Vriddhi is a platform created for the networking, collaboration and support between the civil society community of Sri Lanka. Vriddhi aims to create a platform via which inter-civil society connections can be formed and nurtured based on geographic location, area of interest and work, and other shared values. We, as representatives from the civil society in Sri Lanka and members of civil society organisation/s, grassroot level activist, journalists and/ or artists, understand that by virtue of signing this document, our organisation and all its encompassing work and membership, and our individual capacities in work, commit to the strengthening and preservation of the following core principles of the Vriddhi network: