\/75\/yasotha-runs-a-biscuit-shop-in-a-small-village-in-manthai-east-sri-lanka\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Australian Department of Foreign Affairs &amp; Trade<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The shop serves tea and groundnut biscuits from a glass cabinet. Yasotha welcomes customers into the shop with a heartwarming smile.\u00a0<em>\u201cI enjoy being able to give something [to] people who are thirsty and hungry<\/em>,\u201d she says.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_86636\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86636\" style=\"width: 483px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-86636 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CELEBRATING-75-YEARS-OF5.jpeg\" alt=\"CELEBRATING 75 YEARS OF Sri Lanka-Australia Relations\" width=\"483\" height=\"271\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-86636\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Senthilrasan and Yasotha are involved in groundnut biscuit production in Manthai East Division. Photo credit: World Vision Lanka<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Both Yasotha and her husband Senthilrasan live with disability after being hit with shrapnel. Yasotha was hit in her head when she was only 14 years old. Now, with the shrapnel still inside her body, she has difficulties with mobility and coordination. Senthilrasan was hit by shrapnel during two different incidents. He lost control over his right hand first, and then had an incident involving his leg. Confident he could work as well as any able-bodied person, he learnt to write with his non dominant left hand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The couple has two daughters, Yathusa and Janani, who attend school in the neighbouring village. Due to the school\u2019s distance from their home, the girls stay in the village to attend class. Senthilrasan visits them every Saturday with a little treat. Little Janani looks forward to seeing what her father brings her \u2013 Senthilrasan doesn\u2019t miss a Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Until recently, Senthilrasan and Yasotha struggled to earn enough to support their children\u2019s education. The couple was spiralling financially when World Vision staff identified them through a local Disabled People\u2019s Organisation meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">World Vision\u2019s Lanka\u2019s Gender and Disability Inclusive Economic Development Project (iLIVE), supported by the Australian Government through ANCP, economically engaged 29,000 vulnerable people in the Northern and Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka between 2016-2021, with a focus on reaching women and people with disability who are isolated from economic and social opportunities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">After attending iLIVE project training, Yasotha and Senthilrasan took their family\u2019s future into their hands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">First, they started a value addition centre to make peanut biscuits with iLIVE technical and financial assistants. \u201cWe already [had] experience making peanut biscuits,\u201d says Senthilrasan, \u201cbut we did not know the way to make it professionally and to generate income.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The trainings gave them the confidence to produce not just one, but two value-added products: peanut biscuits and peanut halva.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cWe made good quality products after all the trainings we received from World Vision,\u201d adds Yasotha.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">They also began batch production by making 2,000 biscuits. \u201cWe sold all of it,\u201d says Yasotha proudly. \u00a0\u201cWe didn\u2019t have any biscuits to taste.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">With money coming in, Yasotha became a valuable member of her savings group. She was also appointed box keeper for the year \u2013 a position she is proud of.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_86653\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86653\" style=\"width: 522px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-86653 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Yasotha-runs-a-biscuit-shop-in-a-small-village-in-Manthai-East-Sri-Lanka..png\" alt=\"Yasotha runs a biscuit shop in a small village in Manthai East, Sri Lanka. by GOWSHAN NANDAKUMAR\" width=\"522\" height=\"934\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-86653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Senthilrasan labelling packets of groundnut biscuits at his house, Manthai East. Photo credit: World Vision Lanka<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Now, Yasotha and Senthilrasan are planning ahead and reinvesting extra savings into their enterprise. They know they have to work hard to expand the business and are willing to make that sacrifice to give their children a good future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The iLIVE project achieved significant impacts in the lives of people with disabilities, and 92% reported increased independence, decision making and confidence. Their communities were also impacted and the percentage of community members who said they felt comfortable working with people with disabilities increased by 65%. Together, World Vision\u2019s partnership with the Australian Government in Sri Lanka has directly impacted over 8,100 people like Yasotha and Senthilrasan.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yasotha runs a biscuit shop in a small village in Manthai East, Sri Lanka. by GOWSHAN NANDAKUMAR Source: Australian Department of Foreign Affairs &amp; Trade The shop serves tea and groundnut biscuits from a glass cabinet. 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