Transcript Matara Buddhist Girls` Orphanage – Sri Lanka

Matara Buddhist Girls’
Orphanage – Sri Lanka
Presentation to New Day Members
October 2009
Background
• Privately run orphanage founded in 1961
• Capacity for 50 girls
• Girls are referred through government welfare
agencies
• Three matrons and a volunteer committee run
the home
• Funded entirely by private donations
• Girls attend local neighbourhood school
The girls
• In most cases girls have been left at the
orphanage by a family member or abandoned
• Poverty and the breakdown of the family unit
are the main causes
• The girls have little hope of marrying in the
future as they have no dowry
• Education is the key to their future once they
leave the home.
Educational Program
• The committee is seeking funding for the following
classes for all the girls at Matara: maths, art,
computer, music, sewing and dancing.
• For those girls sitting for scholarships and O Levels
they would also like to employ a designated tutor to
help them achieve better results.
• The cost of a teachers’ salary for each class is
USD450-500 per year.
• New Day would like to donate USD5,000 to this
program.
Matara committee
volunteer - Mily
We look forward to working with Matara in the
coming months…