Mission
To improve opportuniTEAs for vulnerable children through training, empowerment and awareness programmes that stimulate learning, develop prospects and increase life chances. We work to ensure that all children are safe, happy and healthy.
Vision
To raise aspirations of disadvantaged children and young people living in poverty, empowering them to realise their rights and achieve their maximum potential in life.
Goal
To help realise this vision and achieve our mission The T.EA. Project developed Sri Lanka’s first dedicated Centre for Children’s Empowerment – The Cloud.
Who are T.E.A?
The T.E.A. Project (Training, Empowerment & Awareness) – a Children’s Rights led INGO in Sri Lanka and registered UK Charity.
Where are we?
The Cloud – Centre for Children’s Empowerment in Hanthana; nr Kandy.
What do we do?
Provide skills & raise aspirations of vulnerable children living in poverty.
What we believe?
“Children are not the people of tomorrow, but are people of today. They have a right to be taken seriously, and to be treated with tenderness and respect. They should be allowed to grow into whoever they were meant to be. 'The unknown person' inside of them is our hope for the future.” To achieve this we believe every child should be @E.A.S.E.
What is @E.A.S.E?
Education - Art - Sport - Environment. ‘Every Child Should be at E.A.S.E’. This is a core principle we work by…. ‘Being at ease with yourself puts you at ease with the world. Being yourself will be your greatest joy’.
Education: Tiny T.E.A. Preschool, Youth Empowerment Service & Empowerment Training.
ArTEA: Every child is an artist & every child can create art.
SporTEA - Healthy soul in a healthy body (*ASICS). Sound mind, sound body.
Environment – Essential to life & sustainable well-being.
F.O.O.D ProgrammeT.E.A. believes in Fuelling OpportuniTEAs & Outcomes with Diet. Without a healthy diet children are unable to fully achieve their potential and be @E.A.S.E. This is why we provide a free, daily food programme for children, our TEAm & VolunTEArs.
Background
The T.E.A. Project works to empower Sri Lankan children from poverty. The project provides free pre-schooling, empowerment training, after school support programmes, a daily F.O.O.D. (Fueling, OpportuniTEAs, Outcome, and Diet) Programme and a Saturday Service Programme for adult communiTEA members and unemployed youth; from The Cloud - a visionary Children’s Empowerment Centre in Kithulmulla, Hanthana. The T.E.A. Project Centre for Children’s Empowerment supports disadvantaged children & young people from poor tea plantation communiTEAs. Extending support to children nationally and grassroots NGO’s, education service providers, orphanages and government schools. The T.E.A. Project develops ambition, practical skills, knowledge and important opportuniTEAs for underprivileged children and their communiTEAs. Developing skills, aspirations and confidence in young people is key to securing a positive and sustainable future in Sri Lanka & the world. Established in 2014, The T.E.A. Project has donated front line empowerment training to thousands of children and professionals across the island. The Project is secular and donates services to children from the poorest communiTEAs; regardless of cultural or religious background.