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Dear friends and supporters

Since the introduction of IT training at the one world foundation in 1999, these vocational training courses have steadily gained in importance. To date, almost 3,000 qualifications have been achieved. Thanks to the one world foundation’s state-recognised certificates, our graduates have excellent prospects of finding employment. Modern equipment and software, which must be regularly updated, are essential for high-quality training. Thanks to the generous support of Martin Böck and Artaker Computersysteme GmbH as well as the Claudia Ricica-Bruckner Private Foundation, we were able to purchase new equipment.

Martin Böck, Managing Director of Artaker Computersysteme GmbH, is currently a volunteer at the one world foundation in Sri Lanka. He has already converted the school’s website to WordPress, financed and set up new hosting for four years and initiated a Microsoft 365 project for the school. As a first step, Microsoft NGO licences were made available. He is currently working on setting up Moodle for the school and providing modern software for the pupils. He is also teaching the teachers about cybersecurity, AI, web applications, Microsoft 365 Cloud, networks and the internet, and he will be accompanying a school group on a software development project for their certification.

Renovation work

In May, we experienced exceptionally rainy weeks, which caused a lot of water from the sea to enter the school and Ayurveda resort facilities via the lagoons. The situation was exacerbated by further rainfall, forcing the schools in the region to temporarily close. As a result, extensive and cost-intensive renovation work was necessary to repair the damage to the buildings. We also took various measures to ensure better protection in future.

Vesak celebration and cricket match

On 23 May, we celebrated Vesak, the most important Buddhist festival, which commemorates the three most important events in Buddha’s life: his birth, his enlightenment and his death, all of which took place on a full moon day in the month of Vesak (May).

And on 27 May, an exciting cricket match took place at the one world foundation, which was played with great commitment and joy.

Raki Nikahetiya, Formation IV, 150 x 150 cm, detail

On Saturday, 8 June (10 am to 6 pm) and Sunday, 9 June (10 am to 5 pm), the one world foundation will be taking part in the Ayurveda Days at the Museumsquartier Wien (Ovalhalle & Arena21). We look forward to your visit!



Batik works by the artist Raki Nikahetiya can be admired in the Schmuckwerkstatt SKREIN* until 30 June. These works were created during his stay at the one world foundation. The artist has generously donated the works to the one world foundation in order to support the school programmes in Ahungalla with the proceeds.

Yours, Kathrin Messner and Team

 
Support us by purchasing vouchers for our Ayurveda resort (owf.at/voucher?lang=en) or in our supporter’s circle by a freely selectable contribution for the continuation of the manifold educational programmes of our school (owf.at/support). Your donations are tax-deductible in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.