$40 will provide one child with the necessary equipment to attend "free" public school for one year. This will include a pair of shoes, notebooks, pens, pencils, paints, felt pens, school bag and uniform.
If you sponsor one or more children, you can receive information on them and, if you choose, be able to correspond with them and personally monitor their growth and progress.
In Sri Lanka, the ability to speak English and use a computer are essential to furthering one's education and to holding a job above the poverty level. $400 will provide after-school instruction in English or Computer Skills to one child for one year. Students are assessed at various stages of instruction, and the goals are to make students proficient in English and/or to ensure that they achieve the appropriate recognized certification.
Individual donors from the U.S. have contributed most of the funds necessary to construct and equip the new Community Center, which opened July 2008 . The Center is now operating seven days a week but AS OF JUNE 2011 NEEDS ABOUT $20,000 U.S. TO SUSTAIN ITS WORK THROUGH 2011 (see Programs and Activities below).
CURRENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES BASED IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER
PLEASE CONTACT US REGARDING YOUR INTEREST IN HELPING
In The UK
EACT is a registered Charity (number 1120035), and all individual contributions are tax deductible.
In the United States
EACT works closely with the Sri Lanka Medical Association of North America, which is a 501-3C organization. SLMANA forwards 100% of all contributions to EACT with no deductions for expenses. 100% of all contributions to EACT go into the programs. There are no administrative expenses.
CURRENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES BASED IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER
- After-school instruction in English language and computer skills for over 100 students
- Nutritious hot meals for students
- Special tutoring classes for over 80 promising students to prepare them for taking the public examinations that determine whether they can continue their education
- Staffed medical clinic with "face-to-face" web consultations with physicians in Colombo
- Education and awareness regarding pedophilic and HIV/AIDS dangers
- Safe haven for children
- Sewing machines that provide part-time employment for village women within the local garment industry
- Coir machines that provide employment to village men and women
- Enterprise and personal skills programmes for adults
- Performances and creative outlets for youth
- Badminton and volleyball for adults and youth
- Library for the children
- Expanded medical facility
- Day care, pre-school and playground
- Expanded Health & Family Counseling
- Micro-credit programs for women
PLEASE CONTACT US REGARDING YOUR INTEREST IN HELPING
In The UK
EACT is a registered Charity (number 1120035), and all individual contributions are tax deductible.
Please make checks payable to...
Educate a Child Trust
Mail checks to...
Dr. Pramilla Senanayake
16 Regent Court, 1 North Bank London NW8 8 UN
UK
Email: Psen13@gmail.com for additional information.
In the United States
EACT works closely with the Sri Lanka Medical Association of North America, which is a 501-3C organization. SLMANA forwards 100% of all contributions to EACT with no deductions for expenses. 100% of all contributions to EACT go into the programs. There are no administrative expenses.
Please make checks payable to...You will receive an acknowledgement letter from the treasurer of SLMANA for your tax records.
Sri Lanka Medical Association of North America
(Write "EACT" on the memo line)
Mail checks to...
John Johns
P.O. Box 479
La Jolla, CA 92307
Email: john@educateachildtrust.org for additional information.
