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About Nona

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We helped girls and women
in Sri Lanka

NONA Foundation is a small independent non-profit organisation run by volunteers, that is dedicated to girl victims of sexual abuse and human trafficking in Sri Lanka.

Since 2005, NONA foundation has developed various impactful projects to ensure that girls in Sri Lanka have the chance for a promising and meaningful life.

A few facts

Nona is a foundation that has the ANBI quality mark for Charities. We made a difference and want to continue to make a difference.

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Staff members in Sri Lanka

2005

NONA gestart in Sri Lanka

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Girls Helped
Nieuwe Partner

TEAmwork Tea

TEAmwork Tea staat voor samenwerken met de vrouwelijke theepluksters van Sri Lanka. Theeplukken is een typisch vrouwenberoep daar.

De thee is biologisch en fairtrade uit Sri Lanka. De pluksters worden eerlijk betaald en krijgen een fairtrade premie, die in een fonds gaat dat door de werknemers zelf beheerd wordt en niet naar de (vaak mannelijke) eigenaar van de plantage zal gaan.

Zaterdag 22 april 2023

Charity Dinner

Graag nodigen wij u van harte uit om ons NONA Charity Dinner bij te wonen op zaterdag 22 april 2023. 
 
Dit zal plaatsvinden in restaurant India Port te Utrecht. Tijdens dit heerlijke 3-gangen dinner vertellen wij u over de laatste ontwikkelingen omtrent NONA Foundation.

NONA Sanitary Napkin Project

Dat een groot aantal meisjes en vrouwen onder zeer zware omstandigheden leeft, is algemeen bekend. Door corona en de gevolgen hiervan is in Sri Lanka de leefsituatie voor velen van hen nu slechter dan ooit.

Het is zo extreem dat veel vrouwen en meisjes niet meer de mogelijkheid hebben om maandverband te kopen. Dit leidt ertoe dat meisjes niet meer naar school gaan en vrouwen stoppen met hun baan. Dit heeft natuurlijk grote gevolgen, niet alleen voor henzelf, maar ook voor die van toekomstige generaties. Het is daarom van groot belang dat meisjes naar school kunnen blijven gaan en dat vrouwen blijven werken. Want als vrouwen ondervertegenwoordigd raken in de nationale beroepsbevolking, heeft dit bijzonder nadelige consequenties voor de positie van de vrouw in de samenleving.

Daarom starten wij het NONA Sanitary Napkin Project; een project waarbij wij meisjes en vrouwen gaan voorzien van maandverband. Zodat zij naar school kunnen blijven gaan of kunnen blijven werken.

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Registered Donations

Maximizing the impact of your donation to NONA Foundation. 

In case you make a regular one-off or periodic donation, you will only receive limited tax benefits by receiving a small amount or nothing from the Tax Authority of the Netherlands. Through a registered donation, you will receive a full tax deduction without any additional costs. You maximize your impact as you can support even more girls in Sri Lanka with the same amount.

Our Work

Create a promosing and meaningful life for girls that were victims of sexual abuse and human trafficking; a life with freedrom, justice and human dignity.

NONA Empowerment Center

The NONA Empowerment Center mainly consists of teachers and experts who teach the girls a profession/trade or train skills. In the NONA Empowerment Center, we provide education and training in Beauty Culture, English classes, Handicraft and Teddy Bear Counseling. This will be expanded in the short term with training courses in finance, management and entrepreneurship. The NONA Empowerment is located in Kuliyapitiya, a town in the North Western Province of Sri Lanka.

NONA Empowerment Aid

The NONA Empowerment Aid offers help to girls who have to leave the shelters of the Child Care and Protection Services when they turn 18. These girls were taken care of as victims of sexual violence, but also because of neglect, physical or mental abuse. It is difficult for this target group to build a life in society. Because they have been rejected by their environment, they cannot always make the start they are entitled to. Nor are they always allowed access to the resources which they need to build a healthy and happy future.

NONA Gardens

NONA Foundation has taken the initiative to realize a unique shelter for girls and young women who are victims of sexual violence and human trafficking in the Kurunegala area, a city in North West Sri Lanka.Many of these girls are housed in a government shelter for a certain period of time. However, when they turn 18, they have to leave the house to make room for new underaged girls. That in itself is poignant, but much worse is that the young women end up on the street again.

News

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Koninklijke onderscheiding

Op 19 september j.l. ontving Nimal van Oort, oprichter en voorzitter van NONA Foundation, een koninklijke onderscheiding uit de handen van de Amsterdamse locoburgemeester Touria Meliani voor zijn jarenlange inzet voor kansarme meisjes in Sri Lanka.

Management Board

The team that works towards a promosing and meaningful life for girls in Sri Lanka.

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Shivanie Schoorl

SECRETARY
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Hartini van Rijssel

PUBLIC RELATIONS
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Ad Voermans

TREASURER
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Sarah de Vos

POLICY ADVISOR

Hartini van Rijssel

PUBLIC RELATIONS

NONA Center

The NONA Empowerment Center mainly consists of teachers and experts who teach the girls a profession/trade or train skills. In the NONA Empowerment Center, we provide education and training in Beauty Culture, English classes, Handicraft and Teddy Bear Counseling.

DONATEURS

Waarom Zij Doneren

The nearest district hospital from Rupen village is close to 105 km. The nearest maternal health clinic is approximately 32 km. The town has poor roads and no mobile network connectivity. The nearest district hospital from Rupen village.

Jeams H. Andar

Founder, Cichu Co.

The nearest district hospital from Rupen village is close to 105 km. The nearest maternal health clinic is approximately 32 km. The town has poor roads and no mobile network connectivity. The nearest district hospital from Rupen village.

Kirani K. Kados

Founder, Cichu Co.

The nearest district hospital from Rupen village is close to 105 km. The nearest maternal health clinic is approximately 32 km. The town has poor roads and no mobile network connectivity. The nearest district hospital from Rupen village.

Irairani I. Lados

Chairman, CEO
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