I copied some educational movies to Horizon Lanka’s two computers’ hard disks. Children watch those movies very eagerly when they get a break after practicing computers. I was surprised when a group of grade 6 students preferred “Earth – Making of a Planet” over Jurassic Park. This encourages me to find more educational movies. I can explain the movies ...
A long standing donor of Horizon Lanka Foundation (HLF), Mr. Kumara Badhuge, a computer professional in Qatar sponsored Horizon Lanka’s legal expenses for filing Annual Returns for the years 2011 and 2012. (26,285.75 + 29,590.75) = 55,876.50 LKR. This became a great relief to HLF as it is finding it difficult to meet the expenses for the organization’s administration without ...
Miss Melissa Schmitt from France volunteered at Horizon Lanka Foundation in November, 2017. The post 97. Melissa Schmitt – France appeared first on Horizon Lanka Foundation.
Horizon Lanka Foundation (HLF) starts its flagship academic institute, the fifth branch of Horizon Academy in Ralapanawa, Nochchiyagama, Anuradhapura on December 01, 2017. The HLF started its first Horizon Academy in Mahawilachchiya in August 01, 1998 (19 years ago) and The post Horizon Lanka Foundation Launches Horizon Academy – Ralapanawa on December 01, 2017 appeared first on Horizon Lanka Foundation. ...
A workshop on IoT (Internet of Things) for the staff and students of Horizon Academies was held at Horizon Academy, Anuradhapura by Coderdojo Sri Lanka on February 24, 2018. Mr. Prabhath Mannapperuma, the Founder/Secretary of Micro:bit SLUG coordinated the workshop The post An IoT (Internet of Things) Workshop at Horizon Lanka by Coderdojo Sri Lanka appeared first on Horizon Lanka Foundation.
Meer Ali Muhammad is from India. He came to Sri Lanka in August, 2016. He volunteered at Horizon Lanka. He is a very friendly and kindhearted person. He stayed at my home. He was a part of our family during The post My First Ever Overseas Trip – Trip to New Delhi, India appeared first on Horizon Lanka Foundation.
Mr. Kithsiri with some of the Horizon Lanka students (Photo credits Nanda Wanninayaka) Sachini Tharuka sachini@horizonlanka.org – Grade 8 – Horizon Lanka Academy Mr. J. W. Sugath Kithsiri, a former Divisional Secretary of Mahawilachchiya Divisional Secretariat Division paid a surprise visit to Horizon Lanka Foundation last evening, on the eve of the New Year. Mr. Kithsiri is a young and ...
Mr. Bảo Nguyễn from Vietnam volunteered at Horizon Lanka Foundation in January and February, 2018. The post 122. Bảo Nguyễn – Vietnam appeared first on Horizon Lanka Foundation.
Google Map Updating Car I accidentally met this Google vehicle in Mahawilachchiya two months ago (to be exact on August 13, 2015) that was updating Google maps of Mahawilachchiya. I waved at the driver and signaled that I wanted to take few photos. So, the driver stopped till I finished photographing the vehicle. I had a small chat with the Google officer ...
Asanka Gtamanna, A telecommunication engineer from LankaCom. An engineer from LankaCom, led by Mr. Asanka Gatamanna and some technicians from their subcontractor, Sanit Technologies in Anuradhapura visited Horizon Lanka computer lab and the Dialog Axiata communication tower on October 17, 2015. They wanted to see if LankaCom can provide a leased internet line using the Dialog tower to provide unlimited ...
Horizon Lanka Foundation started its fifth Horizon Academy branch, this time in Ralapanawa, Nochchiyagama on December 01, 2017. At Horizon Academy we teach 5 languages, i.e., English, Spanish, German, French and Japanese depending on the availability of foreign volunteers who The post Horizon Academy – Ralapanawa Opened on December 01, 2017 appeared first on Horizon Lanka Foundation.
The Horizon Lanka Foundation www.horizonlanka.org (HLF) operates 5 Horizon Academies by now in Anuradhapura, Nuwara Eliya and Jaffna Districts. By the end of the year it will have two more Academies in Puttalam and Batticaloa districts. This will allow the The post We Are Franchising Horizon Academy Model Supplementary Educational Institutes appeared first on Horizon Lanka Foundation.
Horizon Lanka had the habit of sending its monthly newsletter manually as an email all these long years. But now that we have shifted to WordPress web platform, we can make it automatic. All you have to do is to subscribe to our newsletter by entering your email ID into the space given for it in our homepage or ...
Mr Stefan Jacobsen from the United Kingdom volunteered at Horizon Lanka Foundation in March, 2018. The post 133. Stefan Jacobsen – The United Kingdom appeared first on Horizon Lanka Foundation.
Sara Labbate from Italy volunteered at Horizon Lanka Foundation in March, 2018. The post 132. Sara Labbate – Italy appeared first on Horizon Lanka Foundation.
Life sprouting in Mahawilachchiya Ferns regaining life Heavy rains fell last week ending months-long drought in Mahawilachchiya. Though the drought hit the North Central Province badly, Mahawilachchiya escaped water shortages as there was ample water in the Mahawilachchiya Reservoir. Drinking water too was available as there is pipe borne water in the village built by community water projects. The cultivations ...
Mr. Lewis Houghton from New Zeland volunteered at Horizon Academy – Ralapanawa operated by the Horizon Lanka Foundation in January 2019. The post Lewis Houghton – New Zeland appeared first on HORIZON LANKA FOUNDATION.
The number of students at Horizon Lanka is on the increase. The computer lab is not spacious enough to accommodate all the classes in it now. Having heard about this, the village youth promised us to build a hut for us. Yesterday they started it with cutting trees to be used as poles. Next they will set them up ...
DiGiTECH COMPUTERS team installing new software at Horizon Lanka DiGiTECH COMPUTERS in Anuradhapura, the company which we bought our computers from, upgraded the operating system of our computers from Windows 7 to Windows 10 and Microsoft Office 2007 to 2010 on our request today. They also did the servicing of the PCs. They did not charge any money for the ...
My name is Tharani Madara. I am 13 years old and I study at Horizon Lanka Academy. This is my new bicycle. It is a gift from Himadri Gunarathna, my friend from the Houston, Texas, United States, who is sponsoring The post A New Bicycle from Himadri appeared first on Horizon Lanka Foundation.
