Books for Rose Sri Lanka School Children: Primary Enrichment Program

With the association of Dr. Jogarajah of Loyal Publications, Colombo a book containing ten years of past Grade 5 Scholarship Examination published by Loyal Publication have been issued to a number of students who will sit for the Exams in August, 2011.
The Scholarship Examination (also known as the Grade 5 Scholarship exam) is a highly competitive Sri Lankan examination conducted by the Department of Examinations of the Ministry of Education. It is optional for students to undertake it during the final year of primary school (Grade 5 (usually ages 9-10)). Based on the results of the exam, students could transfer to prominent national schools. This Exam is a means for gifted students from villages to move to better schools with government scholarships. Annually based on demand for individual schools, cut-off marks are set by the Ministry of Education. In recent years the exam has become extremely competitive.
Every parent likes to enroll their child to a popular good school in major cities. If they fail in the first round to enter their child to Grade 1, then their next goal would be to get a good school by preparing their child to obtain a high mark in Grade 5 Scholarship examination. In this Examination, students get direct raw mark, unlike other examinations. Therefore Grade 5 Scholarship exam may be the hardest exam in the Sri Lankan school system, considering the age of the candidates.
Rose Charities Srilanka, under its Primary Enrichment Program helps students who are from areas of poor income generation and do not have the resources and access to gain practicable knowledge to prepare them for exam by conducting Enrichment classes after schools. RCSL is not only focusing the Grade 5 students but also preparing grade 4 students in advance to sit for the Grade 5 Scholarship Exam in the year after.
In 2010 Scholarship examination, according to Ceylon Daily News (26 September 2010), 267,750 of the 315,000 students sat the Grade 5 scholarship examination and obtained 70 marks or more. Out of these 16,000 students gained admission to popular schools in the country. Students who obtained best marks will get into following popular school in major Cities in Sri Lanka.
Like last year, in 2011 RCSL is implementing the Primary Enrichment Program in 14 schools in the area with a total of 410 students in grade 5 and 11 schools with 314 students in grade 4. Our Primary enrichment classes for grade 5 came to completion in June, 2011. As a part of this enrichment classes some of the students who were unable to afford for educational materials were issued with past paper books.
# Schools Name
1 Kalaimagal Vidyalayam, Veppayadi.
2 Sri Sakthi Vidyalayam, Navithanvely
3 Annamalai Maha Vidyalayam, Navithanvely.
4 Kannagi Hindu Vidyalayam, Karaitivu
5 Saraswathy Vidyalayam, Neelawanai.
6 Maha Vishnu Vidyalayam, Pandiruppu.
7 Kalaimagal Vidyalayam, Vellavely.
8 Vipulananda Maha Vidyalayam, Malwatta.
9 G.T.M. School, Puthunagar
10 English Language Institute, Kalmunai
11 Vinayagar Vidyalayam, Addappalam.
12 Kanapathipuram Vidyalayam, Malwatta
13 At-Risk Students from Various Villages

VIBE Center Sri Lanka - ready to open !

The Vancouver Board of Trade in conjunction with Rose Charities Sri Lanka has built an education and technology center for the town of Kalmunai.  After the 2004 tsunami a fund was established by the Vancouver Board of Trade and the funds collected donated to Rose Charities Sri Lanka to help with and augment their community programs  (see  http://rosesrilanka.info)

The decision was made by Rose Charities Sri Lanka Program Director Dr Yoga Yogendran, in conjunction with Mr Frank Borowicz, Governor of the Vancouver Board of Trade, to found the facility. The VIBE Center will be one of the first international facilities of its kind and will be equipped with the technology to enable people in remote rural communities to engage in on-line learning and knowledge management through the VIBE e-learning portal, in conjunction with the local Chamber of Commerce. It will also be on of the first learning centers through which a unique new kind of on-line specialized English language training developed by “KnowledgeOne”  (a Vancouver group) will be made available.

The formal opening of the VIBE Center will be at the end of November.

Rose Charities Sri Lanka was registered in Sri Lanka following initial emergency relief,  medical and counseling  teams were sent from Canada.   Mr Anthony Richards,  now Chief Executiver Director of Rose Charities Sri Lanka traveled to Sri Lanka from Canada with the first emergency team and has devoted his life ever since to the building up of Rose Charities Sri Lanka. Projects now include, education, health, peace-sports, micro-credit, income generation and community development. The VIBE Center will be a huge step forward for the Kalmunai Community, one of the worst affected by the tsunami in Sri Lanka

Over 700 microcredit businesses from Rose Charities Sri Lanka

Rose Charities Sri Lanka recently passed the 700 small businesses mark on it s microcredit program. These range from breeding budgerigars to repairing bicycles. The microcredit progam has been running for three years and continues to expand. Rose Charities Sri Lanka is an Sri Lankan Government registered NGO assisitng where it can, all Sri Lanka citizens in need. Programs include youth sports, education support, college scholarships, counseling for at risk children, and microcredit / microfinance. It also runs a community center and vocational training activities

Aid to Sri Lanka conflict displaced persons

Rose Charities Sri Lanka, assisted by donations from Rose Charities USA , Canada, and AMDA International ship food and supplies to the conflict displaced persons of Sri Lanka. Many thousands of persons, from all ethnic groups and religions have been displaced by the recent war and Rose Charities is one of many Sri-Lanka NGO's who are assisting.





Rose Charities Sri Lanka has considerable experience with crisis situations in Sri Lanka. It was founded at the time of the Asian
Tsunami and since then has implemented programs in emergency child health, education, counseling, and sports-for peace programs. It is a registered Sri Lana aid organization and operates both its own programs as well as cooperatively with several other excellent Sri Lanka organizations. Its programs are also supported by AMDA Canada




Rose Charities Sri Lanka is based in Kalmunai, in Ampara Province in S.E. Sri Lanka. It is an area of mixed ethnicity and several major religions and a major target area for displaced persons on the east side of Sri-Lanka

Rose Charities Emergency Relief in Sri Lanka

Rose Charities Sri Lanka is working with the Sri Lanka organization, 'SEED' to get supplies to the 20,000 refugees in a camp in Tricomalee. Their focus is on children, pregnant women and old people. Rose Charities is supplying transportation and has purchased milk powder, baby panadol, biscuits, daipers, baby bottles, clothes for pregnant women and baby clothes and other necessities. The supplies are purchased in Columbo and are being transported to the camps. UN and other agencies are overwhelmed with the demand with up to 300,000 displaced people...so have asked local charities to help.AMDA HQ Japan, Rose Charities and AMDA Canada are supporting the efforts of Rose Charities Sri Lanka by sending funds.

Any donations of cash given to Rose Charities will guarantee to be spent directly on supplies to the refugees. Please see www.RoseCharities.org for donation details.