Shreen Saroor

Overview

Shreen Saroor is the founder of Mannar Women s Development Federation (MWDF) which addresses the needs of women victims of war in the north of Sri Lanka. Ms. Saroor helped implementation of Shakti gender equality program of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and coordinated CIDA s Human Rights and Peace Building funds through which she was able to build programs that focused on grass root peace building and reconciliation activities. Shreen was one of the peacemakers of John B Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice San Diego California and was awarded Echoing Green Fellowship in 2005 to build a model resettlement village (MRV) for mixed displaced communities through youth mobilization. MRV is a grass root reconciliation model that emphasizes on reconnecting communities by promoting the value of coexistence. Her model has won two awards Threshold Foundation s International Bremen Peace Award and UNDP N Peace award. Shreen s first degree is in Business administration and her post graduation