New Equipments for Life Agriculture Project Members

Further to the training and workshops conducted on organic farming a set of equipment were also provided to the members of the YMCA Life Agriculture Project Members in Horowpothana area. Destribution was held on 20 November 2013 at Horowpothana.

Rev Piyarathana Thero (Priest of Horowpothana) who has been very helpful with implementing the project also attended the event along with 25 beneficiaries.

Observing Religion before commencing 

Rev Piyarathana Thero handing over the first tool

25 members of the group

Agricultural Instructor educates the 25 families of the YMCA Life Agriculture Project

YMCA of Pamunugama organized a training programme for the 25 members of Life Agriculrural Project in Horowpothana. Beneficiaries were educated on managing a home garden. Further they were given tips on how to pick different plants for their gaden depending on the season, and the soil and the need for nutriciants.

Programme was conducted by Mr. Dhammika who is the Government Agricultural Instructor in the Horowpothana area on 19 Noveber, 2013.

Communicative English Programme launched!!!

Communicative English Programme of the YMCA of Pamunugama was launched on 09 November, 2013. This will be a course of four months where the students (participants) will get a chance to practice English as a language. 

Apart of the weekly classes, there will be two camps during these four months to give more opportunities to the students to practically experience the English language. English has been considered as yet another subject where they have to sit for an written exam in the school. This has created a big gap between the written and oral ability of English among young people.  YMCA of Pamunugama has been dreaming of starting a such a class for the students in the area whom do not have an enough economy to pay high to the Spoken English Training institutions in the country.

We specially thank the Com-Share-Foundation for sponsoring this programme. Come-Share foundation has been collaborating with the YMCA to provide number of scholarships to deserving students and to conduct extra educational classes for marginalized communities in various parts of Sri Lanka.

YMCA Communicative English Programme

Green Challenge - YMCA of Pamunugama

Children of the YMCA of Pamunugama take part in the event on 26th October, 2013. Udara Devmi who is a Change Agent too the leadership in organizing the event together with the YMCA of Pamunugama. Children were educated on the event and on the importance of taking care of the environment by the Change Agent Udara Devmi before they went to the beach to collect plastics and polythene garbage.

Pamunugama YMCA Pre-School Fare

Pre-school usually starts preparing for the Christmas concert quite early as they have to train the small kids for performances. Parents also has to prepare as there will be a lot of expenses to make new clothes and to hire different services for the concert.

To raise funds to cover above expenses, Pre-school organized a vegetable fare today by the Mother Mary Statue at Seththappaduwa, Pamunugama. Neighbors came and supported the kids by purchasing vegetables and the parents and the teachers help children with selling at the fare. They were able to make a income of Rs 7,500 where they had a profit over Rs 3000.