Community Projects by HCPPA(NSW)
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AtA Yaarl, we cater to weddings, birthdays or any other special occasions. 221A Wentworth Avenue , Pendle Hill Get In Touch Phone : (02) 9631 2003 | Fax : (02) 9631 2004 Email : [email protected] Kalaizh Chuwei 2014 Program 6:00 pm Welcome address by the President 6:05 pm Lighting of traditional lamp - by the chief guest Dr. & Mrs. Ragavan 6:07 pm Thamil Valthu, Australian anthem & Hartley college anthem 6:15 pm Live Music part 1 by Puthya Poobalam 7:10 pm Presentation of projects and thank you note 7:20 pm “Kalakkapovathu Yaaru” Stand-up comedy competition 8:00 pm Dinner break 8:30 pm Live Music part 2 9:30 pm Student’s awards and honouring main sponsors 9:40 pm Live Music part 3 10:20 pm Kalakkapovathu Yaaru winner 10:30 pm Conclusion President’s Message Dear Members and Well-wishers I am delighted to welcome you all for the fifth year annual cultural program Kalaizh Chuwei 2014. It has been a sensational journey to bring this annual fund raiser to this new level. The quality of the program has been going upwards each year. We are confident tonight’s program will prove this way again. Tonight we are going to experience an excellent talented young Tamil music group from Melbourne called “Puthiya Poobalam”. The director of this group Niroshan Sathiyamoorthy is well known to us. He has some extraordinary talent and we are confident the group will deliver an excellent show. “Helping Education” is our mantra and we have introduced three ways to achieve this since last year. Our prime focus is to help Hartley College to improve the student’s performances in studies and sports (also part of education). We help needy students in the war affected Vanni area and also support needy projects in the Eastern part of Island. In addition, last year we introduced an award program to encourage local Tamil students in NSW and we have expanded this program further this year. Awards categories for this year include outstanding performances in education, community works, and non-academic. The winners will be honoured tonight and my best wishes to them. For school, we have contributed to purchase 10 new computers, funded to meet basic needs for 5 selected students, furniture refurbishment, English language special coaching class, land purchase at a strategic location, soccer expenses, to encourage A/L and O/L students by recognising the best performing A/L students to share their knowledge with O/L students, sponsored six encouragement awards to students, and initiated sporting facility improvement project. Total contribution in this year is about $13,000. For community projects, we funded to build a community/educational facility at Vishvamadu and employed two teachers to support needy students in the affected areas, contributed for maintenance works at Vishvamadu centre, sponsored 100 English books for needy students through Rama Krishna Mission, funding A/L tuition for Mullaitivu zone, donating essential books for feeder schools for Hartley College, and funding Vision 2020 appeal through Assist RR. The total contribution this year is about $7,300. Highlight of this year is to bring Mr.Mathivanan (former Secretary and vice-President of Sri Lanka cricket board) on board to help us initiating the sporting facility improvement works for Hartley College. I also would like to thank HCPPA NSW members Mr. R. Manimaran, Mr. J.Reginold, and Mr. B.Kuganesan for their excellent effort in bringing other Hartley OBAs together for a special meeting (2 June 2014) at Hartley College. This meeting was chaired by Mr. Mathivanan. I hope we shall get the full support of other OBAs for this improvement project once we start implementing. I would like to thank you for your overwhelming support tonight and in the past. This gives a tremendous moral boost to us. Special thanks to all the committee members and the volunteers for their hard works to make this event successful. I thank all the sponsors who have contributed generously towards this event. I also thank our members who have contributed through member sponsorship. Without your support, this event wouldn’t be successful. My special thanks go to all the artists who are performing in today’s program. I also would like to thank Dr. Ragavan and Mrs. Ragavan for accepting our invitation to be the chief guest for tonight. Please visit our web site www.hartleycollegensw.org regularly to get updates on all activities. R. Krishnakumaran, President HCPPA (NSW) Message from Chief Guest I am honoured to be the chief guest for the annual Kalaizh Chuwei programme for 2014. I am privileged that I come from a family where my father, mother and all 4 of my brothers have studied at Hartley College. Hartley is like our ancestral school. But the circumstances made us to migrate out of the island looking for safer and greener pastures. Since I left Sri Lanka, I have lived in Seychelles, Zambia and South Africa and now made Australia as my home. Unfortunately, this external migration of ours had made it impossible for our children to study at Hartley. I joined Hartley College at grade 8 because there was a period when Hartley temporarily ceased taking in any new students from 1969 to 1970. It is difficult to forget the rich and fond memories of being a student of this great school, the classrooms, wonderful and dedicated teachers, our classmates & friends, cricket field, athletics, etc., even our next door neighbours at our sister schools. It was the foundation given by Hartley which made me to become captain of Colombo University cricket team, academic Head of Family & Emergency Medicines of Limpopo (Northern) province of South Africa and Director of Emergency Department of Broken Hill Base Hospital, Australia and at present a General Practitioner in private practice. We know for sure that there are many Hartleyites who have achieved much more. Lately after 1983, Hartley has gone through hard times and even had to be displaced to Puttalai from Point Pedro for a significant period due to the college area becoming untenable for students to attend school due to the war. Even though the war has come to an end and the school is back at its original place, the continuation of the conflict had made it challenging for the teachers and pupils. With the Diaspora of past pupils’ support and with the guidance of the past pupils living in the country and the persistent hard work and intelligence of teachers and pupils, Hartley is still able to fly its’ colours in excellence in all areas by modernising and keeping up to the challenges of the fast changing technological world. Our children should also come up to help build their parents’ and grandparents’ school to continue to prosper as one of the leading schools in our homeland as this is our pay-back time. This could be promoted and achieved by forming social, cultural & sports clubs for children under the Past Pupils’ Associations in different countries. I would like to take this opportunity to end my message by remembering the Hartleyites who were killed, made disabled, displaced, lost properties due to the war, and more especially, those brave Hartleyites who sacrificed their life in the hope of making Tamils to live in peace and dignity. Fiat Lux - Let There Be Light Dr. Ragavan Message from Principal I am indeed privileged to send a message on the eve of the annual event of the NSW branch of the HCPPA. The President of the NSW has impressed me to a very great extent by his enthusiasm and willingness in his approach towards attending to the requirements of the College and its development activities. The cordial discussions and a clear understanding between the college and the Branch always consolidated the successful implementation of the projects undertaken and that too within the targeted timeframe. The millions of rupees spent on various projects in the college substantiate the support by the members of the EX-co of the NSW Branch. The keenness inherited in them in this regard is magnificient. Moreover the Determination they have, to contribute to deserving projects for the College is reflected by one example. Though the Branch was not in favour of the procuring of the plot of land adjoining the hostel at the initial stage, the moment they were made to realize the indispensability of this act, they were the first to make the contributions to make the project a reality. Their act is undisputably applaudable. I welcome on behalf of the school community, the visit to the school by the President and a few members of the NSW Branch and making a feasibility study for the development of the playground to ensure and enhance the sports activities in the future.