She recently passed the G.C.E. Advanced Level Examination in her country of Sri Lanka, a highly selective exam conducted by the Ministry of Education that determines which students will go on to study tuition-free in Sri Lanka’s public university system. To give a sense of her accomplishment: Last year, over 300,000 students took the exam, but only around 27,000 of them passed at a high enough level to have all tuition and board paid by the government. Ms. Janna is among that elite cohort this year. Now a bright future of education and professional fulfilment awaits her. She hopes to study and train to be a nurse, and says that “the smiling faces of others” makes her happy.
Ms. Janna was able to excel and achieve her potential in part because of donors who support Zakat Foundation of America’s OSP efforts. Every child is a success story waiting to happen, no matter how hard his or her circumstances may be. Please help write that story for a promising young boy or girl by donating to the Zakat Foundation of America Orphan Sponsorship Program today.
