A
three year dream of Sri Lanka Unites just became true after the opening
ceremony of the Sri Lanka Unites Reconciliation Centre in Mulliyawallai,
Mullaithivu. It has been just one month since the opening ceremony and the
Reconciliation Centre is already providing education in Information Technology
and English Language for over 70 students in scholarship basis.
ESOFT
one of the leading Information Technology Institutes in Sri Lanka along with
HSBC has partnered with Sri Lanka Unites in providing education for 40 students,
who have enrolled to the DITEC program. So far the students have found the
program very useful in terms of higher education, which will guide them to a
better future after the successful completion of the course. The students
enrolled for their higher education at the Sri Lanka Unites Reconciliation
Center are unemployed, unmarried youth who is between ages of 16 – 25, after their
Advanced Level Examinations/Ordinary Level Examinations.
The
first batch of students, who has enrolled to the program in January are now
half way through their course and they are. Sri Lanka Unites is also looking
forward to call out another fresh batch of students to be enrolled on the 20th
of March 2013. Also there are another batch has been started between this
timeline.
An
air conditioned container with all necessary facilities in providing IT
education is being used to educate these students while the English classes are
happening in another container and the theory classes are happening in a hall
inside. Some of the students who have not had a chance in using a computer due
to the lack of facilities in the ergion have found the experience as a valuable
opportunity. Sri Lanka Unites had the privilege of hiring an experienced
English teacher (Mr. Indika Yapa) who worked before at Tea Leaf Vision, Centre
for Professional Development in Maskeliya, in conducting the English Diploma
Courses at the Sri Lanka Unites Reconciliation Centre. Currently over 36
students has enrolled to the English Diploma Course and the first batch of
students are going to complete the course by the 2nd week of May,
2013. Classes are conducted for each batch on all 5 days of the week and 3
hours per day.
The
students are also learning and practicing about the essentials of behaving in a
professional environment such as, being organized, being punctual, achieving
targets, being proactive, hardworking and many more. Also Sri Lanka Unites is
trying their best give the students a better future by creating 300 job
opportunities in Mullaithivu District and already 12 individuals has been
called for interviews. The first Community Aid program is to be organized by
the Sri Lanka Unites Reconciliation Center by the 20th of April 2013.
Already there has been 3 fund raising events done at the Reconciliation Center
in regards to this.
On
the 1st of April Sri Lanka Unites is expecting to open a library
where many people from the community have an access to an internet cafe where
the people from the community will be able to access internet for at cheap price.
There are also plans by Sri Lanka Unites to extend the span of the
Reconciliation Centre within the District of Mullaithivu so that more students
from the region will be able to gain the benefits of it.
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