We plan on improving the general well being of the Tamil people who have long suffered because of the effects caused by war and more recently the catastrophic destruction of the Tsunami. Having visited and helped out in the affected areas, a lot of the members have built direct contacts with the communities. Using these contacts and with the help of willing and generous members we plan to undertake a number of projects to improve the lifestyle of the Tamil people so that they can lead a normal life.

Already we are involved in operations to a smaller scale, by providing medical and food supplies to different areas. We have a particularly close relationship with the blind and deaf homes and orphanages. We have organized and supplied basic equipment and aid that greatly improve the lives of people who have limited eyesight and hearing.

TYO also aims to engage in Human rights endeavours so that the Australian and the International community can learn about the hardships faced by Tamil people in Sri Lanka. When the public are more informed about the ground realities that our people face back home, we hope that their plight is understood, so that appropriate action can be taken by everyone to put an end to Human rights violations. With awareness and public pressure from all over the world, TYO would like to see the Tamil people uphold their rights and ultimately, those rights to be respected.

TYO believes that with many hands and more importantly willpower we can make a difference to the people of our homeland. TYO is planning on taking up more projects but to do this we ask our members for one small thing. Time. If members could spare a little of their time so that these future endeavour’s can become a reality, the difference we can make to our people there would be immense.

As Tamil Australians, we feel a sense of responsibility to this country and people. TYO promotes community projects for the benefit of the greater Australian community - Tamil Australians (and anyone interested) can contribute to help those less fortunate in Australia. After all, we are proud to be Tamil and we are proud to be Australian.

Remember, in order for TYO to succeed, and for our projects to truly benefit our people in North East Sri Lanka, we need your support. You may wish to participate by:
a) volunteering to assist with a project - the more people who volunteer, the more the work gets shared)
b) suggesting new projects - TYO will happily help you accomplish it
c) encouraging other Tamil youth to join TYO and participate in projects

Please scroll down for the list of projects. We hope to have your support in our endeavours,if you would like to see how you can make difference or would like to take a more active role, please feel free to email us on info@tyoaustralia.org.

Project Proposals for 2006 (updated: February 2006)

1.) History Project

2.) Share Refugee Project

3.) Radio Show Project

a) Tamil Radio

b) Mainstream (English) Radio

4.) Redevelopment Projects

a) Knowledge Centre

b) Medical

c) Blind Society

5.) Events

6.) Media work

a) publicity of TYO

b) awareness creating

c) articles for website

 

 

History Project

Purpose:
1. To bring forth the memories and recollections of Tamil Diaspora into a “living document”.

 

Share Refugee Project

Purpose:
1. To share the experience for 24 hours of those displaced due to the tsunami 1 year ago, and the civil war of 30 years.

 

Radio Show Project

Purpose:
1. For Tamil youth to voice their opinion, and provide a medium through which they can address their issues
2. To educate Australians (Tamil and non-Tamil) about the history of the Tamil people and the current situation and ground realities.
THIS PROJECT WILL BE RUN IN TAMIL AND MAINSTREAM RADIOS

 

Redevelopment Projects

Knowledge Centre: TYO International is building a ‘knowledge centre’ which is a tertiary education centre (like TAFE here); TYO from different countries are incharge of different areas of teaching/buildings; this requires help
- financially (fund raising, etc)
- knowledge sharing (Tamil Australian youth or non Tamils going there and teaching students)

Medical: To increase awareness amongst Australian Tamil youth of this situation and to provide the means by which they can alter this deadly course.
- financially (fund raising, collecting donations from hospitals, etc)
- knowledge sharing (eg: producing medical pamphlets on diseases (eg. diabetes, etc), Australian youth (Tamil or non Tamil) going there and volunteering/teaching students

Blind Society: To get aid to the visually impaired when they request it. As Australia is a more technologically advanced society we are able to provide those back home with the latest aids to date, and help in making their life easier
- financially (fund raising, collecting donations, etc)
- improving their standard of living eg: JAWS, other programs

 

Events

We will have many events coming up, and require many hands to help organise them. So youth with skills in marketing and organising events/functions, please sign up!

 

Media work

More than a ‘project’ this area just requires members to assist with
- publicity: of TYO
- awareness creating: of Tamil issues (outlined by TYO)
amongst Tamil and non-Tamil Australians.
- articles for website: to aid with publicity and media work

Youth with skills in public speaking, writing articles, etc and a background knowledge of the history and current situation, both humanitarian and policitica (eg. youth who do political science, journalism) would be ideal.

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