Raising funds for vulnerable women and children in Sri Lanka
Raising funds for vulnerable women and children in Sri Lanka
Women’s Development Centre (WDC) Women’s development censtaff were waiting for us when we arrived first thing in the morning to discuss the programmes they are working on and which we are supporting. Suzana and Gill …
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Warmest Welcome We received the warmest welcome today from Rev. Ragama and his community at Manahapa temple, Kuranagula where he, along with his community, began their Sinhalese and Tamil new year celebrations. We were presented …
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During breakfast this morning a very large Elephant sauntered past just a few meters away which created a bit of stir amongst the hotel guests. Gill managed to catch him on video. On our way from Habarana …
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Projects Update Since my last last blog 6 weeks’ ago Kate Gale has been to Sri Lanka, volunteered in a village school in Kurunegala doing amazing stuff helping to make a difference to the Manapaha …
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Funding update Just 12 weeks to go before I set off on my third and final leg of trekking from the south to the northern tip of Sri Lanka. I’ve currently raised £25,000 of my …
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I can see clearly now . . . The many hundreds of pairs of spectacles I had shipped out in April this year arrived just a couple of months ago at Colombo Shipping Port. They …
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Fundraising After being back for a month from our epic trek from central to north east Sri Lanka, this is an update on some of the outcomes: Impact Suba, teacher in Kirimetiya, distributing the books …
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Welcoming Wow! Another amazing visit to a village community just outside of Kurunegala. I’ve been coming to this particular village since 2015 and the experience is always so warm, welcoming and colourful. It’s lovely to …
Continue readingJust 100 days to go until we begin Stage 2 of our trek across Sri Lanka where we’ll continue to raise awareness and funds to support vulnerable women and children there. See previous blog here …
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Two weeks’ ago electricity connection arrived at Kirimetiya pre-school. The school is set in a village in a remote ex-tea plantation area high in the hills of central Sri Lanka. I wrote in detail about …
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Kirimetiyawatte, abbreviated to Kirimetiya, and even further and affectionately so to Kiri, is a remote village high in the mountains of the central province of Sri Lanka. Whilst only about an hour’s drive from the …
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Last week we had a 90 minute zoom call with the girls in the refuge all about their weaving. With translation support from the house mother and Women’s Development Centre Director, Sashi Stephen, the girls …
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The looms The seven looms sent out to Kandy, Sri Lanka during the first lockdown in April last year are now in full use. The survivors of gender-based violence living in the refuge are using …
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I was delighted to hear this week that the heddle looms we sent to Sri Lanka just before lockdown in March have been safely received (delayed due to Colombo airport total lockdown). They’ve now been …
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