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		+	Noolaham Foundation was established in 2005. Prior to its formal establishment, initiatives had already been undertaken to convert books and other documentary materials into digital formats, with the objective of preserving and facilitating access to valuable knowledge resources.
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		+	This section presents information on the initiatives undertaken prior to the establishment of Noolaham Foundation, together with a chronological account of significant developments, milestones, and activities undertaken by the Foundation from its establishment in 2005 onwards. These records collectively document the evolution of the organisation, its major initiatives, and its contribution to digital documentation, preservation, and access to knowledge.

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 * Noolaham Foundation collaborated with Visions Global Empowerment aiming at initiation of “Moodle” system and introducing to students communities. Moodle system is an e - learning interface and contain educational resources in an online platform and making them accessible to students. 1,390 educational resources and a question bank with 10,008 Multiple Choice Questions were included at NF’s portal of  www.epallikoodam.org. Also conducted various orientation events with the support of the Tamil Students of University of Moratuwa and University of Uwa Wellasa.
 * Late 2013, Noolaham foundation has initiated the Who is Who pilot with a view to collecting information about various individuals.
-* During 2013, two rare books named ‘Thamizhpashai’ and ‘Pandaithamilar’ were published through Ezhuna Media Foundation’s collaboration.
+* Two rare books named ‘Thamizhpashai’ and ‘Pandaithamilar’ were published through Ezhuna Media Foundation’s collaboration.
 * Chief Program Executive appointed on the 1st of November 2013.
 * Thevagowry Mahalingasivam contributed as a consultant. And Mr. Rathina Iyer Pathmanaba Iyer, Prof. Sivasubramaniam Pathmanathan, Prof. Sinniah Maunaguru, Dr. Selvy Thiruchandran, Prof. Macbool Alimmohamed Nuhman, Prof. Somasundram Sandrasegaram, Prof. Sabharatnam Jeyarasa and Prof. Paramu Pushparatnam were appointed as the Patrons of Noolaham Foundation for a period of two years.
-* During 2013, a total of 70 donors together contributed LKR 4,265,833.00.
+* A total of 70 donors together contributed LKR 4,265,833.00.
-* During 2013, seventy six copy right holders gave permissions to documenting and digitizing the printed/the written documents which have archival rights and to publish them in NF website.
+* 76 copy right holders gave permissions to documenting and digitizing the printed/the written documents which have archival rights and to publish them in NF website.
 * Noolaham Foundation was digitized 1,067 documents during 2013, among them more than 400 documents were collected from Mr. Rajathurai Ganesarajah .
 * By the end of 2013, 13175 publications were digitized by Noolaham Foundation.

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 * The first conference of Noolaham Foundation on the theme “Documentation and Preservation in Sri Lankan Tamil Milieu” was held on the 27th and 28th of April 2013 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
+* An introductory event was organized in Batticaloa on 30th March 2013 to introduce Noolaham's activities to the public. Noolaham’s activities were discussed at The 41st Literary Assembly which was conducted in Jaffna on the 20th and 21st of July 2013. The director of Noolaham Foundation’s Mr. Seran Sivananthamoorthy gave a presentation at an event conducted by the Asia Art Archive and Raking Leaves on July 2013 in Colombo.
 * During 2013, Noolaham Foundation collaborated with the Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna and implemented the Tamil Optical Character Recognition Support Project to provide scanned raw images of rare Tamil documents to assist a Tamil OCR development project.
 * Noolaham Foundation conducted ‘Panaiyolai’ seminar series about  Documentation and sharing of Knowledge, open access, Tamil Wikipedia and creative commons  in Jaffna and Colombo.
 * Noolaham Foundation collaborated with Royal College, Colombo in digitization projects. 92 publications of the Tamil Students of Colombo Royal College were digitized and released as a DVD named “Veththiyar Thamilaavanam” at an event held at Royal College Union Skill Centre on 31st March 2013.
 * Noolaham Foundation collaborated with Jaffna Hindu College, Jaffna in digitization project. 135 publications were digitized and released  as a DVD named “Aaram” on 14th October 2013 at Saraswathy Hall, Bambalapitiya, Colombo. A booklet was also published.
-•	Noolaham Foundation collaborated with Visions Global Empowerment aiming at initiation of “Moodle” system and introducing to students communities. Moodle system is an e - learning interface and contain educational resources in an online platform and making them accessible to students. 1,390 educational resources and a question bank with 10,008 Multiple Choice Questions were included at NF’s portal of  www.epallikoodam.org. Also conducted various orientation events with the support of the Tamil Students of University of Moratuwa and University of Uwa Wellasa.
+* Noolaham Foundation collaborated with Visions Global Empowerment aiming at initiation of “Moodle” system and introducing to students communities. Moodle system is an e - learning interface and contain educational resources in an online platform and making them accessible to students. 1,390 educational resources and a question bank with 10,008 Multiple Choice Questions were included at NF’s portal of  www.epallikoodam.org. Also conducted various orientation events with the support of the Tamil Students of University of Moratuwa and University of Uwa Wellasa.
 * Late 2013, Noolaham foundation has initiated the Who is Who pilot with a view to collecting information about various individuals.
 * During 2013, two rare books named ‘Thamizhpashai’ and ‘Pandaithamilar’ were published through Ezhuna Media Foundation’s collaboration.

