Funds to support Malay university students

Distributed through the Women's Association of Sri Lanka Malays (WASLAM)

The following candidates will be receiving Rs, 3,500/- Rs 2.500/- or Rs 2,000.00 per month as stated below. 

 (1) ISSADEEN SLASA FATHIMA AZMA from HAMBANTOTA Institution: Ramanadana Academy of Fine Art, Ramanadan University of Jaffna – Course details: Fine Arts Will receive a grant of Rs. 3,500.00 per month x 48 months = Rs. 168,000.00 

(2) MUHAMMATHU NISFAL ITHREES from Oddamavadi Institution: Rajarata University Course: Management Studies Will receive a grant of Rs. 2000.00 per month x 24months = Rs. 48,000.00 

(3) HAMEED RISHAD ABDUL from Kurunegala Institution: Rajarata University Course: Management Studies Will receive a grant of Rs. 2000.00 per month x 24months = Rs. 48,000.00 

(4) GNEI FATHIMA IFRA DOOLE from Hambantota Institution: Eastern University Faculty of Swami Wipulananda Institute Course: Visual and Technology Arts Will receive a grant of Rs. 2,500.00 per month x 48 months = Rs. 120,000.00 

(5) GNEI FATHIMA RASHMA DOOLE from Hambantota Institution: University College of Matara Course: Event Management Will receive a grant of Rs. 2,500.00 per month x 48 months = Rs. 120,000.00 

Total disbursement Rs 504,000.00 (Rupees five hundred and four thousand only.) 

Fawzia Braine Memorial Award - 9th Year

 

Presentation of the first Fawzia Braine Memorial Award, 2013

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8D3TnLsnPk

The winner was Jim Chan, who is now the President of the Hong Kong Association for Applied Linguistics (HAAL)

Preview YouTube video HAAL Fawzia Braine Award Presentation By Prof George Braine June 3, 2013

HAAL Fawzia Braine Award Presentation By Prof George Braine June 3, 2013

Recipient of WASLAM award in Fawzia's memory

Ms. Irshani Rajabdeen, Sabaragamuwa University, Faculty of Management Studies. BSc. (Hons) in Financial Management. She receives Rs. 3000/ per month till December 2021.

 

In Fawzia's memory

 1. Since 2012,  a monthly donation of Rs. 30,000/ to St. Joseph's Home for Elders at Marawila. This feeds 150 destitute elders breakfast, lunch, and dinner for one day each month. The amount was increased to Rs. 60,000/ in 2022.

Fawzia with two nuns from St. Joseph's Home

2. "Fawzia Braine Memorial Award" (worth HK$2500) given every year to a novice scholar for the best journal article. Managed by the Hong Kong Association for Applied Linguistics. Shue Yan University, where Fawzia taught, and Mark and Isabella Taylor, our neighbors and friends in HK, also contributed to setting-up the award. Nine annual awards have been made so far.

3. To the Rupee Fund, run by the Sri Lanka Malay Association, a donation of Rs. 800,000/ to help with their charity work.

4. To the Women's Association of Sri Lanka Malays (WASLAM), a donation of Rs. 500,000/ to set up the "Nghei Fawzia Braine Fund". The bank interest generated helps a Malay university student every year.

5. Rs. 600,000/ to purchase additional land for a home for mentally disabled children at Bolawatte.

6. A paver stone at the National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes in Maryland, USA. 

7. Rs. 300,000/ for corrective surgery for a child with cleft lip and palate. Some contributions came from the USA.  

8. Rs. 300,000/ to replace the roof of the community hall at St. Joseph's Home for Elders at Marawila. 

Fawzia Braine Memorial Award - 8th Year

The Hong Kong Association for Applied Linguistics (HAAL) is pleased to announce that this year, Mr Greg Chung-Hsien Wu, a PhD candidate in the Centre for Applied English Studies at the University of Hong Kong, will receive the Fawzia Braine Memorial Award for his paper "Engaging senior-year admitted students' academic literacies across the discipline: A language practitioner's perspectives" (published in Innovations in Education and Teaching International, in press). 

A paver (paving stone) in Fawzia's memory

 

A paver was installed at the National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes on the campus of Mount St. Mary’s University, Maryland, in Fawzia's memory.