Re-written Story - by Buddhi

Saman Priyankara, who was inhumanly tortured by the Police, has just won the best small industry owner award of the central province with the help of Setik income-generating programme.

He is a father of two children and was arrested by the police on a complaint about illicit liquor. The police tortured him severely by putting boiled water over his body. He was injured seriously and admitted to the general hospital of Matale district of the central Sri Lanka. When he was at the hospital he and his family got threatens number of times by the police saying not to complain to any authorities about this incident. Luckily Saman’s wife came to Setik and complain about the incident while to victim was admitted at the hospital. With the help of our Human Rights unit we filed a FR case on behalf of him and now a days the case is hearing at the Supreme Court.

Since Saman get back to normalcy he joined Setik Human Rights unit victims committee and actively involved in all the HR activities. He had a small industry of making mushrooms and he request Setik to get him more training on it and a loan to develop the product. He was sent to Gannoruwa agriculture training school of Kandy district of Central Sri Lanka for more training on making mushrooms and once he returns after two weeks the necessary loan also provided him since Setik satisfied with his progress. He developed his industry in a very short period and finally was awarded as the best small industry owner of the area.

Now more than 30 people are working at his mushroom garden and he is earning quite a profit to run his family. He is still a member of Setik HR committee and involving with its activities. Saman says with appreciation “who am today is because of Setik?”