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 10 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 15,000 documents. Developed the largest Tamil digital library - noolaham.org Developed epallikoodam.org virtual learning environment serving students in Sri Lanka 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)

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 our language, literature, arts, sports, cuisine, way of life and varied expressions.