Friends of Noolaham

Documenting, preserving and developing all spheres of knowledge related to the Sri Lankan Tamil speaking communities is the monumental challenge that Noolaham Foundation has undertaken, hand in hand with the communities.

Over the past 15 years, the institutional and organizational development of Noolaham Foundation has matured into a leading digital preservation and archiving institution in Sri Lanka.

Now we need your help to preserve and grow our work for the long term.

Our Work Digitized over 81,700 documents. Developed the largest Tamil Digital Library - noolaham.org Developed epallikoodam.org Open Education Resource serving Tamil speaking students Organized the first ever Tamil Documentation Conference with the participation of over 80 scholars Developed special collections including Muslim Archive, Malaiyaham Archive, and Manuscripts Archive Statistics Volunteers [398] | Benefactors [761] | Content Contributors [1615] | Projects [89] | Collaborating Organizations [28] | Repositories [18] | Personal Collections [76] | Chapters [10] | Friends of Noolaham Members [238] | Publications [35] | Reference Services [478] | Feedback [127] Our Impact During May 2015, Noolaham Digital Library was accessed by 9,465 different users from 664 cities in 73 countries. "OMG!!! This is wonderful! I feel like I got the jackpot.. many, many sincere thanks." - Kiruthiha (An Activist Researcher regarding discovering our noolaham.org digital library) I am very impressed by the digitization work you have been doing on Tamil documents and your openness in sharing information. Asia Art Archive believes in "preservation through sharing" which is in common with the vision of your Foundation. Thank you. - Linda Lee (Library Coordinator, Asia Art Archive) The dedication of Noolaham Foundation impresses me a lot. The younger generation is doing a very important job - Prof S. Maunaguru (Eastern University, Sri Lanka) The Tamil Documentation Conference 2013 was hailed as the first ever conference conducted in Tamil on Documentation and the Conference Proceedings volume serves as an important reference work for Tamil scholars.

Join Us Helping students, researchers, and public get access to valuable knowledge at their fingertips. In continuing to documenting our heritage and knowledge bases and making them available online for free. In preserving, celebrating and growing our language, literature, arts, sports, cuisine, way of life and varied expressions. We have Friends of Noolaham from our different Countries Chapters around the world to help Noolaham with sustainability for a longer period of time. Why we should have a Sustainability Plan and Funding Request to sustain Noolaham as an organization. Friends of Noolaham Donate Now Visit Contribute page for the bank details. You may donate via Paypal as well. Contact one of our coordinators to minimize the money transfer costs. Sri Lanka: Seran Sivananthamoorthy (seran1990@gmail.com) (Phone: 0094772247746) United Kingdom: Bharaneetharan J (jbharane@gmail.com) (Phone: 00447915555458) Canada: Natkeeran L Kanthan (natkeeran@gmail.com) (Phone: 0014165920980) Australia: Kopinath Thillainathan (kopinath@gmail.com) (Phone: 0061433618708) Norway: USA: Piratheepan Paramanathan (pratheep@gmail.com) (Phone: 0013236794666) Switzerland: Babu Poopalapillai (poopalapillai@besonet.ch) (Phone: 0041344230405) Financial and other Information Annual Reports (with Audited Financial Statements): 2013 |2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 Annual Budget for 2015 Introductions : English Booklet | PP Manual Leaflet : Tamil Presentation : Slides | Video Newsletters : Newsletters 2011-2013 Publications : Books | Booklets The current Friends of Noolaham Members