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 * A colloboration with Ezhuna Media Foundation was initiated to republish rare books.
 * In the end of 2011 the number of total books digitized was 12,108.
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 * Noolaham Foundation was awarded with 'Thamil pazhanam' award by the Hindu Union of Colombo University.
 * A colloboration with Ezhuna Media Foundation was initiated to republish rare books.
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 * An administrative office of Noolaham Foundation was opened in Tamil Sangam in February. This has become the head office of the Foundation from where all Programs and activities are coordinated.
-* Pallikoodam Program was launched aiming to create digital educational resources and virtual learning environments.
+* Pallikoodam Program was launched aiming to create digital educational resources and virtual learning environments. Two pilot projects were initiated to digitize educational resources.
 * Manuscripts Archive Program was initiated. Mr. S. Seran, Director of Noolaham Foundation, attended a training program provided by the French Institute of Pondicherry on digitizing manuscripts. Projects were carried out to digitize manuscripts held at various places including Chunnakam public library.
 * Muslin Archive special collection was initiated from Akkaraipattu.
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 * Seventh anniversary of Noolaham Foundation and Panaiyolai documentation seminar were conducted. Various outreach event were carried out. Noolaham Foundation participated in events like World Tamil Literary Conference 2012
 * Noolaham Foundation was awarded with 'Thamil pazhanam' award by the Hindu Union of Colombo University.
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 * An administrative office of Noolaham Foundation was opened in Tamil Sangam in February. This has become the head office of the Foundation from where all Programs and activities are coordinated.
 * Pallikoodam Program was launched aiming to create digital educational resources and virtual learning environments.
-* Manuscripts Archive Program was initiated. Mr. S. Seran, Director of Noolaham Foundation, attended a training program provided by the French Institute of Pondicherry digitizing manuscripts. Projects were carried out to digitize manuscripts held at various places including Chunnakam public library.
+* Manuscripts Archive Program was initiated. Mr. S. Seran, Director of Noolaham Foundation, attended a training program provided by the French Institute of Pondicherry on digitizing manuscripts. Projects were carried out to digitize manuscripts held at various places including Chunnakam public library.
-* Muslin Archive initiated from Akkaraipattu.
+* Muslin Archive special collection was initiated from Akkaraipattu.
 * Noolaham Foundation was awarded with Federal Assistance Award by Public Affairs Office of the U. S. Department of State, Colombo.
 * Noolaham Foundation collaborated with Neelan Tiruchelvam Trust in digitization projects in October.

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 * Noolaham Foundation collaborated with Neelan Tiruchelvam Trust in digitization projects in October.
 * Noolaham Foundation started to archive its digital collection with other relevant institutions. Jaffna Public Library and Colombo Tamil Sangam were presented with digital copies of the publications Noolaham has documented.
-* Seventh anniversary of Noolaham Foundation was celebrated Jaffna Public library, Colombo Tamil Sangam and many writers presented their books for digitization processes. Introductory event of Newsletter, 'Puthiya Noolaham' was held in Vadamaradchi. Noolaham Foundation actively participated in the World Tamil Literary Conference 2012. Noolaham Foundation was awarded with 'Thamil pazhanam' award by the Hindu Union of Colombo University.
+* Seventh anniversary of Noolaham Foundation and Panaiyolai documentation seminar were conducted. Various outreach event were carried out. Noolaham Foundation participated in events like World Tamil Literary Conference 2012
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