Educational Assistance to Upcountry Community 

For years and years, the upcountry estate community were neglected without basic facilities and education. Even after the war was over, lots of help poured into the North and East, but the upcountry area wasn't getting its fair share of assistance.

 is the only way out. They need to study, perform well academically, which would then turn into professional progress and better life.

We have been addressing the situation in three different ways for the past six years. First two of  the initiatives will promote Science, Mathematics and Technology Education in the upcountry region.

1.   Sponsorship of students from Deep-inside estates.

In 2022, we started by sponsoring 20 GCE AL (2023) students from the deep down estates to come and stay in boarding and attend four main town (1AB) schools that offer Science, Mathematics and Technology Education. We bumped up that number in 2023 to 25 students from the GCE AL 2024 class. We further increased the number of students to 35 , from the the GCE AL 2025 class.  This time, we are planning to take in 50 students from the GCE AL 2026 class. An amount of LKR 8,000 per month (LKR 96,000 per year) is given to students for their boarding costs.  We need your support to one or more of such students, your commitment will be AUD$500/CAD$450 / US$325/ GBP 260 per year for 2 years.

2. We started bringing in teachers from Jaffna, Colombo and Batticaloa to prepare the GCE AL science stream students for their examinations. Sixteen to Twenty such sessions are arranged each year.  Out of the 180 students who sat for the GCE AL 2023 exams in NuwaraEliya Zone, Division 2-4,  100 of them qualified for University admission, with 12 students qualifying for Medicine and 18 students for Engineering. This was a big jump from 3 Medicines and 6 Engineering from the GCE AL 2022 class.  We did the same for the GCE AL 2024 class and students are currently sitting for their examinations.  We hope to continue these in 2025 for the students sitting for the exams in Oct 2025.  Amount needed to such sessions for the whole year is LKR 2 Million (AUD$11,000/ CAD$10,000, US$7,000 / GBP 5,500). This includes amount for teacher resources, notes preparation, paper setting and printing.

3. On top of the above for the School level education, we have been supporting University  students from the upcountry region with the monthly support for their education since 2018. Eligible students are assisted with LKR 10,000 per month for the course of their studies. We are currently assisting more than 100 students from the upcountry region attending 13 different Universities throughout the island. 

Please let us know if you are able to assist us in any of the above 3 initiatives

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Further to the success of AL Science students from Nuwara Eliya performing well the GCE AL 2023 exams after the revision classes facilitated by SJC87 initiative, we have pledged our support for the same in 2024. Exam preparation classes have now started in Nuwara Eliya and Badulla Zones.

AL exams are scheduled to take place in late November. 

GCE AL EXAM PREPARATION IN NUWARA ELIYA 2024

We have been supporting students and schools in various extra curricular activities, whether its Sports, Music or other talent events

3 Students advance to National level championship 2024 for Pole Vault from Welimada Tamil Maha Vidyalaym, Uva Province. Realizing the talent in some of the students, SJC87 initiative bought the school a Pole Vault in October 2023.

Also provided were the sports shoes needed for this sport.

Five students from Palai Central College, the only school from the North to be part of a 1300 voice choir at the National Music Festival 2024 on August 3rd at Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium. SJC87 initiative provided the funding necessary for the transportation, accommodation and meals for these students.

Prize Day at Vivehanantha Vidyalayam, Kilinochchi

SJC87 Initiative supported the Prize Day at Vivehanantha Vidyalayam by providing the funding needed for all the medals.

SUPPORTING EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Each year, SJC87 Initiative works with Zonal Education departments to prepare Grade 5 students for their scholarship examinations. Exams this year are scheduled to take place on September 15, 2024

This year also we are working with many zones in the Northern Province and Nuwara Eliya Zone in the Central Province. 

For more than 12 years, this project has been supported by Tamil Aid UK.

GRADE 5 SCHOLARSHIP EXAM PREPARATION 2024

'87 INITIATIVE NITE IN TORONTO ON 20 APRIL 2024

More than 500 of our supporters attended our first ever event, making it a success. With music from local talents plus DJ and dancing, we celebrated 15 years of helping the underprivileged with their education back home.

We had silent auctions for 8 paintings from our sponsored students from the Art and Design program at University of Jaffna. One of the painting went for a whopping $1,000 and raising a total amount of $2,500.

Big thanks to our various event sponsors, volunteers,  all our student  sponsors  and all the others who offered complimentary services.

We appreciate your continued support of our programs.

Pictures courtesy of Jensoft Photography.

CELEBRATING 15 YEARS OF THE INITIATIVE IN TORONTO

Made to order furniture - Round table with 10 chairs - were made for Special Needs units at Six Kilinochchi District Schools.

