This week, we were able to visit the Valluvar Library that was created in the renovated old Delmar Tamil Primary School building, last year. We were greeted by school principal Mr. Nandakumar, the Valluvar Manram youth volunteers, like Nesan & Badhujan, Theepan, Sathyakala, & the librarian Prabhadevi. They explained about the Valluvar Manrams’ activities, and the library’s activities. The children demonstrated...
Five villages in the Mullaitivu district, namely Vattapalai, Mamoolai, Poothanvayal, Ponnakar, and Vithiyapuram, lack basic education necessities for the youngest kids in town. MNT has provided the following sponsorships to over 100 kids to start and continue their preschool education: Uniforms Nutritional food Sports equipment Sponsorships for special events such as Thai Pongal and International Children’s Day All the children come from poor and underprivileged...
We were able to visit Kaipugalla Tamil Vidyalayam, where a vegetable garden was planted to provide a sustainable solution to the high inflation of food costs in a largely impoverished area. We met the vegetable garden coordinator, Prashanth of ACT, Ramalingam the gardener, and Ms. Cysilia the schoolteacher in charge, other teachers. We were also able to meet with about 20...
Some recent sponsorships by Manitha Neyam Trust, enabled by the generous donations and support! Manitha Neyam Trust sponsored a tubewell facility for an underprivileged family in Ambalpuram, Mullaitivu. The family thanked the Trust and the donors for the donation, and they are happy as their fight to get clean drinking water comes to an end thanks to the MNT. Manitha...
Naranthanai is a small rural village in the Jaffna District. Its school has classes up to grade 11. Their running water system is many years old and has not been functioning well for some time. If that wasn’t enough of a challenge, the water pump that was located in a separate building was stolen a year ago, so...
Recently Hindu Medical Student Union organized a Medical Camp at Sakthi Illam, where more than 25 medical students participated in the camp and spent their entire day with the children at the Illam. During the camp they conducted special programs such as dengue eradication, the importance of healthy, and nutritious food etc. They also conducted dental and medical screenings. Children at Sakthi...