Template:All Projects/Year/2021

Manuscripts Archive

Project Number	NF/PG/2021/0005	Grant Agency / Donors	Noolaham Foundation	Project Owner	Kopinath Thillainathan
Project Mentor	Kopinath Thillainathan	Project Locations	Jaffna and Batticaloa	Project Period	2021
Stakeholders	Staff and Volunteers of Noolaham Foundation

This project to identify and digitize Ola Manuscripts and recording oral histories related to those Ola Manuscripts. This project was created as part of Noolaham’s objective of documenting, digitizing and disseminating knowledge bases associated with the Tamil speaking communities.

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Survey and Digital Preservation of Upcountry Tamil Archival Records (Modern Endangered Archives Program Malaiyakam)

Project Number	NF/PG/2021/0004	Grant Agency / Donors	UCLA	Project Owner	Thamilini Jothilingam
Project Mentor	Thamilini Jothilingam	Project Locations	Upcountry	Project Period	2021
Stakeholders	Staff and Volunteers of Noolaham Foundation

This project will survey existing archival records, commemorative publications, and historical photographs created by Sri Lanka’s Upcountry Tamils since 1948. The Upcountry (HillCountry) Tamils, are the descendants of nineteenth-century Indian laborers brought to work on the country’s British-owned tea, coffee, and rubber plantations who continue to face political disenfranchisement and state-sponsored discrimination in Sri Lanka.

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Noolaham Digital Library Collection Development 2021

Project Number	NF/PG/2021/0002	Grant Agency / Donors	Noolaham Foundation	Project Owner	Noolaham Foundation
Project Mentor	Rathina Iyer Pathmanaba Iyer	Project Locations	SriLanka	Project Period	2021
Stakeholders	Staff and Volunteers of Noolaham Foundation

This is an annual project undertaken by Noolaham Foundation. Under this project, documents lent and gifted to Noolaham by writers and collectors of documents, documents gathered via the various projects conducted by Noolaham, documents that were left out during previous projects conducted by Noolaham and documents that need to be added to the existing collections and multimedia documents are documented. In 2021.

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Noolaham Staff's Career Development & Empowerment

Project Number	NF/PG/2021/0001	Grant Agency / Donors	Visions Global Empowerment	Project Owner	Shaseevan Ganeshananthan
Project Mentor	Shaseevan Ganeshananthan	Project Locations	Jaffna, Batticaloa, Kilinochchi and Hatton	Project Period	2021
Stakeholders	Staff and Volunteers of Noolaham Foundation

The staff of Noolaham would like to develop their professional skills for the betterment of the activities carried out by Noolaham. They will study and follow additional courses and undergo training to advance their careers. In order to pursue relevant programs and training, they need financial support, especially to pay the course/training fee. The wages they earn from Noolaham are insufficient to meet this need. They also find it difficult to obtain financial support from their families or external sources on their own. Therefore, it is important that Noolaham provide financial support towards their education and training which in turn will improve the quality of their contribution to Noolaham. The employees will also find emotional satisfaction when their requests to improve their career is respected and positively responded to by Noolaham Foundation. This will also increase their commitment to Noolaham. On the other hand, Noolaham should upgrade its mechanisms and procedures in the areas of digitizing, archiving and library management and accounting in keeping with the advances made in these or related fields. Its employees need to possess advanced knowledge and skills in these areas in order to enhance Noolaham’s output. Therefore, investing in a project that aims to build up the strength of Noolaham’s human resources is a top priority of Noolaham Foundation. Noolaham and its staff will improve the quality and efficiency of the work they do and their professionalism as a whole through providing infrastructure and equipment along with leadership training.

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