As a part of the women empowerment project through our Vivekananda Community Foundation, the training to produce handicrafts using palm leaves started on March 01st, 2021. This project is in the village of Koduvamadu, Eravur Pattu, Chengaladi Divisional Secretariat Division. The 15 trainees selected at the inaugural event were provided with a palm leaf tearing machine. Since training, we have moved...
Manitha Neyam Trust is always prepared to help students and schools, as we strongly believe that education is the main avenue to eliminating poverty. We strive to give “the passport to the future” to the much deserving students in the poverty-stricken areas in Sri Lanka. MNT donated school exercise books, uniforms, shoes, school bags, and learning equipment to needy students in...
100 families in the Puthukkudiyiruppu, Manmunai Pattu, and Vellaveli areas were heavily affected due to the floods during the month of January. As a result, they were temporarily displaced. These families were accommodated at temporary shelters, so as a helping hand to them, Manitha Neyam Trust stepped in to provide them with dry rations. We were able to distribute to them...
16 families in Thalaimannar area were heavily affected due to the floods and they were provided temporary shelter in the Sri Muthumariamman Religious school. Based on the request made by the president of the religious school, Mr. Dinakaran, Manitha Neyam Trust stepped in to help the affected families. Manitha Neyam Trust provided dry rations to all 16 families with the help of...
As the pandemic continues to devastate the world and Sri Lanka with the second wave of infections, families living below the poverty line and off of daily wages are the most affected. With the economic shutdown, they are finding it very difficult to survive. In late November, Sai School Manipay provided dry rations to such families affected by the pandemic shutdown....
Cyclone Burevi devastated the northern part of Sri Lanka recently. Over 85,000 individuals from 25,000 families were affected by the cyclone in the Jaffna district. Manitha Neyam Trust received an appeal from the Divisional Federation of Youth Club of Maruthankerny, to provide relief to the affected families. Manitha Neyam Trust honored the request and made arrangements to provide relief worth Rs....