Sinthanai Foundation is a free education center, supported by Manitha Neyam Trust, in the town of Kotagala, amidst a tea plantation. The education center provides post-secondary education and training at no cost to local students; to empower them to learn the skills they need to enter the workforce. We recently visited the Sinthanai Foundation, meeting with the Founder/Director, Ramesh, and his staff...
Recently, we visited the Amma Veedu Childcare Home in Batticaloa, which isrun by LIFT NGO. This home main mission is to provide employment to womenfrom either women-led or single-mother families, through training forvarious employment options to provide for their children. Earlier this year,MNT and LIFT partnered to open a children daycare center, providingchildcare for working mothers. This project is run...
Iranai Iluppaikulam GTM School is a rural village school in the Mannar district. This school had a well that was abandoned, and beyond repair. For years, the students and teachers had to bring drinking water from home, with no place at school to refill their water. “Pazhagalaam Vaango,” a community organization in the USA, funded this project and reached out to...
On August 20, 2024, a significant milestone was achieved with the official handing over of the Clean Water Supply project at Valamalai Estate. The ceremony was graced by Prof. Nadaraja Shreeharan (UK), a member of the Manitha Neyam Trust, who represented the Trust that funded the project. The implementation of this vital project was carried out by the International Medical...
Many know we live in a fast-growing digital age, where technology has impacted every part of our lives. It has become crucial across age groups, to learn the basics of computers and technology. Manitha Neyam Trust has partnered with local organizations to conduct education sessions on basic computer and technology, in rural villages across Sri Lanka. These education sessions have largely been...
On August 08th, 2024, a new smart classroom was inaugurated at Kalaimagal Maha Vidyalayam, under the leadership of the school’s principal, Mr. Thiagarajah. This initiative, like many others, aims to promote modern teaching methods for enhanced learning. The project was Funded by the Manitha Neyam Trust and executed by the Batticaloa-Amparai Science Union. The event had many attendees, including Mr. R. Chiranjeevi and Mrs. Chiranjeevi representing the Manitha Neyam...