Education Fund
Our Association first sponsored students from our school Nalanda Vidyalaya in the year 2000. Our goal was to help well to do bright students, who needed financial assistance. This was spearheaded by Jagath Perera, as he coordinated the selection of the students through Mrs. Mallika Jayakody, a well known teacher in our school. A bank account was set up for this in Sri Lanka and funds collected from the membership and activities were transferred and sent to the students. We first sponsored 2 Students from the school for one year and increased it to 3 students the following year. We continued this again in 2016 with Professor Janaka Ruwanpura floating an idea of creating a bigger fund, that would generate access for more students. Currently we are planning to expand it further as a permanent fund that would generate a revenue that can assist students in an ongoing basis. More details on this to follow.
Click below to see the bios of the first 2 students who benefitted from our scholarship.