Educate Lanka Foundation

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🌟 Introducing Educate Lanka 2.0! 🌟

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of Educate Lanka 2.0—our newly revamped web platform designed to take our mission to a new era of impact and growth! 🚀

The revolutionized platform is a game-changer:
✨ Enhanced interface for seamless interaction
✨ Innovative functionality to amplify impact
✨ Unique user experience to engage with the mission

Visit us at www.educatelanka.org to experience the transformation, learn about our unique programs, and explore how you can be a part of impacting lives.

Together, we can continue to invest in education and empower lives. Join us in this exciting new era of impact!

A Scholarship Distribution was held for 12 Educate Lanka Scholars in Lindula, Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province of Sri Lanka in August 2024. We are grateful to all our Sponsors for their continuous support!

A Scholarship Distribution was held in August 2024 for our Scholars based in Menikdiwela, Kandy District, Central Province of Sri Lanka. We are grateful to Ratnatunga Charity Projects, Australia for their partnership and for sponsoring the education of the 10 Scholars of this portfolio.

A Scholarship Distribution was held for 16 Educate Lanka Scholars in Lindula, Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province of Sri Lanka in April 2024. We are grateful to all our Sponsors for their continuous support!

In July 2024, Educate Lanka initiated a new portfolio in Kadawatha in the Gampaha District, Western Province of Sri Lanka. Four (4) new Scholars joined the Educate Lanka family and received their first scholarships on this day.

In June 2024, we held a scholarship distribution in Hanguranketha, in the Nuwara Eliya District, of the Central Province of Sri Lanka, with the participation and support of the Divisional Secretary and Child and Women Development Officers of the Hanguranketha Divisional Secretariat. We are grateful to Ratnatunga Charity Projects, Australia for sponsoring 10 out of the 12 Scholars of this portfolio.

A unique element of Educate Lanka’s approach to developing future-ready youth who possess social-emotional skills is by empowering them to take initiative and solve problems using creative and innovative measures. In July 2024, the inspiring youth participants of the Educate Lanka Youth Change Agents (ELYCA) project in Lindula demonstrated their ability to take initiative and be innovative by strategically designing and organizing a unique afterschool market for the school staff with produce harvested from their own home gardens to raise additional funds to develop school projects as part of ELYCA’s immersive skills learning experience.

ELYCA 2024, the fourth iteration of Educate Lanka’s unique skills learning program, commenced in May 2024 with the participation of over 100 youth in Lindula, Dick-Oya, Nochchiyagama, and Kandy. We are thankful to Ratnatunga Charity Projects for their continuous support in funding ELYCA for a second successful year.

Follow this space for more ELYCA updates!

In May 2024, 10 new Scholars joined the Eduate Lanka family and they received their first scholarships at a Scholarship Distribution held in Gampola, Kandy District, Central Province of Sri Lanka. All 10 of these new Educate Lanka Scholars are sponsored by Ratnatunga Charity Projects, Australia, and we are grateful for their partnership and support.

In August 2023, Educate Lanka initiated a new portfolio in Hatton in the Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province of Sri Lanka with the partnership of GQG Partners based in the USA, and the GQG Partners Community Empowerment Foundation, which focuses on education, women’s rights, and access to food and healthcare for the extremely vulnerable.
15 new Educate Lanka Scholars received their first scholarships at this Scholarship Distribution. We are enormously grateful to GQG Partners for sponsoring the education of all of these students in this new portfolio, ensuring that these students have uninterrupted access to education and better learning opportunities.

In August 2023, Educate Lanka Alumni and current senior scholars from different parts of the country, pursuing different educational fields, got the opportunity to take part in a focus group discussion held in Dambulla, Matale District, Central Province of Sri Lanka, with the participation of Educate Lanka staff, in order to better understand the challenges and opportunities related to obtaining workplace experience and exposure immediately upon graduating or during the final stages of undergraduate programs. These learnings are aimed to make Educate Lanka's interventions facilitate Scholars with a smoother transition from being students to employees. Educate Lanka Founder and Executive Director, Manjula Dissanayake, was also able to actively take part in this session which was an added benefit to our Scholars who were in the initial stages of their entry into the world of work.

In February 2024, we held a scholarship distribution for our Scholars based in Menikdiwela, Kandy District, Central Province of Sri Lanka. All eight Educate Lanka Scholars who received their scholarships at this Scholarship Distribution are sponsored by Ratnatunga Charity Projects, Australia, and we are grateful for their partnership and support.

In July 2023, Educate Lanka initiated a new portfolio in Dickoya in the Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province of Sri Lanka with the support of Ratnatunga Charity Projects, Australia. 15 new Educate Lanka Scholars received their first scholarships at this Scholarship Distribution. We are enormously grateful to Ratnatunga Charity Projects for partnering with us and for sponsoring the education of all of these students in this new portfolio.

In Decemer 2023, we held a scholarship distribution for our Scholars based in Pugoda, Gampaha District, Western Province of Sri Lanka. Five (5) Educate Lanka Scholars received their scholarships at this Scholarship Distribution.

Training of Trainers (TOT) ensures that program impact is sustainable, long-term, and multiplying which enables scalability and greater community reach. The lead trainers of the Educate Lanka Youth Change Agents (ELYCA) 2023 program invested considerable time this year to train our field trainers to effectively deliver training on the ground with little guidance. The ELYCA program looks into integrating TOT as a key aspect for its next cycle. We are very grateful to our lead skills trainers for mentoring our field trainers during the program as well as on their own personal time.