Abstract:
The majority populations of the world are living in a safe socio-economical setting and
they uro having wealthy of science, technology and other necessities of life. Meantime,
some groups of the universal community are living in a complicated situation world wide.
A Gypsies is one of the major groups among all tribes, and they still excluded from the
main stream of the society. In this context, this study focuses the Gypsies of Aligambai
village in Ampara district, Sri" Lanka. Therefore this research significant as it explores
what kind of contribution made by the Government and Non-governmental organizations
In promoting livelihood of Gypsies in Aligambai even though the other organizations
played their role for promoting the livelihood of the same community. The main objective
of this study is to analysis the contribution of Government and Non-governmental
organizations in promoting livelihood of Gypsies in Aligambai village, and to realize the
Improvement of Aligambai Gypsies due to the development role played by the
Government and Non-governmental organizations. This is basically a qualitative study.
Data for this research gathered from primary and the secondary sources. Primary data
have collected mainly from questionnaire, key informant interview observation and focus
group discussion, and the secondary data have gathered from the statistical records of the
government and the NGOs as well as from published materials. Finally, this research
found that the Government and Non-governmental organizations made their contribution
effectively in promoting livelihood of Gypsies in Aligambai village of Ampara district,
Sri Lanka.
