Education Sri Lanka Project #1657

Computer skills for 100 Sri Lankan students

by Horizon Lanka Foundation

Project Report | Jan 24, 2008
EXPANSION OF HORIZON LANKA'S ICT EDUCATION

By Nandasiri Wanninayaka | CEO, Horizon Lanka

Youth in Mahavilachchiya

Horizon Lanka Foundation is happy to announce that it will tie up with a reputed ICT institute of Sri Lanka which is a franchise of an international institute from the academic year 2008. From February, the ICT academic activities will be taken over by this new entity and standard ICT courses will be offered to the students in Mahavilachchiya and the suburbs on an affordable fee. Those who find it difficult to pay the fees will be given scholarships through Global Giving scholarships program. You can help students in Mahavilachchiya to get a quality ICT education by contributing to this fund.

The proposed company offers many other areas of training such as BPO, English Language, Soft Skills, Business Administration etc. The company is also the licensee in Sri Lanka for Australasian Education & Training Services (AETS) and the Australian Center for Languages (ACL) through which a wide range of internationally accredited training products are offered.

Await more details on this new venture in our website soon. There is a big demand for the Mahavilachchiya youth in the job market since the students have shown outstanding talents in ICT, English and presentation skills so far. With the advent of the new partnership, the village students and youth will get a wide range of options to follow while in the village. We will start with a pilot in early February and then go for the expansions. According to the agreement, the profits of the new venture will be shared on a 50-50 basis with the proposed company and Horizon Lanka Foundation so that both parties will benefit and Horizon Lanka Foundation will be able to gain self sustainability while producing more youth to the job market from Mahavilachchiya.

Youth in Mahavilachchiya

Students in Mahavilachchiya

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Jan 17, 2008
A BRAND NEW LAPTOP FOR RANUKA

By Nandasiri Wanninayaka | CEO, Horizon Lanka

Ranuka Udayanga

Dr. Ing. E. Leuthold from Switzerland contacted Horizon Lanka Foundation through email last April and informed us that he is willing to provide a brand new laptop for one of our students. Horizon staff selected Tharanga Sampath, a brilliant student at Horizon Lanka Academy. We thank Dr. Ing. E. Leuthold a lot for this generous donation. Dr. Ing. E. Leuthold promised to send two more laptops for the next two best students at Horizon Lanka Academy.

Ranuka Udayanga was the second student to get a brand new laptop from Dr. Ing. E. Leuthold. Read the testimonial Mr Ranjith Pushpakumara, the Head Master of Horizon Lanka Academy wrote about Ranuka.

“Ranuka Udayanga has been known to me for three years by now and I can beyond doubt recommend that he is the most creative boy student I have found of the HLA. When ever I wanted something done I just wanted to give him the rough idea to get from him the exact output I always predicted. The flash presentations he created for the farewells of the GVI volunteers were clear testimonials for his talents. I sincerely believe that whatever resources spent on him will undoubtedly prove that a genius for the future is created. A teacher who happens to teach him and parents who happen to nurture a child like him will be extremely lucky.”

Ranjith Pushpakumara, Head Master, HLA

See Ranuka's excitement below after getting the laptop..... “I was a Digital Butterfly before 13th of October and on the 13th October I became a Digital Ambassador. Do you know who a Digital Butterfly is? At Horizon Lanka we call DB to the students who get a desktop computer trough DB project. After getting laptop they become DA’s.

It was a very happy day for me. I was hoping for a laptop for so many years. Fortunately my hope became true. One of my favorite hobbies is blogging. I write stories about my studies, news, add articles about new discoveries, etc. to my blog. Many people are visiting it. I think my blog is interesting in the internet. Dr. Leuthold is a kind person who gives a helping hand to the people who need help. He donated a laptop to a clever student at HLF earlier. His help for me was a brand new Acer laptop computer. It was the happiest day of my life. It has 80 GB hard disk and 1 GB RAM. It is very useful for me to do my work. Now I’m developing a website for Laksaviya Foundation with the help of this laptop. I like to thank Dr. Leuthold for his kind help. I hope to do the maximum work with laptop.

Lak Saviya Foundation was involved in coordinating with the donor in Switzerland - Dr. Ing. E. Leuthold - and Horizon Lanka for the purchase and delivery of the laptop computers. Lak Saviya managed to liaise with the donor and the recipient (through Horizon Lanka) for selecting appropriate Acer laptops from Colombo that fits within the budget of the donor and suitable for the end users – two Digital Ambassadors in Mahavilachchiya village. We thank Lak Saviya for their generous assistance to us in this regard.

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Jan 15, 2008
Chamila becomes a language teacher in Mahavilachchiya

By Chamila Edirisinghe | A former student at Horizon Lanka

Chamila Edirisinghe

I was born in Mahavilachchiya, a remote village about 40 km away from Anuradhapura city, situated about 230 km of Colombo, Sri Lanka as the eldest daughter in farming family. I had most of my primary education at Saliya Mala Viduhala, and secondary education at Swarnapali Balika Viduhala, Anuradhapura. I finished my G. C. E. Ordinary Level Examination in 1999, I passed the Examination with one “D” pass and five “C” passes. After, I entered the Swarnapali Balika College to complete my Advanced Level Examination in 2000. I finished the examination in 2002, in commerce stream with two “C” passes and one “S” pass. After that, I got a chance to join Horizon Lanka Foundation in 2002. So, it was great opportunity to me, to carry on the ICT education and to improve my English knowledge well. During that time I could improve myself well. Of course I could get an “A” pass to English in 2004.

As well as I commenced Diploma in Computer Studies course at IDM Academy totally free of charge with the courtesy of IDM’s chairman Dr. Bandu Ranasinghe. I went to India to participate the ICT training in IIT Madras in South India. As well as, I would like to thank Horizon Lanka Foundation and to ICTA of Sri Lanka for that.

While studying there, I could get an opportunity to study three languages in Rural Educational Development Academy. I learnt English, Japanese and Tamil. There we had three years’ training on those languages and after we had to teach in public schools. At the moment I am working after school in Siddhartha Maha viddhyalaya and working as a volunteer IT teacher in Saliya Mala Vidyalaya. So I decided to register in University of sri Jayawardanapura to do an English degree also. Now I’m going to classes and I want to be a good teacher and communicate in various languages. (Updated: January 10, 2008)

eMAIL chamila@horizonlanka.org

WEB .......... ............................................. BLOG http://chamilaedirisinghe.wordpress.com/

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