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VACD Australia & Sri Lanka June 2025 Newsletter<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"VACD<\/p>\n

“Their Future in Our Hands”<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

VACD Australia & Sri Lanka June\u00a02025\u00a0Newsletter<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u201cWhen we give alms with our hearts, we give well\u201d<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Dear friends, colleagues, supporters, and collaborative partners,<\/strong><\/span>
\nGreetings to all of you from all of us at VACD Australia and Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/p>\n

Please share this newsletter with your families, friends, loved ones, colleagues and\u00a0acquaintances and help us broaden our sponsorship group through your patronage and participation. This regular publication keeps subscribers informed of important projects, new initiatives and ongoing activity of our mission which supports and uplifts children with disabilities and their families in the Uva Province (8th<\/sup>\u00a0poorest out of 9 provinces) of Sri Lanka. Many thanks for your continued support, patronage and commitment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our Mission:<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0Our mission is to serve children with disabilities and their families as equals, regardless of their caste, creed, race, or locality, and to foster VACD\u2019s ethos of love, care, unity, and support for each other, thereby fortifying multi-layered and long-lasting foundations for community accord, harmony, prosperity and mutual well-being.<\/span><\/p>\n

VACD Australia implements stage one of its succession plan:<\/u><\/strong><\/span>
\nIn keeping with a VACD Australia board decision taken at the VACD Australia AGM of 2024, Mrs. Shanthi Manamperi (VACD Australia Director \u2013 Legal, Governance & Compliance & Coordinator VACD Sri Lanka) would assume the additional role of Chairperson VACD Australia effective July 2025.<\/span>
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\nThis is the first of a series of succession plans being implemented by the VACD Australia Board in order to ensure that our mission remains focused and relevant with dynamic, committed and dedicated directors leading us over future years.<\/span>
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\nPlease extend the support and guidance that you have given me over the past 14+ years to Shanthi \u2013 Thank you.<\/span>
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\nEffective July 2025, my role at our mission will be as Chairman Emeritus \u2013 VACD Australia & Sri Lanka.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>
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\nVACD Sri Lanka and CP Lanka Foundation meeting with his excellency the Honorable Mr. Kapila Jayasekara \u2013 Governor Uva Province Sri Lanka and the Provincial Government Team:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The undersigned and Mrs. Yasmin Stephen (Administration & Communication Secretary, VACD Australia) undertook our annual self-funded VACD tour to Sri Lanka in May 2025, and took the opportunity to meet with the newly appointed Governor of Uva Province, as detailed below.<\/span>
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\nTop photo: left to right: The undersigned, Dr Gopi Kumar Kitnasamy- Founder – CP Lanka Foundation, Hon Gov. Uva Province Sri Lanka Kapila Jayasekara, Mr. Rajkaran Mahendran \u2013 C P Lanka Foundation, Mr. D M Ranathunge \u2013 Director Projects & programs VACD Sri Lanka and Retd. Col. R M Kumarasinghe \u2013 Secretary VACD Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We also took the opportunity to visit our VACD Bandarawela, Badulla and Ambagasdowa centres, meet with our staff, children, parents and well-wishes. The key medium to long term challenge for us at present is to find suitable avenues of gainful employment and income generating opportunities for our VACD young adults who were very young when they initially entered the VACD fold. Finding suitable employment for these young adults with special needs close to their homes, given that they must have family support is a huge challenge. Please feel free to share any thoughts and suggestions that you may have so that we can together find the right solutions for this developing challenge.<\/span>
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\nVACD\u2019s Projects, Programs and Planned Activities in the Uva Province for 2025\/26<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
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  • Parents of VACD registered children are being encouraged to take their children to local public hospital paediatric clinics for regular checkups since local pedestrians have pledged to extend their support to our mission, parents and children.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Local pediatricians plan to conduct regular clinics either at our centres or at a public venue so that they can extend their services to a larger number of disabled children and their parents in the province.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • VACD Australia Director Ms. Gabriella Vascotto (Autism\/Behaviour Consultant\u2013 Greater Melbourne Area, Australia) is scheduled to introduce a comprehensive \u201cEarly Childhood Supported Playgroup Program\u201d across our VACD centres in mid to late July 2024.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • VACD centres continue to extend specialist rehabilitation services performed by trained and qualified VACD staff such as life and special skills development and guidance\/assistance to parents thereby enabling them to cope with their daily challenges whilst caring for their children.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The Uva Provincial Council Governor\u2019s office plans to hold a one-day seminar involving Sri Lankan and international industry practitioners and experts and all stakeholders covering children\u2019s disabilities across the province in October. This will assist them to plan and implement a more targeted and comprehensive rehabilitation programs for disabled children in the Uva province over future years.