Smart Televisions were provided to eight schools in Kilinochchi District

We sincerely thank all those who generously donated towards the above.

FURNITURE AND TELEVISION FOR SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOL UNITS

Water quality in some areas of Mullaitivu District has been low for ages. To address this issue, SJC87 INITIATIVE has facilitated water filtration systems at three different schools in the area.

Mullaitivu Roman Catholic Tamil Girls School

More than 2,000 students and staff would benefit by having clean drinking water on a daily basis.

WATER FILTRATION AT MULLAITIVU SCHOOLS

It is a well known fact that students from under resourced areas struggle in Science, Mathematics and English subjects.

To address this issue, SJC87 Initiative offers special scholarships to students in the GCE AL Biological Science and Mathematics stream in the North.

In Nuwaraeliya and Badualla Education zones, we are addressing this in a different way with special seminars to all the students in these two streams, to better prepare them for the exams, which are scheduled to take place in early January.

Approximately 170 students are learning in these streams in Nuwaraeliya Zone Division 2 and 40 students are learning in Badulla Zone.  These special sessions started in August and they will run through the end of December.

GCE AL SCIENCE SEMINARS IN UPCOUNTRY

Our GCE OL Revision programs in the Vanni region has been successful in the long term, from only 42% of students passing and proceeding to GCE AL in 2011 to the current 75%.

In addition to expanding this program to ISLANDS education zone in the Jaffna District, we are expanding this program to NUWARA ELIYA education zone. This will assist 3500 students scheduled to sit the GCE OL 2022 exam in May 2023.

Total budget for this program LKR 800,000

Amount is AUD$3200 / CAD$ 2900 / GBP 1800 / USD 2200

Let us know if you would like to contribute to this project.

GCE OL REVISION IN NURWARA ELIYA ZONE

GCE A/L Science and Technology Scholarships - 2 Years only

When we started our work in Vanni, only 10% of the students were choosing Science streams in the GCE A/L classes.

We started by offering scholarships to 10  students who choose to study science streams in the GCE A/L 2015 batch.

We all know the importance of Science education as it produces better job opportunities. On top of that, students from rural areas have better chances of getting into Universities with lower scores based on district allocations.

We have gradually included Technology stream and increased the number of students for this scholarship to 120 students from the GCE A/L 2024 Batch, including 25 students from upcountry region. The number of students choosing Science and Technology streams are close to 20% now

Following are the breakdown District Wise

We are still looking for sponsorships for 15 of these students, let us know if you can help out. 

Sponsorship amounts are AUD$400 / CAD$400 / GBP 220 / USD 300 per year for 2 years only.

Please email  contact@sjc87scholarship.org  if you would like to consider sponsoring.

GCE AL Science Scholarships - Spreading to Upcountry

Most of you are aware that Island education zone sits at the bottom of the table on the GCE O/L pass percentage, which is the ratio of students proceeding to GCE A/L based on their performance in the GCE O/L exams.

To address this issue, SJC87 initiative is supporting the zone conduct special exam preparation classes at 11 centres covering all the schools in the entire zone.  GCE O/L 2022 exams are scheduled to take place in May 2023.

Please see below for the timetable, schools covered and the centres that facilitated the classes.

GCE OL REVISION IN ISLANDS EDUCATION ZONE

As most of you are aware,  we have three different categories of sponsorship programs, the third one being University student sponsorship. We are currently supporting 256 University students and the need continues to increase. We can take this in two different ways. We can take this positively as more and more students from underprivileged areas are getting into University, especially the number of student getting into University from the upcountry is quite encouraging. On the other hand, the recent financial crisis has pushed a lot of families into poverty.

We would appreciate if you can support one of the students from the below list please, the annual amount is payable in two equal installments. 

Please email contact@sjc87scholarship.org if you are interested.

REQUEST FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENT SPONSORSHIP

SJC87 initiative has implemented the Talkative Parents App at St John's College and Chundikuli Girls College, Jaffna with the help of many Alumni of both schools. This project was done in memory of our late founder, Sivanathan Sooriyakumar.

https://businesscafe.lk/business-news/technology/item/11470-st-john-s-college-and-chundikuli-girls-college-in-jaffna-collaborate-with-yara-technologies

SJC and CGC in Jaffna collaborate with Yara Technologies to implement Talkative Parents App

MEAL PLANS IN MEMORY OF YOUR LOVED ONES / FOR YOUR SPECIAL DAY

Following are some of the meal plans that we can facilitate for you for your special day or in memory of your loved ones. Amounts are quoted in Lankan Rupees. Please give a minimum 2 weeks’ notice for us to arrange this for you.


