This photograph was sent to me by one of those present with the following Caption: “Super array of the truly professional role model gentlemen of yester year at a Capri dinner hosted on 21st August by Selva Kanagasabai”
Category Archives: charitable outreach
“Footprints in the Sands” – A Poetic Lament for Sri Lanka’s Politics
Revd Derrick Mendis, S.J.**
Politics in Lanka is a dirty game
Sans sense of honesty, honour or shame.
On election-campaigns that squander millions,
When in power, make illicit billions.
Copyright @CharithMania
Jayatilleka Hall, Peradeniya University … where Derrick & Groucho led the way
Helping Disabled Children in Sri Lanka: VACD’s Philanthropic Outreach from Australia
An Item circulated by Felix Stephen of Melbourne, with the heading “Their Future in Our Hands” …. being the VACD Australia & Sri Lanka July & August 2024 Newsletter …… “When we give alms with our hearts, we give well”
Dear friends, colleagues, supporters, and collaborative partners,
Greetings to you, your families, loved ones, and colleagues from all of us at VACD……Annual Report: My Annual Report for FY 2023/24 to the VACD Australia Board and Fellows can be found on the following hyperlink: https://www.vacd.org.au/2024/08/14/vacd-australia-chairmanss-fy-2023-2024-annual-report-to-the-vacd-australia-board-fellows/
Filed under accountability, charitable outreach, communal relations, cultural transmission, economic processes, education, ethnicity, heritage, human rights, island economy, life stories, patriotism, performance, rehabilitation, self-reflexivity, sri lankan society, teaching profession, unusual people, world events & processes
Of All Places! Lankan Asylum Seekers stranded in Diego Garcia
News Item in The Island , 23 July 2024 … where the title reads “Urgent request to relocate Lankan asylum seekers from Diego Garcia amid escalating crisis”
Facing an urgent and escalating threat of harm to migrant children detained on Diego Garcia, British Foreign Secretary David Lammy requested their relocation to the UK on July 16th, as reported in the Solicitors Journal. This request to Home Secretary Yvette Cooper follows a warning from the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) Commissioner, who reported severe living conditions and recent suicide attempts among the detainees....visit The Island web-ref for photo of this cluster of refugee boat people
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Rare CEYLONIANA in the Roberts Study: Issues for the Future
Hallo to Those Attached to “CEYLONIANA” and Valuable Lankan Artefacts & Books
…………… Way back I took steps to catalogue and transport my Oral History tapes and other valuable material to Sri Lanka with the assistance of Jitto Arulampalam in Melbourne, several Adelaidians and VERITE RESEARCH in Colombo (a prolonged and massive set of operations). That stock in now available to the public at the National Library Services Board in Torrington Avenue, Colombo.[1]
Now: as my wife and I age and enter the last phase of our lives, we face the issue of the stock in my study. This includes:
- many-many-many off-prints of articles on Sri Lanka and world politics;
- books under my name;
- books on Sri Lanka and/or world politics (including Marxist fare);
- Sessional Papers and Census publications from official stock in Sri Lanka …in largish foolscap size bound copies ….;
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Notewothy Sri Lankans Past & Present: Those ‘HIT’ in TPS on 19 June 2024
Michael Roberts
The web site is mounted via a web-engine named WORD PRESS. As its editor, I am informed every day about the number of hits …. that is visitors …. the site receives and which items have hits: this many here and this few there. The attention of course is drawn to those receiving many visitors. BUT, today I happened to lookat the bottom rows and the items receiving just one hit or maybe two.
Quite a few in the STATS FOR 19 JUNE 2024 related to biographical work about or by INDIVIDUALS – Sri Lankan personnel for the most part whether resident abroad or in the island …. or deceased.
The photos show Prof Neil Karunaratne, Dr Darrel Weinman, Dr GC Mendis & Dr Narendran Rajasingham
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Reaching Out with Digital Education–Vanni Hope in Sri Lanka
Thuppahi has consitently supported the charitable outreach that has been pursued by Ranjan Sivagnanasundaram and his VANNI HOPE projects and has no hesitation in backing this line of charitable aid.
“Enhancing Access to Digital Education for Disadvantaged Students/Children in the Rural Area of Sri Lanka”
Introduction: The role of technology in teaching and learning is rapidly becoming a crucial and widely discussed topic in the modern education system. Most education experts agree that, when used effectively, information and communication technology have the potential to enhance teaching and learning while shaping job opportunities. Computer illiteracy is now seen as a new form of illiteracy, sparking a strong desire to provide schools in remote villages with the necessary computer facilities and trained personnel to develop technologically skilled students. It is undeniable that computers can assist in the instructional process and support students’ learning.
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Innovation: Draining Beruwela Canal to Protect Ocean & Marine Life
A Cinnamon Bey & John Keells Initiative reported in The Island, 15 June 2020, with this titlë “Cinnamon Bey Beruwala pioneers installation of first-ever Ocean Strainer in Kalutara District
Beruwala Canal Ocean Strainer
Cinnamon Bey Beruwala proudly announces the launch of a significant environmental initiative as part of the Clean Water Project by John Keells Holdings (JKH). Coinciding with the World Environment Day and World Ocean Day celebrations, the first ever ocean strainer was installed in the Beruwala canal, marking a pivotal step towards improving water quality and marine conservation in the Kalutara district.
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Dr Wilfred S. E. Perera: Tutor & Guide Extraordinary … & Reaching 90
Sudheera Uduwela, in Daily News in 2013 …. now sent to Thuppahi by LK Hettiarachchi …. while the title is a Thuppahi Intervention
Professor Wilfred S.E. Perera, our beloved guru and mentor and a leading light in the field of maternal and gynaecological care in Sri Lanka for well over four decades, celebrated his 90th birthday on June 15.
The humble and unpretentious great man did so amongst his close-knit family, friends and grateful students, who cherish the privilege of being tutored by an extraordinary man of knowledge, talent, kindness and humility.
Dr Siri Kannangara: A Life of Service in Australia
Michael Roberts
The volume of sighs and messages that erupted when news of Dr siri Kannangara’s demise reahced the air waves speaks volumes for the regard with which he was held. I haad occasion to interact with him way way back when writing about our Sri Lankan cricketers and athletes. Alas, my memory has not retained the details. But there is plenty of meaningful detail in the items that are referred to below ….. and we can be certain that there will be a volume of Vales that tell the world about Siri’s outreach.
