Template:Puthiya Poomi Digitization Project
| Project Number | NF/PG/2010/0002 | Grant Agency / Donors | Noolaham Foundation | Project Owner | Shaseevan Ganeshananthan |
| Project Mentor | Shaseevan Ganeshananthan | Project Locations | Colombo | Project Period | 2010 |
| Stakeholders | Puthiya Poomi Publishers |
The Puthiya Poomi Digitization Project was carried out by Noolaham Foundation and Puthiya Poomi publications in 2010 to digitize the publications of the Puthiya Poomi monthly newspaper. It was a project undertaken by Noolaham Foundation in collaboration with another organization. The main objectives this project was to provide the public open access to the Puthiya Poomi publications, preserve and create wide global visibility of historical documents.
The Puthiya Poomi is a political monthly newspaper published by I. Thampiya from Colombo. It typically contains news articles and feature articles on national and international issues as well as local news. The news included is related to vulnerable people, current national and internal political explorers, struggles of the people against imperialism, proletarian activities, social and left wing political concepts about communists’ life over two decades. Totally 114 Puthiya Poomi monthly issues were digitized through this project and made available online through Noolaham Foundation’s Digital Library at www.noolaham.org.
