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3695 Dunrankin Drive, MississaugaOntario, L4T
1W3CanadaTel 905-782-4643Fax [phone]
Tamil Students Volunteer Programinfo_at_tsvp.ca
www.tsvp.ca
Ravishankar KamalchandraChairman, Board of
Directors Abiramy Ranjithan Director,
Finances Amithan Sebarajah Director,
Technical Gajenthini Selvarajah Director,
Volunteers Kumaran Nadesalingam Director,
Promotions Sumithra Shanmuganathan Director,
Administration Valavan Manohararajah Director,
Advisory Council Ashwin Balamohan Coordinator,
High Schools Deva Nadesalingam Coordinator, Web
Development Marine Balendra, Coordinator,
Sponsorship Saumea Thayalan Coordinator,
International Ravivarman Raveenthran, Representat
ive, Porter C.I. info_at_tsvp.ca www.tsvp.ca
People _at_ TSVP
About Us The Tamil Students Volunteer Program,
or popularly known as TSVP, is an initiative that
was taken by a group of Tamil students in the
University of Toronto less than two months ago.
While the urge to help our brethren back home was
always strong, the recent political developments
in Sri Lanka gave the students a fresh impetus to
formally launch this program. Since that time,
the Program has grown in leaps and bounds to
include students from other Universities,
colleges and high schools thus making it truly, a
Canadian initiative. The TSVP aims to lend
assistance to the re-development of the
devastated educational, medical and economical
infrastructures of the North and East of Sri
Lanka as well as engage in the rehabilitation of
affected Tamil people in these regions. The
uniqueness of our Program does not lie in the
fact that it is engaged in rehabilitation and
development tasks since there are already several
organizations and individuals at work. Rather,
this Program is unique since for the first time,
there is a concerted independent effort by first
and second generation Tamil students in the
Canadian Diaspora to directly lend assistance to
our people and we look towards our community to
guide us in this ambitious endeavour. Todays
event is meant to introduce the Program to the
Tamil and mainstream communities and garner
much-needed support that will contribute to the
development of the Program and its objectives and
influence the direction in which it has set forth
towards. We thank you for your attendance and
continued patronage. - Team TSVP March 23, 2002
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General Overview The organizational structure
and main themes of this Program are outlined
below. Since this Program is a dynamic one, we
encourage you to visit our site frequently to
keep up with the most up to date information on
the Program and its activities. This Program is
currently divided into three projects, namely the
Medical, Technical and Power Project teams. Each
of these teams shall be leaving for the Vanni to
help out the rehabilitation of Tamil students in
the area and will later expand to include
students from the Jaffna and Batti districts as
well. MedicalThe medical team will be composed
of senior undergraduate and post graduate
Canadian university students in the Life Sciences
and Humanities field. Their tasks will include
running mobile clinics, administering treatment,
counseling victims, assisting medical
professionals and other health workers, reporting
on the medical infrastructure of the affected
areas as well as obtaining medical equipments for
hospitals and other facilities as per the
demands. TechnicalThe technical team will be
composed of senior undergraduate and post
graduate Canadian university students in the
Computer Sciences field. Their tasks will include
setting up computer systems in network centers
currently being built in the Vanni district and
other areas, teaching of basic programming
skills, installing and teaching of the latest
software solutions and assist in connecting Vanni
to the World Wide Web. The Canadian arm of this
team will assist in collecting computer systems
and accessories to be shipped to the Vanni.
Power Project The power project team will be
composed of senior undergraduate and post
graduate Canadian university students in the
Physical Sciences field. Their tasks will include
creating and managing micro projects with
renewable sources of power through assembly and
installation of solar panels, wind turbines etc.,
in poorly developed suburban and village areas.
Other ProjectsWater- Study team to investigate
effects of random tube welling on the water
table. To map the geological topography to locate
optimum sites for tube welling. Electrical/Mechan
ical Skills - Train graduates from colleges with
electrical installation and wiring skills and
provide adequate tool acquisition facilities.
