Organizations
The following is the list of the organizations we collaborate with. Collaboration does not necessarily mean that the Foundation endorse the activities, views or content of these organizations.
Project Noolaham
Project Noolaham is a non-profitable collective and voluntary endeavour aimed at the preservation of Sri Lankan Tamil-related publications and research papers in digital formats, ensuring their availability for the greater benefit of all who are able to access the internet.
For more details visit: noolaham.net
The Foundation facilitates Project Noolaham initiative by providing financial assistance and indexation services.
Womens' Education and Research Centre
Womens' Education and Research Centre, a non-profit organisation established in 1982, strives to achieve gender equality in all spheres of life by subscribing to such values of secularism, pluralism and social democracy.
For more details visit: wercsl.org
Noolaham collaborates with WERC in digitizing their publications and other women related publications. It should be pointed out that Noolaham's first ever collaborated project was carried out with WERC back in 2007. The project Report is included in the 2008 Annual Report
Thamizham
Thamizham is a web based project by Pollachi Nasan. Pollachi Nasan digitizes various rare magazines and books from his vast collection.
For more details visit: Thamizham.net
Noolaham volunteers have provided technical consultancy to Thamizham during the initial stages of their digitization initiative.
Suvadi Digital Library
Suvadi Digital Library is a physical library with digital resources. It is based in Jaffna.
For more details visit: suvadi.net
The Foundation have provided financial assistance to Suvadi to carryout their activities.
Colombo Tamil Sangam
Colombo Tamil Sangam contributes towards the betterment of Tamil language, culture and Arts. Established in 1942, it operates a library with more than 45,000 books, publishes books and magazines, and conducts various events.
For more details visit: colombotamilsangam.com
Viluthu
Viluthu strives to promote a culture of democracy by facilitating changes in legislations, policies and institutional culture through building capacities and instilling values that underpin a democratic and inclusive society.
For more details visit: viluthu.org
Viluthu had provided office space and related facilities to Noolaham.
International Center for Ethnic Studies
The International Centre for Ethnic Studies is a renowned international research centre located in Sri Lanka.
It was established in 1982 with the support of the Ford Foundation by a team of Sri Lankan and International scholars. It is amongst the select few institutions that are both ‘local’ to the global South and ‘international’ in orientation. ICES is in ‘special category’ consultative status with the United Nations ECOSOC. The mission of ICES is “to deepen the understanding of ethnicity, identity politics and conflict, and to foster conditions for an inclusive, just and peaceful society nationally, regionally and globally, through research, publication, dialogue, creative expression and knowledge transfer”.
For more details visit: [2]
Tamil National Archive
Tamil National Archive is a digitizing initiative with its focus on documents related to Marxism and Nationalism.
For more details visit: tamilarangam.net
Keetru
Keetru is a web based library with machine readable texts of numerous magazines and articles.
For more details visit: keetru.com
The Foundation have provided financial assistance to Keetru to carryout their activities.
Cintanaikoodam - Jaffna
Cintanaikoodam is a Jaffna based organisation founded by R. Sivachandran. It aims to coordinate think tanks for social Development.
The Foundation have collaborated with Cintanaikoodam in conducting awareness raising activities and workshops.
Jaffna Public Library
The library was built in many stages starting from 1933, from a modest beginning as a private collection. Soon with the help of primarily local citizens, it became a full fledged library. The library also became a repository of archival material written in palm leaf manuscripts, original copies of regionally important historic documents in the contested Contest[›]political history of Sri Lanka and newspapers that were published hundreds of years ago in the Jaffna peninsula. It thus became a place of historic and symbolic importance to the local minority Sri Lankan Tamil people An organized mob went on a rampage on the nights of May 31 to June 2, 1981, burning the Jaffna public library. The library at the time of destruction was one of the biggest in Asia containing over 97,000 unique books and unique manuscript.
For more details visit: Jaffna Pulic Library
International Tamil Institute for Research and Analytical Activities (ITIRAA)
International Tamil Institute for Research and Analytical Activities (ITIRAA) is an initiative in Sri Lanka that links with researchers, technical experts and scholars to bring the Tamil speaking communities closer to community based research and development. For more details visit : itiraa.org
