ANNUAL REPORT 2019/20 e-Kalvi Charity Fund Inc. Email: [email protected] Registered Charity in Australia Website: www.eKalvi.org ABN: 88398822680 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. e-Kalvi Charity Fund Executive committee 2019-20 (list) _____________ 3 2. e-Kalvi Charity Fund Executive committee 2019-20 (Photos) _________ 4 3. PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE ___________________________________ 6 4. Achievement summary for the 2019/20 financial year _______________ 8 5. e-Kalvi (e-Education) Project Report ____________________________ 9 Overview _______________________________________________________________ 9 Significant Developments __________________________________________________ 9 Format of e-Lessons _____________________________________________________ 10 Model of e-Kalvi Centres __________________________________________________ 10 How you can help our e-Kalvi Centres _______________________________________ 10 Our e-Kalvi Centres ______________________________________________________ 10 Steps to Establish an e-Kalvi Centre _________________________________________ 13 Management of the e-Kalvi Centre: __________________________________________ 13 Types of e-Kalvi Centres __________________________________________________ 13 1. Full Centre ___________________________________________________________ 13 2. Semi e-Kalvi Centre ___________________________________________________ 14 3. e-Library (200+ Schools) ________________________________________________ 14 4. Volunteer Organisations ________________________________________________ 15 Sivanarul Illam ________________________________________________________ 15 Thilakavathiyar Girls Home ______________________________________________ 15 International Medical Health Organisation (IMHO) _____________________________ 15 Kilinochchi Educational Development Fund (KEDF) ___________________________ 16 Trincomalee District University Students Union (TDUSU) _______________________ 16 Ooruni Association, Canada _____________________________________________ 16 Hartleyites for Education, Canada _________________________________________ 16 Anpuneri (USA) _______________________________________________________ 16 Education Rebound Organisation- Verukal __________________________________ 17 Other Initiatives _________________________________________________________ 17 6. Notable donations for e-Kalvi project ___________________________ 19 7. Acknowledgement _________________________________________ 21 8. APPENDIX-1 (Balance sheet) ________________________________ 22 3 1. E-KALVI CHARITY FUND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2019-20 (LIST) President - Mr Selvarajah Muraledaran Secretary - Dr Kumaravelu Ganesan Treasurer - Mr Theivendrasingam Dharmakulasingam Project Coordinator - Mr Elango Vinasithamby Vice president - Mr Jeyaruban Jeyapathy Assistant secretary - Mrs Suthaluxmy Kunalan Assistant Treasurer - Mr Balendran Nesendran Committee Members - Mr Sivarajah Kanapathy - Mr.K. Bavananthakumar - Dr Senti Senthimohan - Mr Selvarajah Sathiyakumar - Mrs Lahini Varapirathan - Dr. Nadarajah Athavan - Mr K Sathanathakumar - Dr T. Ketheeswaran - Mr.D. Dharmaseelan - Mrs Malathy Nadarajah Auditor - Aran Ramsi Associates 4 2. E-KALVI CHARITY FUND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2019-20 (PHOTOS) Mr S. Muraleedaran Dr K Ganesan Mr T Dharmakulasingam Mr V Elango Mr J Jeyaruban Mrs Suthaluxmy Kunalan Mr B Nesendran Dr T Senthimohan Mr S Sathiyakumar 5 Mr K Sathanathakumar Mrs Lahini Varapirathan Mr.K. Bavananthakumar Mr K Sivarajah Dr. N Athavan Dr T. Ketheeswaran Mr.D. Dharmaseelan Mrs Malathy Nadarajah 6 3. PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE It is with enormous pleasure that I welcome our honourable members to our Annual General Meeting-2019/20. Thank you for making the time via zoom this evening and being a part of our e- Kalvi charity’s mission of serving and improving the educational needs of Tamils living in our motherland, especially in disadvantaged and underprivileged areas. As a President, it is heartening to note that e-Kalvi charity has reached a significant milestone of Globalisation since its humble formation in 2014 as Jaffna University Graduates Association Victoria (JUGA). It has gone through an incredible journey by delivering e- Kalvi (e-learning), the most impactful solution to the current educational crisis in our homeland. Our passion for serving the community has never wavered and is stronger today than ever before. We have a moral obligation to help support children lift their living standards by improving their education and achieve their life goals. It has been an absolute privilege for me to lead e-Kalvi for last two years, with the help of dedicated committee members, volunteers and well- wishers, I am proud to say we have set up 36 