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Each year, many students are eager to join Lak Aruna Foundation for its various educational activities, especially our IT classes. However, because courses often take several years to complete, we end up being limited by the amount of space available.…

One of the main objectives of our organization is to provide IT education to local kids living close to the center. However, our classes are not regular classes, and we often teach our students in an unusual way, using “IT…

For years, Sri Lanka has struggled to manage to keep up with the amount of garbage produced by our modern lives. Because of a lack of infrastructure in place to deal with waste, garbage often ends up either in piles…

In 2019, five students came to our 1st educational center in Hingurukaduwa by tuk tuk from another village further up into the mountains. Through word of mouth, over the next couple of months, we found ourselves with up to 35…

This past march we held our first official graduation ceremony. We think it’s important to truly honor our students, acknowledging the hard work, talent, intelligence, and work ethic that goes into completing the requirements for a high school diploma. It…

The Lak Aruna Foundation is helping more and more students in our rural area to improve their English skills and future chances. But this also presents us with new challenges: The space inside our classrooms is limited. That’s why we…

We kicked off the new year by organizing a special intake function featuring a variety of engaging events. The program included singing, dancing, and English language activities, all designed to showcase our students’ talents. Prior to the event, we conducted…

Every act can make a big difference. Over the years, many volunteers have offered their help, which has been greatly appreciated. Our German volunteer Hubi, who stayed with us in February, saw the need for additional toilet facilities. Until this…

Most of our students come to our school on Saturdays, but thanks to the participation of our foreign volunteers, we have been able to offer homeschooling options as well. During periods when we have native speakers available, we are able…

We believe that it’s important for our students to learn the fundamentals of IT: Coding, robotics, programming etc… However, we quickly noticed that for many of our older students, the jobs that they went on to do required them to…

As news got around about our first two educational centers and people saw the progress that kids made after studying with us, we received more and more prospective students, coming from farther and farther away. We quickly noticed that a…