Dancing girls of Horizon Lanka Nanda Wanninayaka, the Founder of Horizon Lanka Foundation I met Mr. Rehan Allahwala from Karachi, Pakistan while I was at Lanka Hospitals, Colombo, Sri Lanka to get my annual medical checkup done in December, 2013. Rehan’s face was so serene and inviting so that I could not help initiating an informal chat with him even ...
Mr. Qurro Lopez from Spain volunteered at Horizon Lanka Foundation in October, 2017. The post 92. Qurro Lopez – Spain appeared first on Horizon Lanka Foundation.
Anura Bandara in hunger strike Nanda Wanninayaka, the Founder of Horizon Lanka Foundation, Mahawilachchiya. The road from Anuradhapura to Mahawilachchiya was repaired well during the rule of the previous government. According to the sources from the Mahawilachchiya Divisional Secretariat, the previous government also had allocated money to extend the road repairs from Mahawilachchiya Tract 4 Junction up to Helambewa through ...
Nuwan Sampath Dissanayaka, with one of the laptops from Rehan Nanda Wanninayaka, the Founder of Horizon Lanka Foundation I met Mr. Rehan Allahwala from Karachi, Pakistan while I was at Lanka Hospitals, Colombo, Sri Lanka to get my annual medical checkup done in December, 2013. Rehan’s face was so serene and inviting so that I could not help initiating an ...
When it rains, they say, it pours. That is what happened to Mahawilachchiya because of Horizon Lanka Foundation. Mahawilachchiya is (was) a backward village situated bordering the sprawling Wilpattu National Park. If the name of the village was mentioned anywhere The post When it Rains, It Pours – Dialog Axiata Provides 4G Mobile Coverage to Mahawilachchiya appeared first on Horizon ...
Dhananjaya Wijewickrama Dhananjaya Wijewickrama (23) is a past Horizon Lanka student who sat for the university entrance exam (Advanced Level) as his second shy last year from the science stream. He sat for the exam as a student of Siddhartha College, Mahawilachchiya. He was successful this year and has been able to enter University of Uva – Wellassa, Badulla. He ...
Horizon Lanka is in need of a laptop for its lessons. Now that we have been promised a multimedia projector by a donor, we need a laptop to project lessons, movies, songs, etc. to a screen. Since we hope to use the multimedia projector for English, computers and science and the computer room itself is not spacious enough for ...
Dialog Axiata provided 4G coverage to Mahawilachchiya in December 2017 on our request. They further strengthened the 4G coverage to Horizon Lanka on December 30, 2017 by installing a special device to help livestream the Horizon Lanka’s annual concert, “A The post Dialog Axiata Strengthens the 4G Coverage to Horizon Lanka appeared first on Horizon Lanka Foundation.
Learning mathematics in the new hut We started building a hut to accommodate English, science and mathematics classes at Horizon Lanka as the space in the computer lab is not enough. We completed the hut this week. Though we originally planned to have a temporary roof with coconut leaves, later that idea was changed and we built a permanent roof ...
Yan Hao from China Horizon Lanka Foundation has been maintaining a healthy relationship with AIESEC Sri Lanka Chapter for a long time. We have got foreign undergraduates from various countries to teach English and ICT at Horizon Lanka from July 20, 2009 with the arrival of our first AIESEC volunteer Miss Xin Li from China. Yan Hao from China with ...
Dr. Tissa Jinasena Dr. Tissa Jinasena, the owner of the Tissa Jinasena Group visited Horizon Lanka Foundation on November 14, 2014. He had read about Horizon Lanka and its founder Mr. Nanda Wanninayaka through the Internet. As he was impressed with Mr. Wanninayaka and his work, Dr. Jinasena decided to sponsor Horizon Lanka’s operational and capital expenditure costs for the year ...
Mr. Manahara Mohotti, a young software engineer visited Horizon Lanka, Mahawilachchiya with his friend Mr. Malitta Nanayakkara who brought us 2 PCs and some other equipment on August 2, 2014. Having spent a day at Horizon Lanka with the children, Manahara inquired what else Horizon Lanka needs as a priority. Our answer was a multimedia projector. He promised to donate ...
Horizon Lanka received 10 brand new PCs from Dr. Tissa Jinasena, the founder of Tissa Jinasena Group in January. Earlier the students used to practice with few old PCs that constantly gave problems. Now students are happy to use these brand new PCs. They practice computers with the instructor’s assistance every evening. The used PCs we had earlier received ...
Miss Megan Schmidt from the United States of America volunteered at Horizon Academy – Panama operated by the Horizon Lanka Foundation in July, August 2019. Miss Megan Schmidt about to enjoy a Sri Lankan meal The post Megan Schmidt – United States of America appeared first on HORIZON LANKA FOUNDATION.
Road after the temporary repairs After the protest march by the villagers in Mahawilachchiya followed by a hunger strike by Mr. Anura Bandara, a farmer, the government agreed to repair the road from Tract 4 Junction to Buruthagas Handiya, Tract 3. They sent excavators and temporary repaired by just flattening the road. This is not a lasting solution as the ...
Horizon Lanka children learn English and IT using local and foreign teachers and e-mentors. We also learn dancing, music, sports, graphic designing, web designing and programming. All students who are over 13 years old are permitted to create Facebook accounts. The post Facebook Usage at Horizon Lanka appeared first on Horizon Lanka Foundation.
Children with the computers Mr. Lankanatha Udaya Karunaratne, who is an IT Specialist at United Nations Foundation, Washington DC, USA donated 4 good-quality used PCs and two LCD monitors to Horizon Lanka in January, 2015. Since Horizon Lanka already had 10 new PCs donated by Dr. Tissa Jinasena, with Mr. Karunaratne’s approval, we decided to donate three of the computers to Thakshila ...
From yesterday, the Horizon Lanka students started practicing the two PCs and the camera donated by Malitta Nanayakkara of Rajagiriya, Colombo. They were all excited to use the PCs which started with Typing Tutor software to improve the typing speed. Then they started learning how to use the digital camera. From tomorrow onwards all the children in the village will ...
