A warm welcome to my LinkedIn network members to our regular VACD newsletters: New LinkedIn network members and others can learn more about our mission for children with disabilities in Sri Lanka by visiting:  http://www.vacd.org.au/ and partner us on this remarkable journey of empathy and benevolence.  Broaden your scope: I strongly urge all my LinkedIn network members to extend your own network, enhance your expertise and profile and create opportunities for yourselves and others...

We welcome new subscribers to our regular newsletter, particularly those from my LinkedIn network who requested more details about our mission for children with disabilities in Sri Lanka, offered their support and volunteered to partner us on this remarkable humane journey. It is also wonderful to see so many of you from my LinkedIn network actively participate in this professional platform by posting articles, sharing and discussing your views and broadening your perspectives, network and...

We congratulate of our VACD children: We are thrilled and delighted to congratulate our VACD Children who won the following awards at the Inter-Divisional Disabled Athletic Championships held on Saturday, 30th June at the Vinston Dias stadium in Badulla, Sri Lanka. Left to right: Avishka Imesh Kumara (1st – Putt Shot, 1st 100m – Under 15 years), Malki Nimasha (1st Long-Jump, 2nd 100m, 2nd Discuss – over 15 years), Arulanadan Sujidaran (2nd 100m – under 15 years). Avishka Kumara and Malki...

What we are proud of: We are proud to announce that through the diligence of the Sri Lanka leadership team, the VACD centre in Bandarawela has reduced less important administrative expenses from 13% of total expenses during the 2015/16 financial year, 9% during 2016/17 and now to a new low of 3%. Donors and supporters would be delighted to know that virtually all their funds directly benefit disabled children and the painstaking reduction in costs has not compromised the services and...

We appeal for your compassionate benevolence, altruism, and collaboration to uplift the lives of children with disabilities!!! Volunteers to Assist Children with Disabilities (VACD) is a limited liability & not-for profit company registered with the Australian Securities & Exchange Commission (ASIC), and the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission (ACNC), with the Registrar General of Companies in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and with the Department of...

We are back after the most successful trip so far! ..... and feeling like we have finally managed to blow the cobwebs away and let the blessings flow in and suffuse all our activities. Firstly, we are proud to announce that we have a new leadership team at VACD Sri Lanka that were appointed at the Annual General Meeting at which we were in attendance. This new team are well respected among the local community, have great professional profiles, skills and experience that can take VACD to the...

Dear All, Trust this finds you and your loved ones well. Felix and I are about to embark on a self-funded three-week tour of Sri Lanka and our itinerary is packed with appointments to meet with private individuals, government and corporate officials to garner support for our following programs: Establishment of proposed Welimada and Badulla VACD Centres;Support for equipping and furnishing the above proposed centres;Sponsors for the running expenses of the proposed centres;Sponsors for the new...

Dear All, Trust this finds all of you and your loved ones well. Newsflash – Take 1 !!!: Thanks to the initiative of Mr. James Meighan – Treasurer VACD Australia, we are now live on the Goodcompany donation and fundraising platform. Control + Click on the following link:  https://www.goodcompany.com.au/ The Goodcompany platform: The Goodcompany platform provides VACD with the opportunity to raise funds for our programs and projects that are tax efficient for the donor. The donor can decide...

"We are making a meaningful difference in the lives of Children with Disabilities" Here’s hoping the new year has started wonderfully well for you all, and will continue to be so throughout the coming years. What we are proud of The United Nations International Day for People with Disabilities was commemorated by VACD Sri Lanka on Sunday, 3rd December 2017 by the first ever procession of its kind to be held in the Uva District, with nearly 300 children with disabilities and their friends,...