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Looking Forward With Arts – Q&A With Sanchitha

The Sooriya Village is an idea birthed from the legendary “Sooriya” label, the pioneer in producing popular music in Sri Lanka during the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. Today, the Sooriya brand once again enters the industry not only to aid musicians but artists of all forms to help nurture and promote their creations through the facility’s…

Nipuna Ambanpola September 25, 2016

The Sooriya Village : Latest Addition For Budding Artists

September 14, 2016

Akol Benyamen : A heartfelt volunteer from Uganda

Akol Benyamen, Founder of iFamile Emu Children’s Home is a young Ugandan who is passionate about the African youth engagement and access to quality healthcare for all people. He is a retired Mechanical Engineer and a community activist by choice and a workaholic by nature. Well this time around here’s a sneak peak into the…

August 7, 2016

“අම්මා, අපිට අද අලුත් තෑගි ලැබුනා!” – The Successful Completion Of The Project සෙනෙහස.

Translation of the title: “We got new presents today, mom!” – The Successful Completion Of The Project “සෙනෙහස” (affection). The Project Senehasa was conducted to support a primary school in Nannapurawa, Bibile called the Thiththawalkiula Primary School. This school is situated in a suburb in Nannapurawa, about a clear 5-10 kilometers before the city of Bibile,…

Nipuna Ambanpola July 27, 2016

A Fight For Transition From Vulnerability To Unsusceptible Individuals

Photograph Courtesy: Educatewarchild.org iFamile Emu Children’s Home is helping shape the future of Uganda and at present they provide food and shelter for orphaned and vulnerable children but their vision is greater than that. According to their official website they see children growing into influential adults, who through the education provided by iFamile Emu, will…

Nipuna Ambanpola July 22, 2016

Building Professionals, Creating Connections. – The National Law Students’ Conference 2016

PhotoCredit: LetMeKnow.LK The Law Students’ Union (LSU) 2016 of Sri Lanka Law College with the unwavering guidance of the Council of Legal Education, Sri Lanka and the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) spearheaded the inaugural National Law Students’ Conference (NLSC) with the aim of creating a platform for budding lawyers of Sri Lanka to…

Nipuna Ambanpola July 5, 2016

“In The Middle Of A Little Village, We Found Happiness.” – Project Development Visit To Bibile

On Wednesday, June 29 2016 a team from IVolunteer International departed Colombo to Bibile, Monaragala in search for the “Thiththawalkiula Primary School.” The school is located in a suburb in Bibile, Sri Lanka. It is reachable through the Kotabowa-Dewalaya Road, which is far away from providing the facility of comfortable transportation. The road is broken…

Nipuna Ambanpola July 1, 2016

Love Flooded at Flood The Love

On 15 May 2016 Sri Lanka was hit by a severe tropical storm that caused widespread flooding and landslides in 22 districts of the country destroying homes and submerging entire villages. At least 84 people are known to have died as a result of Tropical Storm Roanu and a further 116 people are still missing,…

Nipuna Ambanpola May 24, 2016

A Sri Lankan Childhood: Cricket Minus the War – Part 1

There is a small island south of India which played some cricket for a while and won the international cricket status in 1982. Beating India! Yes, that is how the story started as they went on to comprehensively beat India in the 1979 World Cup as a non-test playing nation. The 5th of May 1993:…

April 6, 2016

Sri Lanka in a Scottish Eye

All I knew was, I wanted to go somewhere new, completely different and exciting. I thought about Thailand, about the European trend to go there and party on Phuket, to see the Thai lady boys, to go to the place that seems to be in everyone’s Facebook cover photo. But then I heard that this…

Nipuna Ambanpola March 14, 2016

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