KIDS HOMES சிறுவர் இல்லங்கள்

மகாதேவா சுவாமிகள் சிறுவ‍ர் இல்லம்   

ஜெயந்தி நகர், கிளிநொச்சி      Vegetarian


No of Kids  பிள்ளைகள் தொகை        220


BREAKFAST காலை உணவு                  25,000

LUNCH மதிய உணவு                           50,000

DINNER இரவு உணவு                           25,000


ALL THREE MEALS முழு நாள் உணவு 95,000

செஞ்சோலை சிறுவர் இல்லம்  

இரணைமடு வீதி, கிளிநொச்சி  Non-Veg


No of Kids      பிள்ளைகள் தொகை     180


BREAKFAST காலை உணவு                    25,000

LUNCH மதிய உணவு                             60,000

DINNER இரவு உணவு                             30,000


ALL THREE MEALS முழு நாள் உணவு    90,000


3. THE HINDU BOARD OF EDUCATION (Formerly MUTHTHUTHAMBY CHILDREN HOME)  

சைவ வித்தியா விருத்தி சங்கம் (முன்னால் முத்துத்தம்பி சிறுவர் இல்லம்)   

திருநெல்வேலி, யாழ்ப்பாணம்


No of Kids பிள்ளைகள் தொகை              120


BREAKFAST காலை உணவு                      20,000

LUNCH மதிய உணவு                                40,000

DINNER இரவு உணவு                                20,000


ALL THREE MEALS முழு நாள் உணவு       75,000


இந்துபுரம், திருமுருகண்டி


No of Kids பிள்ளைகள் தொகை                   30


BREAKFAST காலை உணவு                             5,000

LUNCH மதிய உணவு                                     10,000

DINNER இரவு உணவு                                       5,000


ALL THREE MEALS முழு நாள் உணவு            20,000

பெயின்டர் இல்லம்             நுவரெலியா

No of Kids பிள்ளைகள் தொகை                   50


BREAKFAST காலை உணவு                             8,000

LUNCH மதிய உணவு                                     30,000

DINNER இரவு உணவு                                       8,000


ALL THREE MEALS முழு நாள் உணவு            45,000

6. Bishop Danial Boys Home        Keenad Road

பிஷப்டானியல்ஆண்சிறுவர்இல்லம்         நுவரெலியா

No of Kids பிள்ளைகள் தொகை                   20


 ALL THREE MEALS முழு நாள் உணவு            26,000

SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN HOMES மாற்றுத்திரனாளி சிறுவர் இல்லங்கள்

1. ASSOCIATION TO EMPOWER THE SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN (ASSETS) Raththinapuram

விசேட தேவைக்குட்பட்ட சிறுவர்களின் வலுவூட்டல் நிலையம் இரத்தினபுரம்


No of Kids பிள்ளைகள் தொகை                          45


BREAKFAST காலை உணவு                               10,000

LUNCH மதிய உணவு                                         35,000

DINNER இரவு உணவு                                         10,000


ALL THREE MEALS முழு நாள் உணவு                50,000

கிளிநொச்சி விசேடதேவைக்குட்பட்டோர் வலையமைப்பு   

மலையாளபுரம், கிளிநொச்சி 

(Kids who need 24 Hour care 24 மணி நேர பராமரிப்பு தேவையானோர்)


No of Kids பிள்ளைகள் தொகை    30


ONE DAY EXPENSE FOR MEDICINE, DIAPERS, CARETAKING AND MEALS 

ஒரு நாள் மருத்துவம், டயப்பர், பராமரிப்பு, உணவு                 96,000 

BREAKFAST only காலை உணவு மட்டும்                        25,000


LUNCH only மதிய உணவு மட்டும்                                 46,000


DINNER only இரவு உணவு மட்டும்                                 25,000

ELDERS HOMES முதியோர் இல்லங்கள்




 யோகர் சுவாமிகள் திருவடி நிலைய முதியோர் இல்லம்  

வன்னேரிக்குளம், கிளிநொச்சி

No of Elders முதியோர் தொகை                      40 (Cost includes care-taking expenses as well)


BREAKFAST காலை உணவு                            15,000

DINNER இரவு உணவு                                     15,000


ALL THREE MEALS முழு நாள் உணவு            50,000

2. Medacombra Elders Care Centre    Talawakelle

மெடகொம்பர முதியோர்இல்லம்     தளவாக்கெல                                                                            நுவரெலியா

No of Elders முதியோர் தொகை                      20



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