Thunukai in the Mullaitivu District is a rural part of Sri Lanka. In this community, many working parents of autistic children don’t have access to childcare or special education. Often, they had to leave their special needs child locked in the house, without any other options. Seeing this, is how ‘Olirum Vaalvu’ was born. It is a school that runs Monday-Friday,...
A village in the Batticaloa District has about 25 families who settled in this area over the past 22 years. They mostly earn their livelihood through farming seasonal crops, fishing from the local river, and collecting honey from the jungle. Life in this remote area has numerous challenges. Human-elephant conflict is one of the most serious threats to the villagers’ crop cultivation as...
In a significant initiative to bolster education in the upcountry communities, 50 teachers have been appointed on a contract basis. This initiative has been spearheaded by the International Medical Health Organization (IMHO) and Manitha Neyam Trust (MNT), and received the active participation of Honorable Lalith U. Gamaghe, Governor of Central Province. A ceremony to inaugurate this initiative was held at the Central...
The number of people with limb loss in the North of Sri Lanka continues to increase. This is not only due to the need to repair and replace the prosthetic limbs of the war victims, but also due to untreated disease like diabetes, and road traffic accidents. The Trust has built a new partnership with the Meththa Foundation to supply “state-of-the-art”...
Selvapuram is a small village in the Vanni Region of Sri Lanka. Most of the villagers run small farms or perform other manual labor to earn a living. At a small temple in this village, they conduct classes for approximately 60 children, teaching them across subjects such as religion, cultures, and the fine arts. They don’t have a community hall...
Sinthanai Foundation is a free education center, supported by Manitha Neyam Trust, in the town of Kotagala in the midst of a tea plantation. The center provides post-secondary education and training at no cost to students. Once students have completed their secondary education, they can enroll in the various programs offered by the center. These programs include language training in English...