In February 2011, the Ministry of Health in collaboration and funding from Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) of UK organized a workshop on mental health. Damrivi submitted two abstracts to the workshop and both were accepted. One paper was titled “Effectiveness of culturally appropriate psychological interventions to cope with stressful situations in humanitarian emergencies: the Tsunami experience” by Professor Asanga Tilakaratne and Dr. Yuki Sirimane, our Chairman and a Trustee. The other paper was titled “Impact of a live TV counselling programme on utilization of counselling services in a community service setting” by Dr. Yuki Sirimane and Ms. Malathi Weerasooriya, one of our trustees and the Director Operations. Both papers were accepted by the organizers, the first as an oral presentation and the latter as a poster presentation. The abstracts of both papers will be published by VSO and the Ministry of Health.

Damrivi has published a hand book containing the essence of all topics discussed in our programme 'For a happy and contented married life through the Buddhist hilosophy'

Damrivi Foundation concluded a Research Project on how mental health can be addressed in a gender sensitive manner using Buddhist Philosophy. The project was to develop a document detailing Buddhist conceptual, philosophical and practical insights related to psychological health in a gender- sensitive manner.

Damrivi has developed a unique counseling module to counsel Cancer patients integrating Western Counselling theories and therapies and Buddhist Insights and therapies. It has also published a book 'Counseling Cancer Patients - A Buddhist Way' in Sinhala and English language to share their first hand experience in counseling patients in the Cancer Hospital, Maharagama.

Damrivi published ‘Violence Against Women – A Buddhist Perspective’ and in Sinhala , kanta hinsanaya bodu asin. The book contain a vivid description of various forms of violence against women found in Sri Lanka together with statistics about its occurrences and how these issues can be and have been addressed in Buddhist Philosophy.