MNT is determined to do its best to minimise the impact of poverty and hardship in taking away the aspirations of students to obtain higher education; especially after struggled through numerous difficulties and challenges. Every year, over 100 students are supported by this project and since 2002 more than 1,000 students have benefitted from this initiative. Monthly Rs. 5, 000...
Every five seconds, someone, somewhere in the world goes blind. Every minute, one more child goes blind – ninety per cent of blind children don’t attend schools. A year 2000 study examined blind school children in multiple countries and reported the prevalence of severe visual loss in Sri Lankan students at 33.2%. This was the highest prevalence in the countries...
As part of MNT’s wish to help these special children attain autonomy and control over their lives, the trust has donated hearing aids to the cost of Rs. 2 million. A total of 80 students at Nuffield School for the deaf and blind have benefitted by this project. ...
Whilst the civil strife ended some time ago, its impact continues to show its metaphorical scars in many different ways. Another direct impact of the war was the westernization of younger family members and the disintegration of the once customary extended family system. As a consequence, many of today’s elders are destitute and are experiencing poor health and living in difficult...
Abled children The Sivapoomi School for the differently abled children (”School”) was established in 2004, to support and train differently abled children in the local community to face and succeed in life with dignity and as individual. Sri Lankan society is arguably yet to come to terms with an accept-able, tolerant, nurturing and accommodating attitude towards such individuals. As such,...
The Mahadeva Ashram (the ”Ashram”) currently accommodates 402 children(229 girls and 173 boys) as at 31 March 2015 and 324 children (165 girls, 159boys) as at 31 March 2014 , all aged between 18 months to 20 years. Each of these children was severely affected by war, and many belonged to house-holds, which had lost their primary breadwinner. The Ashram...