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MJF Foundation inagurates center for women |
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09.12.2009 The first phase of the MJF Centre, a US$20 million development that will care for abused women, differently abled and Down Syndrome Children, marginalized children from urban slums in the area was inaugurated by Merrill J. Fernando, Dilmah Founder and Settlor of the MJF Charitable Foundation. |
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Dilmah: Empowering the Differently Abled through AIDEX 2009 |
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25.10.2009
The AIDEX (Aid to the Ex-Abled) Annual Sports Festival is organized by the Colombo Friend-in-Need Society which helps supply limbs for artificial limb users throughout Sri Lanka. The AIDEX Sports Day is the culmination of a programme designed to inspire and motivate differently abled women, men and children. |
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Ethical Pappadam from our Moneragala Local Hero |
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30.06.2009 In 2007, Dharmadasa and Sumanawathie, his wife, were the proud but exploited owners of a small, mud walled ‘factory’ in which they produced pappadam, the crispy accompaniment to rice & curry that is popular in Sri Lanka. In their modest facility they produced pappadam which was sold in bulk, giving them a small profit of one rupee per packet. Then they met the MJF Foundation Small Entrepreneur Programme team. Today, with the assistance of ... |
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Charity tea pot sale to rebuild a school |
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In May 2009 Dilmah together with Hilton Colombo launched an innovative charity tea pot programme to raise funds to build a school for a rural village in Sri Lanka. This ... |
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MJF Foundation facilitates Dignified Reintegration for 113 Reformed Prisoners |
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22.04.2009 The ‘Reform and Integrate’ Programme of the MJF Charitable Foundation is the first of its kind in Sri Lanka, and quite likely in ... |
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MJF Kid wins second prize in all island poetry recital competition |
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04.06.2009 Yogaraja Krishanthini is 14 years old and attends the Don Bosco School in Hendala, a small city set on the western coast of Sri Lanka. Krishanthini ... |
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Dilmah Conservation unveils first Elephant Information Centre in Sri Lanka |
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10.04.2009 The Human-Elephant conflict is a little known consequence of human development and expansion into elephant habitats in parts of Sri Lanka. An estimated 150 elephants are ... |
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10.19.2006  This photograph was taken at the opening of an MJF Foundation Preschool in southern Sri Lanka. The little girl’s traditional gesture of thanks is
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Koulara, changing lives, the Dilmah Way |
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10.26.2007  Earlier this year the MJF Charitable Foundation adopted the isolated and deprived village of Koulara, within its Local Heroes initiative. The community was dependant on menial labour manually harvesting sugarcane and the Foundations objective was to empo... |
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