Sri Lanka is a country which has been devastated by civil war. Spanning over two decades it has had a generational impact on the education of our populous. The war ended in 2009 but the impact is still felt by many with many Sri Lankans still affected by poverty, famine, disease and homelessness. The wounds can often be deep and slow to heal with children being especially vulnerable in the aftermath of the war.

Having been in education during the majority the civil war the Teach Sri Lanka founding committee understands more than most that a solid educational grounding can act as the cure to the ailments faced by the children who have been displaced by war. Its transformative potential and ability to lift people out of poverty is second to none. The committee hopes that this transformative potential will have wide reaching impact not just for the children impacted directly but for the country as a whole.

It is for this reason Teach’s focus is to help fund and promote various educational causes and schools. We at Teach feel incredibly privileged to have been afforded a first class education and we hope to give other Sri Lankans the opportunity to have the same.

If teach were to be encapsulated in a single quote it would be this one from Mother Teresa: “It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.”