ECPAT Sri Lanka, known as PEaCE (Protecting Environment and Children Everywhere) was launched in 1991 as a campaign to support the global initiative of ECPAT International. ECPAT is an international network of organisations and individuals working together to eliminate child prostitution, child pornography and the trafficking of children for sexual purposes. PEaCE aims to nurture collaborations among local civil society activists and to widen the child rights community to form a network for protection of children from sexual exploitation.