In many rural areas of Sri Lanka, numerous young adults face significant barriers in building their lives after completing secondary education. Challenges such as a lack of access to schools, financial constraints, unstable family environments, and other obstacles leave many without the essential skills or educational foundation needed for a successful future. Youth Community Colleges were established to address this critical...
Over the past few weeks, many regions across Sri Lanka have faced impacts from ongoing floods due to excessive monsoon rain. Areas impacted include Jaffna, Batticaloa, Mullaitivu, Kilinochchi, Amparai, Trincomalee, Mannar, and the upcountry regions. Manitha Neyam Trust has funded relief for ~1,700 families across Sri Lanka, in execution partnership with organizations we regularly work with. This has totaled in excess...
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...