e-Kalvi centres in the North, East and Malayaham. We provide offline video lessons for Mathematics, Science and English with multimedia equipment such as computer, tablets, multimedia projectors and multifunction laser copier. Our ultimate aim is to handover the e-Kalvi centers to the community so that they can raise the necessary funds and run independently. Even though the covid19 has negative impact on educational activities, e-Kalvi has found the alternative methods to deliver the education via zoom facility (online) and supply educational materials via USP drives to students who can study from home using even their LCD TV as off-line to reach maximum students during these shutdown period. We have also organised weekend GCE O/L past paper classes and the A/L science subjects via zoom using very highly talented and skilled teachers from North. In addition, we have taken the leadership in Sustainability of our e-learning projects and promoting STEM education by coordinating Education Ministry in Northern Province and the University of Jaffna. Over the course of the past year, we have undertaken successful e-Kalvi trials in Manner, Mullaitivu, Vavuniya, Kilinochchi and Punkuduthivu. e-Kalvi is now can be achieved in the future by the Ministry of Education for the Northern Province. In addition, we have been able to set up 7 STEM seminars and practical sessions to teachers & students in conjunction with the Engineering Faculty in Kilinochchi. We look forward to your participation to make e-Kalvi Foundation a true global organisation, which is serving and improving all the educational needs of Tamils living in our motherland, totally and holistically. This is the mission and vision of e-Kalvi for the next few years, strategically placing the Foundation to be a true global leader, among the education providers of Tamils living in our motherland. This will be achieved with wholehearted support of all of you and hereafter, consisting of donors, well-wishers and supporters, without whom this mission would not have been possible. We trust that our e-Kalvi Foundation (Global) will arise, awake and stop not until the mission of placing and sustaining Tamil education, once again at the top of the ladder forever is achieved. This Mission would not have been possible without the consistent hard work and dedication of all of our committee members. I wish to sincerely thank our committee members for the crucial role they played in our success. I would also pass our sincere gratitude to our JUGA members and donors in Australia and overseas. Your support and generous contributions to our charity fund are making a tremendous difference for children in need. அꟍன சத்திர믍 ஆ뾿ர믍 வைத்தல், ஆலய믍 பதினா뾿ர믍 நாட்டல், ꮿꟍனரு쿍ள தருமங்க쿍 யாவு믍, பபயர் ힿளங்垿 ஒ쾿ர நிறுத்தல், அꟍனயாힿனு믍 புண்ணிய믍 ககாடி ஆங்ககார் ஏவைக்埁 எழுத்த잿ힿத்தல்' -பார鎿 (Meaning: More than serving a thousand people with food, more than building ten thousand temples of faith, what is better is to educate an underprivileged person) Selvarajah Muraledaran President, e-Kalvi Charity Fund Inc. (JUGA-Victoria) 8 4. ACHIEVEMENT SUMMARY FOR THE 2019/20 FINANCIAL YEAR 1. The Annual fund-raising event “Palkalai Virunthu- 2019” was organized and $28,000 was raised. 2. JUGA Retreat-2019 was organized and $1400 was raised including e-Kalvi donations. 3. We raised $2000 for the bushfire victims and the fund was donated to Country Fire Authority (CFA). 4. 1$ a day campaign was kicked off and several members joined the campaign. 5. As per the advice of Northern Provincial governor, NP5 pilot project was initiated by Provincial Ministry and Department of Education. During these pilot project, 5 of the low performing schools were selected form 5 districts in the Northern Province and their e- Kalvi implementation was monitored. 6. Grade-8 Mathematics video e-lessons were successfully completed by a team led by Mr Anthony Mathew and distributed via online. 7. ZOOM classes for the Northern Province Department of Education during the 1st wave COVID-19 school closure was sponsored. 8. ZOOM classes for the Mannar and Madu Zonal Education Centres during the 2nd wave COVID-19 school closure was sponsored. 9. The ongoing online seminars of Mathematics and Science subjects for the O/L students was sponsored. 10. Organized, sponsored and implemented the PEN-DRIVE project for the students who don’t have internet facilities. The pen-drives contents include the e-Lessons and Exam Paper Classes in Video Format. 11. Verugal-06 project: with the funding of Dr K. Rajaratnam (UK), we established 6 new e-Kalvi centers in Verugal region in the Easter Province. 12. Vaharai project: With the funding of Anpuneri- USA, we inaugurated a new e-Kalvi centre in Kathiraveli in the Eastern province. 13. The annual Fundraising event “e-Kalvi Global-2020” was organized successfully as a virtual program. 14. e-Kalvi