AmmA Means Mother: Directors Cut

50 Minute version of the touching story of the amazing warm-hearted lady who runs is Mother to 100 children in a Orphanage in Sri Lanka and the children who open their home and hearts to those orphaned by the Great Asian Tsunami of 2004 in which 300,000 lost their lives.

Food For Life Global Director Paul Turner found this gem of a story while he and his organization were feeding 30,000 people a day

Narrated by Academy Award-winner, F. Murray Abraham. Sound recording my performance artist Laurie Anderson, with music by The Smithereens, Nick Lowe, Trini Lopez, Sun Palace, Astrud Gilberto, and the Chintanami Band.

Directed by James Clement Cook, Written by Andrea "Sid" Curtis. 

This musically-driven Documentary will warm your heart.

Inter House Sports Meet 2011

The Inter-House Sports Meet was conducted on the 24th April 2011 at the Sugathadasa Stadium.

Mr. P.B.G. Somaratne, The Commissioner of the Probation and Child Care Department graced the occassion as the Chief Guest.

10th Anniversary Celebration & Prize Giving

The 10th opening anniversary of Gokulam was celebrated grandly on the 4th July 2009. The Chief Guests of the Event were Mrs. Santhy Navakarasan, the Director of Hindu Religious department, and Ms. Jagarajasingam, Secretary of the Social Development Ministry. 

10th Anniversary Celebrations & Prize giving

The prize giving for the children was also conducted on this day.

There was also an Art Exhibition alongside where the artwork of the children were on display for the visitors.

The children performed many dances, acted in dramas and sang songs.

Interhouse Sportsmeet

Sports Meet 2009

The Interhouse Sportsmeet was conducted at the Gokulam Children's Home for the first time from the 23rd - 25th May 2009. The children participated in events such as March Past, Relays, Running races, Long jump, high jump, drill etc.

The children decorating their houses

The children performing drill.

The children during the March past

Visit to Theater & Guruge National Park

On the 17th December 2007, the Children went on a trip to Olympia Theater to see the latest film "SIVAJI". This show was specially organized for the children by the Theater. Then they went to the "Guruge" Nature park where they had their lunch and spent their time playing till evening.

This outing was sponsored by the Lions Club of Cedar Valley - Canada and was organized by the Lions Club of Mutual Town (DIST 306B)- Colombo.

A Child's Story - Isaiarasan

Isaiarasan is a 15 year old boy who has been in the Gokulam for over four years. His hobby is drawing. 

Recently, in the Essay & Art competition that was organized by Seylan Bank Ltd,  Isaiarasan took part from Gokulam. His drawing was exhibited in the Art Gallery of the Lionel Wendt Auditorium in Colombo. 

Isaiarasan was very happy that his drawing had been selected to be displayed for the public. He stated that after the exhibition, he is very  happy and confident about his talents. He is now engaging in is hobby more often and plans to become a great artist in the future.

A Child's Story - Logapriya

Logapriya is a 16 year old girl who has been in the Home for over 5 years. She has been affected by the ethnic war and has also lost her mother.

Logapriya was always interested in collecting and writing poems and she has a huge collection of them. Her favorite subject is Mathematics and Tamil. 

Seylan Merchant Leasing Ltd organized an art and essay competition this June 2007 in which about two thousand children from all over Colombo participated. 


When Logapriya was selected to participate in the Tamil Essay writing competition, she  spent a great amount of time reading in order to increase her vocabulary and writing skills.  

In the competition, she had written on the topic "The Importance of Living a frugal life" for which she  won the 2nd place in the sixteen to eighteen year category. She was awarded with a Certificate of Excellence.


The prize giving was conducted in the Art Gallery of the Lionel Wendt Auditorium in Colombo.

Gokulam children take part in a Cultural Program

The Ratha Yatra Festival in Sri Lanka has always given an opportunity for the children of Gokulam to show off their skills and talents in the cultural arts. The children are taught the classical dance - Bharata Natyam and Carnatic Music by qualified teachers.

The Ratha Yatra was initially celebrated in Puri, Orissa in India. It is the oldest chariot festival known in the history and it has been celebrated for over 2500 years. Srila Prabhupada introduced this festival to the west in the early 70's and it is now celebrated all over the world.

The Ratha Yatra Festival in Sri Lanka was organized by the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple - ISKCON Sri Lanka on the 26th September of 2007 for the ninth consecutive time.

The Children of Gokulam participated in this festival. Chandrika and Paranika were dressed up as Lord Krishna and Radha and were on a decorated horse cart that was in the lead.

Gokulam children in a Cultural festival

In the evening, there was a special program arranged for the Gokulam children where hundreds of well-wishers attended the program and enjoyed the performances by the children. The children performed programs in music and dance. There were group dances and individual performances also.  At the end, Nandarani Devi - the Principal concluded the program with a speech.

The Festival has left the children in high spirits and has also increased their enthusiasm and confidence to continue with their activities in renewed ardor.http://www.iskcon.lk

A Child's Story - Punithawathy

Punithawathy Kanagasingam was one of the 23 children from the Trincomalee district who were the first to arrive to the Gokulam Children's Home inColombo under the care of Nandarani Devi - Principal. She was only eight years old when she arrived.

Punithawathy had lost both her parents in the war and had been abandoned by her relatives. With no other home to call her own, she lived in Gokulam where she was provided with food, shelter, education and loving care.

Her Education

When Punithawathy arrived she had to be taught from the very basic. Within two years she was able to read and write in English. She was one of the brightest students and always ranked first in class.

Up until G.C.E O/L, the children are educated in the Gokulam School which is situated with the Gokulam Home premises. In December 2006, she sat for the G.C.E O/L exam along with nine others. She passed with good grades and was qualified to continue to  the G.C.E A/L which is a two year course.

With Punithawathy's good grades and her desire to further her studies, she was enrolled in Ceylinco Sussex College (an affiliated school with Gokulam) located in Kiribathgoda (app. 1 hour drive from Gokulam) from the beginning of the year 2007.

Although the expenses are very high for Punithawathy to attend Sussex College, Nandarani devi (Principal) says that "since the children of Gokulam are following the English medium curriculum there are a few government schools that teach the English curriculum. As such we had to look for a private school for her to continue her studies. Even though it is expensive it is our duty to make sure that the children in the Home are given good education for a bright future."

Punithawathy has now been attending Sussex College for over 6 months and is majoring in Maths. Punithawathy plans to continue her studies to become an Engineer.

More about her... 

Apart from pursuing her goal to become an Engineer, Punithawathy loves to read and spends most of her time reading or helping the other children to read. Her favorite subjects have always been Maths and Science and her favorite games are Monopoly and Badminton.

Punithawathy is always looked upon by the younger children as a good friend and a sister.

Punithawathy's pictures

from the time she arrived

Visitors from Vijay TV-Super Singer Junior, India

A popular Indian Television broadcast - Vijay TV conducted a Super Singer Junior competition. The winners - Krishnamoorthy, Thanya Sri, Bala Sri Rangan, Aparna, Svetha and Rahul  were invited by the Lions Club of Capital City, Colombo to Sri Lanka from India for a special program. As a first engagement, they visited our Gokulam Home to entertain the children of the Home on 11th August 2007.