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 in their studies and extra curricular activities from grades 6 and upat Mahamaya.

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.

Endowment Committee

• Neranjika Dissanayake• Himashinie Diyabalanage (Co-chair)• Nilmini Dorabawila• Geetha Eragoda• Kishani Martin• Dharshani Nanayakkara (Co-chair)• Erandi Ranaweera • Gayathri Samarasinghe• Sujatha Werake

2 attorneys at law:• Harshi Ehelepola Waters• Mahesica Giragama

Board of Trustees

Board of Trustees 2011-2012Dr. 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

Vidya Scholarship Trust Fund was successfully established in November, 2009.

Board of Trustees 2010-2011Dr. Samanmala Dorabawila (President )Mrs. Uthpala Seneviratne (Vice President)Mrs. Visakha Wickremeratne (Secretary) Mrs. Indrani Karaluvinne (Assistant Secretary ): Mrs. Nilakshi Weragama (Treasurer: )Mrs. Sujatha Werake (Member and Liaison of MGCAANA to the

Trust: )Ms. Dharshani Nanayakkara (Member and Liaison of MGCAANA to

the Trust:)

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.

Our Progress

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:1.Savings account (Rs. 66,843.84 )2.Petty cash account (Rs. 18779.44).

By May 2012 we have been successful in collecting a total of $10299.61 !!

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

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.

 The list of donors and amounts from the USA: 1.Carol McCready-Cohn2.Laura Tuck3.Sagarika Welegama Rathninde4.Laurie Rossnagel5.Donald C. Seymour & Barbara P. Seymour6.Mahinda and Sujatha Werake7.Sitha and Priti Gunasekera8.Surisa Phumtim9.Kamaljith B & V. Nilmini Dorabawila10.Aruna and Catherine Wickremeratne11.Nalini P. Liyanamana12.Nalini Jeyapalan13.Avanthi Hulangamuwa Kuruwita14.Gregory L. Waters & Carolyn Waters15.Dulanjalie Dhanapala16.Janaka Gunasekera & Samanthi Suraweera17.Lili Angel18.Pam Waters19.Sujith Welagedara20.Erandi & Ravi Suriyaarachchi 21.Himashinie Diyabalanage22.Hemalika Karunaratne Abeysundara

DONOR LIST 23. Deepa Dharshani Nanayakkara24. Pamuditha Mahadiulwewa25. Pushpalatha Menike Gunasekera26. Harshini Gunatilake. 27. Niranjala Tillakeratne28. Alma29. Curtis L. Waters & Harshi Waters30. Nanda Leula31. Chamini Rajaguru32. Deepika Dehigama33. Taroshini Kasturiarachchi34. Bruno Casolari35. Indrani Sagarika Narangoda36. Nandita Rubello37. Harshini Gunatilake38.Geetha Eragoda and Shalini Eragoda 39. Nelum Dorabawila 40. Neranjika Dissanayake

The list of donors from New Zealand, Australia, Europe and United Kingdom : 41. Arosha Kulasekera42. Achela Godigamuwa & Lalith Fernando43. Nadhi Fonseka & Madhuka Dassanayake