For example, we can offer loans for start up
electricians to purchase their first set of
tools. Development Team - Create a development
team between the Jaffna University students and
the Tamil Canadian university students to
identify immediate development priority and
strategies and long-term development priority and
strategies. Identify and assist Canadian
companies and corporations to set up projects and
operations that will increase the business
profits and at the same time assist with the
development projects.
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Medical Team The purpose of this project is to
have Canadian students do volunteer service in
hospitals and mobile clinics throughout the North
and East. While providing direct assistance to
lead medical staff in hospitals and mobile
clinics, the students will constantly provide
reports to the relevant personnel in Canada to
assist with procuring equipment of urgent need
based on their knowledge of equipment being used
in Canadian hospitals. At the commencement of the
project, teams will take minor medical equipment
(ie Glucometers) to assist with the situation
and deploy other equipment as needed during the
course of the project. A report will also be
carried out in the relevant areas to report on
what the future batches of medical team
volunteers can do on their future trips to
increase their effectiveness in such volunteer
teams. PeopleThe following students have been
chosen to be part of the TSVP's initial medical
teamSubarna Thirugnanam - Medical School, Year
I, University of Toronto (Project
Leader). Suresh Jeyratnarajah - Microbiology,
Year III, University of Guelph.Dayani Jayapathy
- Cell Molecular Biology, Year IV, University
of Toronto.Ramachandran Visuvanathapillai - Cell
Molecular Biology, Year IV, Concordia
University.Usha Thirukeetheeswaranthan - Social
Sciences, Year III, McMaster University.Rathiesha
n Rajesan - Toxicology, Year IV, University of
Toronto (Canadian Liaison). Latest StatusTeam
to leave in June 2002. ContactFor any and all
information on the medical team, please e-mail
the team at medical_at_tsvp.ca.
Power Projects TeamPreliminary Study Stage
Team to explore methods and ways of addressing
current power requirements in the affected areas
with the resources and options available to the
team. There is a current partnership with EWB
(Engineers Without Borders) to study their
projects that they have conducted around the
world and to explore the feasibility of them
being implemented in the affected Tamil regions.
As we are still in this preliminary study stage,
we will not be able to determine the full
extent/scope of our projects until such studies
are completed and referred to relevant
development authorities in the affected
regions. Kamalraj Lawrence - Mechanical
Engineering, Year III, McMaster University is
heading the team. For any and all information on
this team, please e-mail them at power_at_tsvp.ca
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Technical Team The purpose of this team is
multifaceted. This team will be providing direct
assistance with regards to computer literacy and
deploying computers and related hardware in areas
identified as necessitating such deployment.
Their tasks will include setting up computer
systems in network centers currently being built
in the Vanni district and other areas, teaching
of basic programming skills, installing and
teaching of the latest software solutions and
assist in connecting Vanni to the World Wide Web.
The Canadian arm of this team will assist in
collecting computer systems and accessories to be
shipped to the affected regions if necessary. At
the current stage, local organizations are
collecting the necessary equipment for
deployment. PeopleThe following students have
been chosen to be part of the TSVP's initial
technical teamKatpana Nagendra McMaster
University (Project Leader).Majuran
Sivaramalingam - Computer Systems Engineering,
Year I, Carleton University.Thulasi Sivananthan
- Electrical Engineering, Year III, Carleton
University.Sriranjan Kathiravelupillai -
Computer Systems Engineering, Year I, Carleton
University.Jeevithan Muttulingam - Computer
Systems Engineering, Year I, Carleton
University.Peratheepan Yoganathan - Engineering
Technology, Year IV, Memorial University of
Newfoundland (Canadian Liaison). Latest
StatusTeam to leave in May 2002. ContactFor
any and all information on the technical team,
please e-mail the team at technical_at_tsvp.ca.
Contact Us
Tamil Students Volunteer Program3695 Dunrankin
Drive, MississaugaOntario, L4T 1W3 Canada Tel
905-782-4643Fax [phone]info_at_tsvp.cawww.ts
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