WHO WE ARE
In 2007, Mike Coombes and Guy Monson were busy building their business (www.proporta.com) making accessories for the exploding mobile phone market. One day, they were working with their team in Sri Lanka (the home of their first manufacturer) when a lecturer at Colombo University told them a story which stopped them in their tracks.
It was about a bright 12-year-old Sri Lankan girl who had committed suicide when her family told her they couldn’t afford the writing paper she needed to do her schoolwork.
A year later they set up the Proporta Education Foundation (PEF) to help talented Sri Lankan children from poor families to remain in education.
Working with local volunteers drawn from the team in Sri Lanka, the PEF now supports more than a hundred children.
But funds are tight and we need your help in a country where a little goes a very long way.
A HARSH REALITY
Schooling is officially free in Sri Lanka but essentials (books, pens, paper, uniforms and transport) are not. If a family can’t cover these extra costs, it can mean that their children simply can’t go to school.
YEARS OF ACTIVITY
YOUNG PEOPLE CURRENTLY SUPPORTED
FUNDS DONATED