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September Highlights
- The North/ East Under 23 Team sponsored by Tesco PLC has earned a place in the Sri Lanka Cricket Under 23 Division III Cricket Tournament semi-finals while Cricket Seenigama has also earned a spot in the Division III Southern Province final.
- FoG volunteer Shakya Kudahetty organized an English Speech Contest for the Children’s Goodness Club members to build their confidence and improve their spoken English skills similar to the toast master concept.
- Geveo donates dry ration packs to 50 families affected by the drought in Monaragala and in urgent need of aid.
- Music equipment sponsored by Marcelle Moran is donated to the Smile Centre in Galle.
- Four volunteers from Denmark train the Sports Academy members on health, nutrition and physical fitness over the period of one month.
- The Seenigama Diving and Training Centre celebrates International Coastal Clean Up Day by organizing a beach clean-up. They were joined by the FoG Children’s Goodness Clubs and IT Training students.
- The Shyamalal Rajapakse Foundation for educations sponsored the educational costs for 30 English Students and 10 IT students undertaking the free-of charge courses at the FoG MCC Centre of Excellence.
- The Foundation of Goodness is delighted to introduce an online database system that was developed in-house to maximize productivity of operation.
- An underwater camera was donated to the Seenigama Diving & Training Centre by LEAD Childcare.
- Community Aid projects for this month by FoG beneficiaries includes the Medical Centre’s visit to Wellawatta Elders' Home and the Aviva Kids Computer students’ cleaning campaign
- The Sports Academy conducts training & development workshops for its beneficiaries to enhance their skills.
- Teams from Samuttana visit the MCC Centre of Excellence for training and deveopment workshops with the FoG Community Psychosocial Unit.
- Pre-school teacher trainer Malaika Gunawansa volunteered at the Lahiru Pre-school and conducted training for the pre-school teachers.
- Yet another delightful group of volunteers from Charlton Brown visits FoG for volunteering at the Seenigama MCC Centre of Excellence.
- Members of WITIA and Republic Polytechnic visit the Foundation of Goodness from Australia and Singapore respectively.
- Read about our latest visit to the North. Click on North Journey So Far for more.
- The FoG is delighted to have nine volunteers from the countries Denmark, Canada, Australia and Sri Lanka with us this month, adding value to our work.
- FoG's ongoing programmes have benefited 4,100 beneficiaries from the South, North and East during this month at the cost of Rs. 4,888,932/- (USD 37,600/-).
- 32 Village Welfare projects amounting to Rs. 642,999/- (USD 4,950/-) divided among areas such as healthcare, housing, sports, education, water and schools development were conducted this month to uplift the living standards of rural villagers to ease their burden in addition to the ongoing campus style of operation in place.
TOTAL BENEFICIARIES
10 years in the South : 220,000+
3 1/2 years in the North and East: 16,100+
Upcoming Events
- The 2014 Murali Harmony Cup Tournament will take place from 29th October - 2nd November.
- The British High Commissioner of Sri Lanka will host a charity business networking lunch with cricketing legends on the 29th November in aid of the Foundation of Goodness. Click here to find out more.
- The 10 year Tsunami Commemoration is to take place on 26th December 2014. We invite all volunteers, donors and supporters to join us! Please RSVP info@foguc.org.
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