By Tim Pare | Co-Founder
Hello!
Just wanted to write a short update on how 2020 has started off and to thank you for your kindness and support.
We now have three centres that we run in the tea plantations of Sri Lanka, and are thrilled that these centres have started 2020 with the registrations and enrolment for our new intake of the Main Diploma programmes.
Tea Leaf Vision Maskeliya, our flagship centre, received 337 applications for 150 places - we have squeezed in 165 students to try and meet the demand. Tea Leaf Vision Nuwara Eliya has 110 students registered and attending and our satellite centre in Tallawakelle is over-subscribed with 67 applications for 40 places.
Students who were not able to gain a full-time place have been invited to part-time classes on the weekends. We recognise that life is getting tougher, salaries that were already insulting and dangerously low are stagnating whilst living costs are rising. It is due to this that we are trying to find new partnerships to launch new initiatives to support these young people and their families.
This year we are excited to be launching a Teacher Training Programme in partnership with Rotary International and are currently applying for some opportunities to work with the poorest tea estate women in order to increase their resilience and coping strategies as well as empower them to stand up for the rights of their children in education, politics and society more generally.
We also have a volunteering programme, details on our website, for anyone who would like to enjoy a life-changing experience for themselves and the communities we serve.
Thank you for helping our lovely, local staff do what they do.
With best wishes,
Tim
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