Raising funds for vulnerable women and children in Sri Lanka
Raising funds for vulnerable women and children in Sri Lanka
The history The Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, also known as Sri Dalada Maligawa, is considered to be the most important Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka. It’s also one of the most famous in the …
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On our drive back from Trincomolee to Kandy we were treated to a stop off at Matale spice garden. It was like walking into a mini paradise which included us having a face massage with …
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Niraveli is just north of Trincomolee and where we’re staying for 2 nights to conclude our trek across Sri Lanka. Niraveli is popular for whale and dolphin watching as well as snorkelling and diving. Pigeon …
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Leaving Habarana We left our Habarana base where we’d stayed for 2 nights and headed for the strategically important Naval port of Trincomolee on the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean. We both loved …
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Resting our feet Our village tour as a 3 minute movie Coconut sambol recipe This recipe was made for us almost everywhere we’ve been. It is amazing and so simple to make if you have …
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We were up before the cockerels woke us this morning and on the road by 5am. We made the steep climb to the top of Sigiriya Rock in time to see the sunrise at 6.05. …
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The tanks and reservoirs of the dry zone This section of our trek has been dominated by walking alongside two main tanks or what we might call reservoirs. Tanks in Sri Lanka were hand built …
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Today was all about visiting an indigenous community in Dambana, eastern central Sri Lanka. A highlight was a personal meeting with the Veddah Chief, Uruwarige Wanniyalaeto, which had been arranged for us as part of …
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Wasgamuwa National Park Our late afternoon Wasgamuwa elephant safari turned out to be a bit more of an adventure than we’d expected. We’d hoped to spot a few of Sri Lanka’s Asian elephants in their …
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An early tuk tuk trip today with Susantha to WDC where I dropped off the donation of children’s clothes, school stationery, spectacle frames and medicines. And then to Kirimatiya, the Tamil village in the hills …
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There’s been a few changes since last month’s update: Gill can’t come now but Kiran can, for most of it anyway, and for all of the trekking part. As a result I’ve tweaked the schedule …
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Our forest walk I’ve recently finished reading a mindfulness walking book that a friend gave me for Christmas. It captures some of what I’m looking forward to during our 4 days of trekking in the …
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My 10th year anniversary 🙂 Top left: the late Pearl Stephen (Founder & Director of Women’s Development Centre), and Chandrathilika Liyanaarachchi (WDC’s Deputy Coordinator) on a trip with us to Nuwara Eliya. Right: Pearl Stephen …
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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In the news Since June this year there hasn’t been much about Sri Lanka’s economic crisis in our news. However, the situation is still very serious. On 28 October The Guardian printed a sobering article …
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Target exceeded The pre-loved clothes sale on 16th September was a big success and raised over £1,000! The target was £750. Six additional, unexpected but very welcome guests arrived and left with bags of gorgeous …
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As a follow up to my last post just 2 weeks ago, I realise I can’t wait any longer to flag again, and this time more graphically, the seriousness of the situation in Sri Lanka. …
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Jubilee event During the Queen’s Jubilee weekend 6 of us in our road opened our gardens for neighbours and friends and raised over £1,000 to support those in need in Sri Lanka. Whilst none of …
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Sri Lanka Trek update – 1 March 2022 March is here! It’s THIS month I begin Part 1 of my 10 week trek across Sri Lanka. I’m raising funds to support vulnerable women and children …
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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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