attapalai, Mamoolai, Poothanvayal, Ponnakar, and Vithiyapuram are five villages in the heart of the Mullaitivu district, facing a critical shortage of basic educational necessities for their children. The Manitha Neyam Trust (MNT) has leaned in to address this gap, offering crucial sponsorships to over 100 underprivileged children to commence and continue their preschool education. Here are a few facts about each...
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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”...