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Inauguration of Thoppigala Heritage Park |
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The ongoing programme of Dilmah Conservation and the Merrill J. Fernando Charitable Foundation in Eastern Sri Lanka to provide socio economic development and enhanced environmental conservation in the area culminated with the opening of the Thoppigala Heritage Park on April 18, 2013. |
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An eye clinic for senior citizens at the Imboolpitiya Estate |
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The MJF Charitable Foundation worked with Helpage Sri Lanka to carry out an eye clinic at the Imboolpitiya Estate on March 23 and 24. A group of 261 senior citizens benefitted from this clinic which specially targeted Dilmah plantation workers who have retired after the completion of their tenure at the age of 55. |
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MJF Kids celebrate their differences on World Down Syndrome Day |
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MJF Kids and their parents joined the Settlor of the MJF Charitable Foundation Merrill J. Fernando and the extended Dilmah family to celebrate their differences on World Down Syndrome Day at the MJF Centre Moratuwa on 16th March 2013. |
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AuSLMAT works with MJF Foundation on plantation healthcare programme |
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A team of doctors and other medical staff from AuSLMAT (Australia Sri Lanka Medical Assistance Team) were in Sri Lanka recently to carry out a series of medical camps across the country. They spent their Christmas holidays attending to the welfare of a large group of poor and the underprivileged people in remote corners of the island. In Dilmah’s Kataboola Estate in Nawalapitiya, part of the Kahawatte Plantation, the team headed by consultant pediatrician Dr. Sian Hughes, screened and ... |
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MJF Foundation empowers war affected women in Batticaloa |
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On 29th December 2012, Dilmah Founder Merrill J. Fernando’s MJF Charitable Foundation, extended its women’s empowerment programme to Batticaloa in Eastern Sri Lanka. Forty four women, widowed as a result of the now concluded war, received livelihood support under the Small Entrepreneur Programme (SEP) of the Foundation in recognition of the resilience they have shown in the face of adversity. |
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The MJF Charitable Foundation’s MJF Kids’ celebrate their differences! |
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17thDecember 2012, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka – Children of Merrill J. Fernando’s MJF Foundation – known as the MJF Kids - gathered at the MJF Centre on the outskirts of Colombo on December 17 for a celebration with a difference. Children from very poor urban slum communities and those with Downs Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy and Autism worked together in presenting an evening of music and drama to celebrate the spirit of Christmas. The ... |
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The MJF Kids Express Themselves on International Children’s Day |
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Every day is Childrens’ Day at the MJF Foundation, with nearly 8,000 children attending Foundation Child Development Centres, Primary Schools, MJF Kids programmes and benefiting from MJF Foundation Scholarships. Honouring International Childrens’ Day, the MJF Charitable Foundation designed a series of activities at MJF Centres during the month of October. This year they focused on the concept of “Children expressing their thoughts”. |
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MJFC Foundation SEP Beneficiaries Sweep the Excellent Farmers /Entrepreneurs Awards 2011 |
| The top slots at the Excellent Farmers /Entrepreneurs Awards for the Monaragala District were claimed by beneficiaries of the MJFCF Small Entrepreneur Programme (SEP). D.M. Dharmadasa, Sumith Udayakumara, H. M. Upul Indika and B. M. Sampath Niroshan walked away with the top four awards for Monaragala, one of the most impoverished areas of the country. | |
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T 20 Cricket for the differently abled |
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Where Tea meets art, gastronomy and ethics |
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Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver promotes Mankada as part of his ‘Jme Collection’
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Let Us Experience the True Meaning of Peace' - 615 MJF Kids Celebrate Children's Day in Point Pedro |
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The MJF Charitable Foundation together with its partner ‘Anjali Aham’ brought together 615 children to celebrate International Children’s Day 2011. Since mid-October, Fr. Damian and his team from ... |
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Celebrations of International Children's Day |
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To commemorate International Children’s Day, the MJF Charitable Foundation held its annual Leadership Camp for the 3rd consecutive year for 78 children of the MJF Kids programme, representing the ... |
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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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Nurturing children from the plantations |
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02.21.2008  The MJF Charitable Foundation, that has aimed to uplift the lives of underprivileged children through initiatives that provide them the tools to shape their future, has been actively involved in the caring and educational instruction of plantation childr... |
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