Projects and News

From Paleng: During 2023 and 2024 Paleng was privileged to receive funding once again from Rahula Trust. Their ongoing commitment to supporting us, their trust in our team and our work are very encouraging and important to us. This funding allowed us to do many important things. We were able to run four focus groups in different settings across Lesotho with children from 7 years old upwards concerning a traumatic event that occurred in their community. There is no community resource in the form of counse

Established in 1931, Eriyawa Primary School is located in the remote village of Ehetuwewa in the Kurunegala district under North Western Province. It offers classes from grade 1 to 5. Currently, 149 students are enrolled at this school. This school has top Grade 5 results in the area. The donation programme was held on 26th June 2023. 149 children were benefited with this donation of school accessories.

On 23 June, the Rahula Trust donated school accessories for 168 school children in Ranjanagama in Kurunegala district. Sri Sumanasara Vidayalaya - This school is located at Kadurugahamadiththa, Ranjanagama. It is in the Kurunegala district under North Western province. Its education zone is Kurunegala under Polgahawela Educational division. Our local representative, Mr Norman Perera, and volunteers organised this event. Our thanks to all of them.

CHILD SPONSORSHIP IN NEPAL Over the past 20 years, we have supported children in Kathmandu through the local Samyak Youth Group. Initially, the number was 13 children but this has now increased to 45. According to their school reports they are progressing well and we are planning to increase their sponsorship in the future.

At the request of Manel Pre-School in Aliwanguwa, Padavi Sri Pura, the Rahula Trust arranged to to distribute school accessories to the children who are leaving the pre-school for regular schooling. This distribution of school accessories was conducted by Mr Ananda Gunatilaka, our volunteer in this area, and local representative of the Rahula Trust, Mr Norman Perera, in addition to volunteers.

The Rahula Trust donated school accessories for 56 children at M/Dewalegama Kanishta Vidyalaya on 28th February 2023. This school is situated in a remote part of Mulatiyana Education Zone in Matara District in the south of Sri Lanka. This programme was organised and implemented by Ven. Mapalagama Buddhasiri Nayaka Thera, the Chief Monk of Samadhi Buddhist Centre, Kothalawalapura, Ratmalana and Ven. Pahalaobada Suneetha Thero, the Principal of Siri Sandaruwan Dhamma School, Ratmalana. We would like to tha

> Unleashing the educational potential of disadvantaged children. The Rahula Trust donated school accessories for 108 children at Raluwa Primary School on 28th February 2023. Raluwa Primary School is located in a remote part of Walasmulla Education Zone in Hambantota district, southern Sri Lanka. This programme was organised and implemented by Ven. Mapalagama Buddhasiri Nayaka Thera, the Chief Monk of Samadhi Buddhist Centre, and Ven. Pahalaobada Suneetha Thero, the Principal of Siri Sandaruwan Dhamma Sc

At the request of the Tawalama Women’s Service Society, the Rahula Trust has contributing to develop a pre-school in Tawalama South in Hiniduma. This pre-school is located in a very remote village in Galle District, Sri Lanka. The school was started to develop education for small children. There are 100 students in this pre-school but they do not have enough money to develop the facilities for the children’s studies and sports. The Rahula Trust donated money for educational and sports equipment, and for t

The Rahula Trust donated much-needed library books to the Aliwanguwa Mahavidyalaya, Padavi-Sri Pura in Anuradhapura District on 20 December 2019.

At the request of the managing Trustees of the Viharamahadevi Girls Home, the Rahula Trust agreed to supply financial support to engage a teacher for educating infants in the Viharamahadevi Girls Home. The Trust already provides financial support for the education of young girls in the orphanage. Infants now also have a teacher to educate them. Before this, they did not receive any education. A computer centre is also being built for the children to use. Funds have been allocated for the purchase of three

On 29th November 2019, Rahula Trust Donated a photocopying machine to the Pothanegama Primary School in Kurunegala District.

Bambaragalayaya Village is a small village about 30 miles away from Kurunegala in North Western Province in Kurunegala District. In this remote village, most of the villagers are farmers, cultivating the land. There are about 200 families living in this village and younger children go to Bambaragalayaya Primary school. It has classes from grade 1-5 with 54 children and 9 teachers. There were no tables and chairs for teachers in class rooms and in the principal's office. Additionally, the children are atte

Though children in Sri Lanka benefit from free education, there are still children living in underserved, remote and difficult areas for whom proper education is a dream. While working in these areas with children and their families the Rahula Trust has identified another school in Thambuttegama that is in dire need. This school is situated at Kudagama Village in dry zone area, near Thambuttegama in Anuradhapura district. About 250 families are living in this village, most of whom are Sri Lankan Gypsies (

This year's exhibition raised the remarkable amount of 1,800 euros in support of the Rahula Trust at their annual graduating senior’s visual art auction. We are deeply indebted to Alan Mitchell who takes on this responsibility every year and raises these large sums of money for us. This would not have been achieved without the devoted support of the students, their parents and their teachers. To all of them, we say a big thank you for their continuing support.