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • We are delighted that industry experts from the Kelaniya University and Ayati Foundation, Dr. Mithran Coomarasamy \u2013 Consultant Paediatrician \u2013 Sydney Australia and Dr. Gopi Kitnasamy Cerebral Palsy Lanka Foundation are among the practicing consultants that have agreed to address this conference.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Dr. Gopi Kitnasamy, Founder Cerebral Palsy Lanka Foundation and his colleagues, in collaboration with the Ayati Trust and VACD plan to implement a two-year outreach program to identify, locate and support children with congenital disabilities and their parents in the Uva province in collaboration with the Uva Provincial council, Uva Health Ministry and local medical practitioners.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The \u201coutreach\u201d program aims to locate, support and rehabilitate disabled children as soon as possible since the first 1000 days of a newborn\u2019s life (known as the Golden period) are critically important. The program will commence early detection, provide proper rehabilitation services in order to optimize future outcomes.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Early intervention will ensure a better and brighter future for these children and their families in later years.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • We intend launching a global fund-raising campaign to facilitate this outreach program once a comprehensive report covering detailed project objectives, plans, programs and costs are finalised.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Regular updates on our VACD Facebook Page:<\/u><\/strong><\/span>
\nMs. Aloyna (Pinky) Taylor, VACD\u2019s Head of Digital Communication together with Mrs. Yasmin Stephen, VACD\u2019s Administration & Communication Secretary, post regular news and updates on a range of VACD activities and news on our Facebook page:\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vacdlk<\/a>.<\/span>
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\nAustralian Dollar Donations via Direct Bank Transfers:<\/u><\/strong><\/span>
\nName of Account:\u00a0<\/strong>Volunteers to Assist Children with Disabilities Limited<\/span>
\nBank:<\/strong>\u00a0Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Liverpool & Castlereagh Streets Branch,<\/span>
\nCnr of Liverpool & Castlereagh Streets, Sydney NSW 2000 Australia<\/span>
\nAccount No<\/strong>: 1130 2156 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0BSB:<\/strong>\u00a0062-016\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0BIC\/SWIFT<\/strong>\u00a0Code: CTBAAU2S<\/span>
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\n(Donations made during the Australian financial year 1st<\/sup>\u00a0July 2024 to 30th<\/sup>\u00a0June 2025 are tax deductible for Australian Taxpayers)<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSri Lanka Rupee Donations via Direct Bank Transfers:<\/u><\/strong><\/span>
\nName of Account:<\/strong>\u00a0Volunteers to Assist Children with Disabilities Private Limited<\/span>
\nBank:<\/strong>\u00a0Seylan Bank, 240, Badulla Road, Bandarawela, Sri Lanka<\/span>
\nAccount Number:<\/strong>\u00a0046035439722001<\/span>
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\nNote:<\/strong>\u00a0Please send an email to:\u00a0fstephen@bigpond.net.au<\/a>\u00a0ensuring that your name and email address are mentioned when making direct bank transfers. Thank you<\/span>
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\nInternational Multicurrency Donations:<\/u><\/strong><\/span>
\nInternational donors who wish to support our mission can do so through the Benevity Causes portal via the hyperlink below for all your multi-currency donation options:<\/span>
\nhttps:\/\/mygoodness.benevity.org\/community\/search?query=vacd&country=036<\/a><\/span>The full list of all your donation options:<\/u><\/strong><\/span>
\nThe following hyperlink will enable you to find all donation options that are available to you on our webpage:\u00a0https:\/\/www.vacd.org.au\/donate\/<\/a><\/span>
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\nA\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>big \u201cThank You\u201d to all of you from all of us at VACD and c<\/u><\/strong>hildren with disabilities and their families in the region<\/u><\/strong><\/span>
\nOur journey is bound to be long and challenging. The official and unofficial number of children and their families who need our love, support, compassion, and care are sizeable and increasing steadily. We look forward to your continued generosity, active support for our undertaking and your partnership with us in this most fulfilling and worthwhile 13+ year journey that we traverse together.<\/span>
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\nPlease visit us at:\u00a0https:\/\/www.vacd.org.au\/<\/a>\u00a0 and reach out to us at:\u00a0fstephen@bigpond.net.au<\/a>\u00a0should you choose to support our mission. Please share this newsletter with your network so that together we certainly can make a difference in the lives of children with disabilities, one by one!!!<\/span>Many thanks for your continued support, best wishes, and warmest regards\u2026. Felix<\/span>
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\nFelix Stephen<\/strong><\/span>
\nChairman of the Board of Directors – VACD Ltd. Sydney \u2013 Australia \u2013<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Felix Stephen<\/strong><\/span>
\nChairman of the Board of Directors – VACD Ltd. Sydney \u2013 Australia \u2013\u00a0https:\/\/www.vacd.org.au\/<\/a><\/span>
\nMember of the Advisory Board \u2013 VACD Sri Lanka<\/span>
\nMember of the Advisory Board \u2013 Two Leaves Foundation Sri Lanka<\/span>
\nSenior Associate \u2013 Cognoscenti Group \u2013 Sydney \u2013 Australia-\u00a0http:\/\/www.cognoscenti.global\/<\/a><\/span>
\nMember of Investment Committee – Arrive Wealth Management – Brisbane \u2013 Australia \u2013\u00a0https:\/\/www.arrivewealthmanagement.com.au\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n


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