This past Saturday, January 26th in Pasadena, California, Visions held an event to share exciting news about the Kalagam Visions Learning Centre and the growth of our organization in general. "Lighting the Way", the theme of this event, was inspired by the work of Saiva Mangaiyar Kalagam (SMK), a nonprofit women's society in Sri Lanka. SMK is committed to bettering the lives of young people in Sri Lanka through education, including culture and language, and general student support. The main focus of SMK is their all girls school located in Colombo, which has recently absorbed more than 400 internally displaced children.
Mrs. Sivanandini Duraiswamy, President of the organization, traveled from Sri Lanka for this inauguration event to establish a partnership between Visions (visionsforthefuture.org), Operation USA (opusa.org), and Saiva Mangaiyar Kalagam(mangaiyarkalagam.org). These three organizations will be working closely to develop the Kalagam Visions Learning Centre in Colombo. This new learning centre will house a nursery, Visions office, computer lab, multimedia room, large hall for special events and training sessions, and rooms for students activities and music/dance. It is an exciting project that will benefit disadvantaged Tamil youth in Colombo, many of whom have fled the Northeast or will be brought to Colombo, for years to come.
We thank those of you who came to learn more about Visions' continued efforts to provide education, entrepreneurship, and empowerment to disadvantaged youth! If you would like to donate to the Kalagam Visions Learning Centre fund, please send checks (made out to 'Operation USA' with 'Visions--Learning Centre' written on the subject line) to:
Visions
1621 Barry Ave. #PH1
Los Angeles, CA 90025
"All good things we build end up building us."--Jim Rohn
1621 Barry Ave. #PH1
Los Angeles, CA 90025
"All good things we build end up building us."--Jim Rohn
