Community gallery
People. Participation.
Shared moments.
Twenty-one documentary photographs from LightUp Lanka’s workshops, youth leadership sessions, nutrition demonstrations and Cyclone Ditwah relief operations (2023–2026).
Our beginnings
Opening ceremony · Kilinochchi (2023)
Lighting the traditional lamp at the opening ceremony of LightUp Lanka at Karaichchi Pradeshiya Sabha, Kilinochchi on 9 June 2023.
Education & skills
Language & skill development workshop (2023)
Children and community members at LightUp Lanka’s language and skill development workshop at Karaichchi Pradeshiya Sabha, Kilinochchi in June 2023.
Youth & digital advocacy
Online hate speech & SGBV workshop · Kilinochchi (2023)
Founder Dinoja Navarathnarajah facilitating a community awareness workshop on online hate speech and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in Kilinochchi with the Centre for Equality and Justice (CEJ) in September 2023.
Youth & digital advocacy
Human rights & SGBV dialogue · Kilinochchi (2023)
Interactive group discussion on human rights and gender-based violence prevention alongside the LightUp Lanka banner in Kilinochchi in 2023.
Youth & digital advocacy
DreamSpace Academy knowledge & innovation exchange (2023)
Members of DreamSpace Academy visiting LightUp Lanka in Kilinochchi for a cross-regional knowledge and innovation exchange on 15 November 2023.
Community participation
‘Ignite’ Youth Festival gathering (2024)
LightUp Lanka team and youth participants gathered at the ‘Ignite’ Youth Festival in February 2024.
Community wellbeing
Preschool nutrition awareness programme · Velanai (2024)
Facilitators and preschool mothers at the Nutrition Awareness Program hosted with Light of Island Community Service Center at Ehamparam & Sathasivam Hall, Velanai on 8 March 2024.
Community wellbeing
Healthy one-dish meal demonstration · Velanai (2024)
Practical demonstration of nutritious one-dish meal preparation for preschool children and mothers at Light of Island Community Service Center in Velanai on 8 March 2024.
Youth & digital advocacy
Learn to Discern media literacy training · Kilinochchi (2024)
Participants at the Learn to Discern (L2D) media literacy workshop in Kilinochchi in November 2024, delivered with DreamSpace Academy, IREX PRO-INFO and USAID Sri Lanka.
Community wellbeing
Basic Pranic Healing & Super Brain Yoga Workshop (2025)
Participants at LightUp Lanka’s Basic Pranic Healing & Super Brain Yoga wellbeing workshop at Kanagapuram Road, Kilinochchi in June 2025.
Community support
Cyclone Ditwah emergency ration packing · Kilinochchi (2025)
LightUp Lanka volunteers assembling emergency dry ration and sanitary relief packs for flood-affected families in Kilinochchi District in December 2025.
Community support
Flood relief distribution · Vattakachchi & Mayavanur (2025)
Delivering emergency dry ration packages to 65 flood-affected families in Vattakachchi, Mavadi and Mayavanur alongside the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society – Kilinochchi Branch in December 2025.
Community support
Reaching flood-damaged roads · Visuvamadu, Mullaitivu (2025)
Navigating flood-damaged roads in Visuvamadu, Mullaitivu during the joint Cyclone Ditwah relief mission with the University of Jaffna Thenmaradchi Student Union and Sri Lanka Red Cross Society in December 2025.
Community support
Women volunteers leading flood response · Kilinochchi (2025)
Female volunteers of LightUp Lanka loading emergency dry ration sacks onto a flatbed truck for distribution across flood-affected villages in December 2025.
Community support
Field coordination during Cyclone Ditwah response (2025)
Dinoja Navarathnarajah and Nilavini Thavapalan coordinating household relief and maternal care pack deliveries during the Cyclone Ditwah response in December 2025.
Community support
Joint relief operations with Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (2025)
Field collaboration with Sri Lanka Red Cross Society – Kilinochchi Branch camp management volunteers during Cyclone Ditwah relief in Valluvarpuram and Visuvamadu in December 2025.
Community support
Community logistics & emergency relief transport (2025)
Emergency dry ration and maternal care packages loaded onto local transport during LightUp Lanka’s Cyclone Ditwah flood relief operations in December 2025.
Community celebration
Thaipongal at Olirum Vazhvu Children’s Home (2026)
Shared handprint art and talent showcase during Thaipongal 2026 with 3ZERO House Sri Lanka at Olirum Vazhvu Children’s Home in Udaiyarkaddu.
Education & skills
LightUp Leaders youth workshop · Mankulam (2026)
Young participants at the LightUp Leaders youth leadership training session at Good Shepherd Child Development Center in Mankulam, Mullaitivu on 29 January 2026.
Human rights & business
BRIDGE tool-piloting workshop · Vavuniya (2026)
Thirty-nine participants from MSMEs, human rights defenders and civil society at the EU-funded BRIDGE Human Rights in Business workshop with Chrysalis in Vavuniya District on 17 April 2026.
Human rights & business
BRIDGE tool-piloting workshop · Kilinochchi (2026)
Entrepreneurs, government officials and civil society representatives at the BRIDGE Human Rights in Business and Responsible Business Conduct workshop in Kilinochchi District in June 2026.