This project emerged following an invitation by The Mannar Zonal Director of Education wanting Bridging Lanka to assist the Education Department address the sharp increase in school drop-out rates after the pandemic and economic downturn. A growing uptake of hard drugs by students as an escape from domestic conflict, street violence and an uncertain future, complicated further with a falling morale amongst teachers and anguished parents, was a further catalyst to intervene.
To identify and respond to the fault lines between the three most significant social institutions of a young person’s life, that of the home, their community (street) and the school, the Home-Street-School program was developed.
