Our Story
To support the one who is suffering from poverty without any supports from external sources and to compensate them financially and psychologically for enhancing their lives towards the betterment.
Empowering our Community that is benefit of support and strength at all levels, so that they will be regarded as most required individuals to effect a change to be recognized.
Vision of Establishing Vivekananda Community Foundation and its achievements Vivekananda college of Technology plays a vital role on enhancing the technical skills and knowledge of Youth who have been recognized with different backgrounds such as, unskilled/lack of technical skill, unemployed parents, orphans or extreme poverty or below poverty level, etc. By means of enhancing their technical and technological based skills, skill oriented trainings are being provided to the youth in order to ensure their employment through which living standards are being anticipated to be uplifted.
Along with the concern of trained students from Vivekananda College of Technology (VCOT), partnership organizations, and donors, ‘Vivekananda Community Foundation’ was established with the theme of ‘Social Responsibility Services and Well-beings’. For that, trained students, Donors, Community well-wishers, volunteers and expert lecturers joined together towards the ultimate theme of the Vivekananda college of Technology to cherish it.
And also, it was modified again as “Social Empowerment for transformation” and developed where all the participants focused the growth of society to form a unit in order to reflect the social responsibilities and the attention on needed youths towards their blooming future.
Therefore, Vivekananda Community Foundation is one of the resources to care the youth in a better manner. Moreover, students who continue their education in different Divisions and Villages are thoroughly gone through along with their problems & challenges and recognized systematically. Finally, they are handled by the resource people/counselors attached to the Vivekananda College of Technology to solve their challenges, peacefully.
Here, the fulfillment of one’s need is vital to enhance the improvement in society. As the result, society would be empowered by the services carried out by the Vivekananda College of Technology with the assistance of grants, help and support to the needed ones on right time and place.
A worldwide Non-Governmental Organization dedicated to fostering socio-economic development and empowering individuals.
To lead our society to educational, cultural, environmental and economic development by making a difference in the lives of individuals who are physically and mentally vulnerable under the poverty line without opportunities, and provide them with a better life and guidance.
Ensuring effective change is achieved through every activity through transparent and appropriate use of financial resources to funders and appropriate reporting to funders and government departments. During all the activities, attention should be paid to the protection of the rights of children, women and students without harming the environment or individuals.
Executive Authority Board:
Board consists of 15 members including Executive Director, President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Project Consultant, Finance Consultant, Advisors, Auditor, etc. All the project plans will be implemented by the Authority Board.
Registered as a Voluntary Social Services/Non-Governmental Organization under Voluntary Social Services Organizations; Registration and Supervision Act No. 31 of 1980 (as amended by Act, No.8 of 1998) in Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
Ms. Diana Sujeewa Florington (LLB)
Attorney-at-Law
Stephen James Millers,
Chartered Accountants,
Colombo
VIJAY Management Consultants
Colombo
The advisory board consists of 10 members.
Donors and partnership organizations for Local and International.
Beneficiaries (Local Government Bodies, Educational Institutions, Orphanages, CBOs)
As we stare at the growth of Vivekananda Community Foundation since our inception, we are extremely proud of what we have been able to achieve.
