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Viewing cable 08COLOMBO368, SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR OPENS USAID PROJECTS IN THE

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08COLOMBO368 2008-04-09 11:23 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Colombo
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 COLOMBO 000368 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/INS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ELAB KCRM CE
SUBJECT: SRI LANKA:  AMBASSADOR OPENS USAID PROJECTS IN THE 
SOUTH; DISCUSSES CONCERNS WITH LOCAL LEADERS 
 
1.  SUMMARY:  Ambassador visited Galle on April 4 to open two 
USAID projects and meet local officials.  Party leaders 
expressed concern about Southern Province's disproportionate 
share of the war burden, a growing drug problem, a shortage 
of labor for traditional industries.  A representative of the 
hotel industry noted that police and hotel owners have been 
educated on trafficking in persons through Tourist Board and 
National Child Protection Authority programs.  End Summary. 
 
Ambassador Opens USAID Projects 
------------------------------- 
 
2.  The Ambassador visited a USAID funded vocational training 
school in Ambalangoda, one of the areas in the South most 
hard-hit by the tsunami.  The new school offers vocational 
training for high school graduates who are not planning to 
attend university.  Men are trained in outboard motor, motor 
cycle, and tri-wheeler maintenance, and women receive 
training in beauty services.  The center has negotiated with 
state and private banks to obtain loans for successful 
trainees to set up their own businesses.  Ambassador also 
opened the eighty-seventh USAID-funded playground for 
children, another tsunami rehabilitation project, in the 
coastal town of Koggala. 
 
South Bears Weight of War Effort 
-------------------------------- 
 
3.  Ruling United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) 
parliamentarian Lionel Premasiri and Deputy Minister of 
Social Services and Social Welfare told Ambassador that the 
government's war policy and military expenditures are 
acceptable to the southern polity because people of the rural 
south are less affected by the cost of living than urban 
people.  Premasiri emphasized that army recruitment was 
mostly from the South, a clear endorsement of the war 
policies.  Opposition United National Party (UNP) 
parliamentarian Gayantha Karunathileke disagreed that the 
cost of living had little impact on southerners and said 
southern youth "are joining the army because they are poor." 
The South has the highest poverty levels outside the theater 
of conflict in the Northern and Eastern provinces.  People 
are not criticizing the government openly, he said, because 
they live in fear of government rights violations. 
 
Employment Trends Impacted by Conflict 
-------------------------------------- 
 
4.  Local leaders expressed concern about trends in the 
southern labor market.  Chairman of the Hikkaduwa Hoteliers 
Association Siri Goonewardene said the 100,000 jobs lost in 
the tourism sector have mostly affected the South.  He blamed 
the international media's portrayal of the conflict for the 
plight of industry.  He noted that southern youth are 
choosing jobs in the military over tourism because the army 
provides continuous employment, while tourism employment is 
seasonal and unreliable.  UNP MP Karunathileke, also a tea 
small holder, said despite the boom in the tea industry, 
women prefer to work in garment factories rather than in the 
estates.  He predicted that the low-grown tea industry in the 
South is heading for a labor crisis. 
 
No Recent Security Incidents, But Increase in Drug Use 
--------------------------------------------- --------- 
 
5.  Galle District Senior Superintendent of Police Keerthi 
Silva told Ambassador that since the LTTE attack on naval 
vessels in the Galle harbor in 2007, no further activities 
have been detected.  He said close surveillance is maintained 
on the 1,500 Tamil residents in Galle town and the greater 
Tamil population in the interior tea plantation areas. 
 
6.  A more immediate problem, he said, is widespread drug use 
among southern youth.  A representative of the Galle Bar 
 
COLOMBO 00000368  002 OF 002 
 
 
Association, Thilina Panditaratne, said the lack of 
recreational activities in Galle drove youth to drugs.  Silva 
noted, however, that the police have been working to address 
the problem.  The number of addicts had dropped during the 
last year due to direct police action and arrests, he said. 
 
GSL TIP Efforts Show Some Results 
----------------------------------- 
 
7.  Chairman of the Hikkaduwa Hoteliers Association 
Goonewardene said the police and hotel owners have been 
educated on trafficking in persons through Tourist Board and 
National Child Protection Authority programs.   President of 
the Galle District Press Association Sanjeeva Wijeweera said 
journalists in the South have virtually no conceptual grasp 
of trafficking as an issue or criminal offense, and tend to 
report inaccurately on these incidents.  Police 
Superintendent Silva said overseas employment of women due to 
poverty has increased child abuse and incest in the South. 
 
8.  COMMENT:  Reports of greater awareness of TIP among 
police and hotel owners in the South are encouraging. 
Projects such as USAID's vocational center will help address 
Galle leaders' concerns about unemployment and provide young 
people with employment options other than the army.  USAID 
projects in the South send a signal that our development 
assistance is balanced and is not directed exclusively at the 
predominantly Tamil populations in conflict-affected regions. 
BLAKE