Dear friends, colleagues, supporters, and collaborative partners, Greetings to you, your families, loved ones and colleagues from all of us at VACD Australia and Sri Lanka. Observing Thai Pongal 2025 at VACD VACD Sri Lanka’s leadership team, staff, children, their families, and local supporters of our mission observed Thai Pongal, the Hindu/Tamil harvest festival on Thursday, 16th January 2025 as seen in the photographs below: Thai Pongal is a multi-day Hindu Harvest festival celebrated...

Dear friends, colleagues, supporters, and collaborative partners, Happy New Year 2025 and the very best to you, your families and loved ones throughout this year and over the coming years from all of us at VACD Australia and Sri Lanka. International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Christmas and end of 2024 celebrations at VACD Sri Lanka. Our VACD Centres in Bandarawela, Badulla and Ambagasdowa celebrated some significant days as seen in the photographs below: VACD Bandarawela: VACD Badulla:...

“When we give alms with our hearts, we give well” Dear friends, colleagues, supporters, and collaborative partners, Greetings to you, your families, loved ones and colleagues from all of us at VACD. Fabulous News!!!: The Chairman Uva Province Transport Service Authority, Mr. Susil Kumara (extreme right in photo) personally conveyed exciting news to us when he arrived at our Badulla centre with travel passes for our VACD children attending our Badulla centre. Deshamanya Mr. N,G,R.D Kumarawansa...

Dear friends, colleagues, supporters, and collaborative partners, Greetings to you, your families, loved ones and colleagues from all of us at VACD. VACD Australia AGM & Succession Strategy: The Annual General Meeting of the VACD Australia Board was held on Sunday, 15th September in Sydney. Key proposals endorsed at this meeting were – the appointment of Farrah Carim (member of the VACD Melbourne Chapter) to the VACD Australia Board, Roderick De Sylva to assume the role of Director...

Dear friends, colleagues, supporters, and collaborative partners, Greetings to you, your families, loved ones, and colleagues from all of us at VACD. Annual Report: My Annual Report for FY 2023/24 to the VACD Australia Board and Fellows can be found on the following hyperlink: https://www.vacd.org.au/2024/08/14/vacd-australia-chairmanss-fy-2023-2024-annual-report-to-the-vacd-australia-board-fellows/ VACD Australia Board’s Tour of VACD Sri Lanka in July 2024:   For the very first time...

Dear friends, colleagues, supporters, and collaborative partners, Greetings to you, your families, loved ones, and colleagues from all of us at VACD. Observing Vesak at our VACD Badulla centre:   Vesak is the most important festival observed by Buddhists as it commemorates the birth, enlightenment and passing of Gautama Buddha.   Staff, parents, and children at our Dora Jeanne Centre in Badulla celebrated this event on Sunday, 26th May by attending a sermon delivered by the clergy...

Dear friends, colleagues, supporters, and collaborative partners, Greetings to you, your families, loved ones, and colleagues from all of us at VACD. Delightful News – VACD Ambagasdowa Centre relocated:   Our VACD Ambagasdowa centre  sponsored by Teardrop Hotels – (https://www.teardrop-hotels.com/) was relocated to new premises on Thursday, 9th May.  The determination and efforts of Col. Kumarasinghe – Secretary VACD Sri Lanka, directors Mr. L.M.P. Lankadikara (Retired Deputy Chief...

Dear friends, colleagues, supporters, and collaborative partners, Greetings to you, your families, loved ones, and colleagues from all of us at VACD. VACD Australia has a new Director:  We are delighted to welcome Mr. Roderick (Rod) De Sylva as a director at VACD Australia, effective 22nd March. Rod and his wife Suzanne (see below) are talented, capable, and generous individuals who have sponsored and supported our mission since inception. They paid our Bandarawela centre a visit while...

Dear friends, colleagues, supporters, and collaborative partners, Greetings to you, your families, loved ones, and colleagues from all of us at VACD. Senura Engineering staff visit to our Bandarawela Centre:  Staff from Senura Civil Engineering (Pvt.) Ltd, (https://www.facebook.com/SenuraCE/) stationed in Bandarawela paid our Bandarawela centre a most welcome and delightful visit on Thursday, 222nd February to provide our children with food, school bags and stationery that was most...