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 MGCAANA Projects

 2005-2006

  • Donation for Katrina victims:

Donated $200.00 to Mercy Corps, a well known non-profit organization, to assist Katrina victims. The money was raised by doing a car wash by the members from theWashington State 

  • Donation for JEENA:

As an organization committed to support the local community, MGCAANA donated $50.00 to the JEENA Foundation in California , which is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping children with developmental disorders.

  • Donation of Computers to Mahamaya Girls’ College, Sri Lanka :

MGCAANA is committed to increase educational growth among our students. As a result, we sent four used computers to Mahamaya Girls’ College in May 2006. The computers will be used in the computer laboratory.

  • Fundraising raffle:

As an effort to raise funds to continue support all the projects, we organized a successful fundraising raffle. The money raised was used to publish the Commemorative Volume and fund the scholarship program.

2006-2007

  • Undergraduate/Graduate scholarship program:

      This scholarship is designed to provide cost of books and material for one single        

      semester for Mahamaya Girls' College alumnae pursuing undergraduate or    

      graduate studies in the United States and Canada. The Goal was to recognize

      alumnae who demonstrate outstanding academic achievements, leadership

      abilities, and participation in extracurricular activities, and require a significant

      level of financial need.

           

           Two $250 scholarships were awarded to two recipients for the year of 2007.

            MGCAANA will be continuing this scholarship program every year!

            For more information please go to:                 

            http://www.mahamayaalumnina.org/scholarship.html

  • Donation of sports equipment:

            MGCAANA donated $200 to purchase sports equipment at Mahamaya.  The

            Prefect of Games at the school has used the donation to buy equipments for

            basketball, badminton, table tennis, netball, and athletic teams. 

  • Sponsor disadvantaged students at Mahamaya:

            With the help of current members and well-wishers of MGCAANA, 21

            disadvantaged students were sponsored; The money was used to pay the hostel

            fees of the students for one year.

            MGCAANA wishes to continue this sponsorship program every year!

             If you’d like to participate or would like to know more about this program please

             go to:

                           http://www.mahamayaalumnina.org/Documents/MayaPuwathSponsorhipProgram.doc

  • Publish a volume to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Mahamaya :

      To celebrate the 75th anniversary of Mahamaya, MGCAANA is in the process of    

      publishing a commemorative volume. The Articles were submitted by current

      members of MGCAANA, past principles and the teachers of Mahamaya and

      alumnae living in Sri Lanka and other countries. 

  • Fundraising:

To raise funds for the organization, members from the Maryland/Washington D.C area did a car wash. They were able to raise $400.     

  • Donation to NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness):                                                                                     

          As an effort to help a charity organization, MGCAANA donated $100.00 to

            NAMI which is a non-profit charity organization for people with mental illness

            and their families.

   

2008

  • Donated French books to the library of Mahamaya

      MGCAANA donated 50 French books to the library of Mahamaya. The French

      books will be mainly used by Ordinary Level and Advanced Level students. 

  • Undergraduate/Graduate scholarship program:

Two years in a row, MGCAANA awarded two $250 scholarships to two

            recipients for the year of 2008!

      This scholarship is designed to provide cost of books and material for one single        

      semester for Mahamaya Girls' College alumnae pursuing undergraduate or    

      graduate studies in the United States and Canada. The Goal was to recognize

      alumnae who demonstrate outstanding academic achievements, leadership

      abilities, and participation in extracurricular activities, and require a significant

      level of financial need.

            MGCAANA will be continuing this scholarship program every year!

            For more information please go to:                 

            http://www.mahamayaalumnina.org/scholarship.html

  • Fundraising:

Fundraising committee organized to sell a collection of Batik wall hangings to raise funds for the organization. If you’d like to buy any of the wall hangings, please go to http://www.mahamayaalumnina.org/batiks.html                                                       

     

 

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