OTI originally began a program addressing only the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. The objectives of the program were to support community-focused reintegration and target at-risk youth and ex-combatants as part of an integrated strategy to stabilize, transform, and develop the Eastern Province. Following the military defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in the North, the program expanded to also support the Northern Province starting in 2009. The program seek to reach its objectives by:
