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Shelter Visit
By Ciara Post, Emerge Intern Today was my second day visiting a shelter. This shelter had an outdoor courtyard, clean rooms, and seemingly comfortable sleeping areas (from what I could glimpse... Read More
Daya’s Dream: From Beads-to-Business to Home Sweet Home
There is nothing better than the feeling when dreams come true! Daya* had a dream “to build a house of my own” (take a look at the vision she drew... Read More
Reality VS Fairytales
By Kaavya Pathirana, Communications and Reporting Officer In celebration of World Children’s day for this year, the Emerge team came up with the idea to screen a few kids’ movies throughout that week... Read More
Emerging Enriched with Emerge
By Arooj Aslam, Emerge Volunteer, October 2015 While running through the monotonous routine of the for-profit corporate world, I had been feeling increasingly inclined towards investing my skills and efforts... Read More
Precious Moments Leave Lasting Impressions
By Suram Edirisinghe, Asia Foundation LankaCorps Fellow Hello there, my name is Suram Edirisinghe, and I am a current intern at Emerge Lanka, working on their Life Skills Program. I... Read More
10 Years of Emerge
478 girls. Thousands of kilos of beads. It all started 10 years ago. Today. Her name was Runa* and she was 11 years old. Her pudgy hands, braids with blue... Read More
My first day visiting a shelter
Before I visited the shelter, there was a lot on my mind. I was nervous of what impression the girls would have of me. I had heard so many great... Read More
Though she be but little, she is fierce!
2014: Thank you for a great year!
Thank you to all of you have supported us this year. We’ve supported 132 girls in 2014 and cannot wait to double our impact in 2015. We couldn’t do it... Read More
A New and Improved Mentorship Programme
We are excited about our recent re-launch of our Mentorship Programme! We took a few months off to review the past success and challenges of the programme, taking into account... Read More