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Vidya Scholarship Trust Fund

Vidya Scholarship Trust Fund. A Project of Mahamaya Girls’ College Alumnae Association of North America. Our Mission. Who are the Students Who Receive the Financial Assistance From the Vidya Scholarship Trust Fund? Most deserving economically disadvantaged students who do well

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Vidya Scholarship Trust Fund

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  1. Vidya Scholarship Trust Fund A Project of Mahamaya Girls’ College Alumnae Association of North America

  2. Our Mission • Who are the Students Who Receive the Financial Assistance From the Vidya Scholarship Trust Fund? • Most deserving economically disadvantaged students who do well • in their studies and extra curricular activities from grades 6 and up • at Mahamaya.

  3. Our Vision • Trust fund • Our goal is to establish a fund with a capital of, at least, $20,000 • the interest would go towards awarding around 20 scholarships per year to ensure continuity of the project. • Scholarships primarily based on financial need will pay for education expenses and/or boarding fees of students attending Mahamaya.

  4. Endowment Committee • NeranjikaDissanayake • HimashinieDiyabalanage (Co-chair) • NilminiDorabawila • GeethaEragoda • Kishani Martin • DharshaniNanayakkara (Co-chair) • ErandiRanaweera • GayathriSamarasinghe • SujathaWerake • 2 attorneys at law: • HarshiEhelepola Waters • MahesicaGiragama

  5. Board of Trustees Vidya Scholarship Trust Fund was successfully established in November, 2009. Board of Trustees 2010-2011 Dr. SamanmalaDorabawila (President ) Mrs. UthpalaSeneviratne (Vice President) Mrs. VisakhaWickremeratne (Secretary) Mrs. IndraniKaraluvinne (Assistant Secretary ): Mrs. NilakshiWeragama (Treasurer: ) Mrs. SujathaWerake (Member and Liaison of MGCAANA to the Trust: ) Ms. DharshaniNanayakkara (Member and Liaison of MGCAANA to the Trust:) Board of Trustees 2011-2012 Dr. Himashinie Diyabalanage (Vice President) Dr. Samanmala Dorabawila (Assistant Secretary) Mrs. Indrani Karaluvinne (Treasurer) Dr. Dharshani Nanayakkara (Secretary) Mrs. Priyanka Ratnakumara (President) Mrs. Uthpala Seneviratne (Coordinator with Mahamaya Girls’ College) Mrs. Nilakshi Weragama

  6. Application Process • A standard application created by the MGCAANA Endowment Committee is used by the candidates. • Class teachers serve as liaisons between the Board of Trustees and the eligible students. • We ensure that a fair selection process is utilized in order to choose the most deserving candidates amongst the applicants.

  7. Our Progress By May 2012 we have been successful in collecting a total of $10299.61 !! • The current fixed deposits of Vidya Scholarship Trust Fund: (Bank of Ceylon) • Two hundred and ten thousand rupees (Rs.210,000.00) • Seven hundred and fourteen thousand rupees (Rs.714,000.00) • Two hundred and thirty seven thousand rupees (Rs. 237,000.00) • Other accounts: • Savings account (Rs. 66,843.84 ) • Petty cash account (Rs. 18779.44) • .

  8. Our Progress (cont.) • Number of scholarships given so far • Ten Rs.3000.00 scholarships in year 2011 • We plan to increase the number of scholarships this year

  9. We Need Your Help! • How can you contribute? • We invite you to be a part of this ambitious project, to give hope to the hope-less, to give knowledge to those who seek it, to care for the under-cared, and to save one child at a time from poverty. • If you would like to make a donation, please email us at Mahamaya_alumnae@yahoo.com. • Is your donation tax deductible? • MGCAANA is a non-profit organization and is exempt from Federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Thus, your contributions are tax deductible under Section 170 of the Code. • Donor recognition • The names of the donors will be displayed on a plaque at Mahamaya Girls’ College.

  10. DONOR LIST 23. DeepaDharshaniNanayakkara 24. PamudithaMahadiulwewa 25. PushpalathaMenikeGunasekera 26. HarshiniGunatilake. 27. NiranjalaTillakeratne 28. Alma 29. Curtis L. Waters & Harshi Waters 30. Nanda Leula 31. ChaminiRajaguru 32. DeepikaDehigama 33. TaroshiniKasturiarachchi 34. Bruno Casolari 35. IndraniSagarikaNarangoda 36. NanditaRubello 37. HarshiniGunatilake 38.Geetha Eragoda and ShaliniEragoda 39. NelumDorabawila 40. NeranjikaDissanayake The list of donors from New Zealand, Australia, Europe and United Kingdom : 41. AroshaKulasekera 42. AchelaGodigamuwa & Lalith Fernando 43. NadhiFonseka & MadhukaDassanayake The list of donors and amounts from the USA: Carol McCready-Cohn Laura Tuck SagarikaWelegamaRathninde Laurie Rossnagel Donald C. Seymour & Barbara P. Seymour Mahinda and SujathaWerake Sitha and PritiGunasekera SurisaPhumtim Kamaljith B & V. NilminiDorabawila Aruna and Catherine Wickremeratne Nalini P. Liyanamana NaliniJeyapalan AvanthiHulangamuwaKuruwita Gregory L. Waters & Carolyn Waters DulanjalieDhanapala JanakaGunasekera & SamanthiSuraweera Lili Angel Pam Waters SujithWelagedara Erandi & Ravi Suriyaarachchi HimashinieDiyabalanage HemalikaKarunaratneAbeysundara

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