Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement of Sri Lanka
Manu Tissera is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in transformational leadership, project management, and communications. Currently serving as Chief Transformation Officer and Head of the Artha Dharma National Secretariat at the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement of Sri Lanka since August 2020, Manu also holds roles as a Co-Investigator at The Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University and has provided consultancy on gender policy with the Centre for Development and Research Interventions. Manu's prior experience includes significant positions at Plan International Sri Lanka and the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, along with earlier roles in marketing and business analysis within the Ceylinco Conglomerate. Educational qualifications include a Master’s degree in Japanese Management Studies from the University of Colombo and ongoing postgraduate studies in Business Administration and Management.
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Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement of Sri Lanka
Founded in 1958 by Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, Sarvodaya has come a long way from its early beginnings in one rural village, growing, year after year, into Sri Lanka’s largest and most broadly embedded grassroots development network. The Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement is an unique people’s self-help organization inspired by the Gandhian ideals of truth, non-violence and service for all. Sarvodaya seeks no poverty and no affluence society in Sri Lanka through an integrated, holistic approach to development which includes spiritual, moral, cultural, social, economic and political development. Today, the Sarvodaya Movement has a proven history of exceptional accomplishments, a strong organizational structure, and a formidable outreach which encompasses more than 15,000 villages across all of Sri Lanka’s regions and ethnic groups. Incorporated by a Parliament Act No. 16 of 1972, Sarvodaya is supported by several specialist units such as Sarvodaya Women’s Movement, Sarvodaya Legal Services Movement, Sarvodaya Economic Enterprise Development Services and Sarvodaya Shanthi Sena (the Peace Brigades). In addition to 26 district offices Sarvodaya operates through 10 Development Education centers, 6 Multi-Purpose community Centers and 10 Sarvodaya Regional Resources Centers to serve more than 5,200 Community Based Organizations operates under the patronage of Sarvodaya across the country which are termed as ‘Sarvodaya Shramadana Societies’.