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February 2011 Trip

The Village School

 Painted all the desks and chairs

 Held the annual fun day and Prefects Day

 Awarded the Sarath de Mel Memorial prizes

 Agreed to provide band uniforms

 Agreement to paint the school playground

 Fund extra lessons for one extra student

 Provided paint and materials for new murals

 Provided 140 new school uniforms & pairs of shoes

 Supplied new cricket bats and volleyballs

 Got a quote to complete the remaining mesh work to secure the school

 Agreed to buy a new keyboard for the school band

 Set up a monthly payment to restock the First Aid kit, provide cleaning materials and pay for the electricity bill

 Agreed to fund 2 new secure cupboards

 Agreed to fund repairs to the water tank and taps and to look at redeveloping the rear of the school and provide security lights

The Fishing Village

 Funded repairs for a three-wheeler

 Provided an interest free micro loan to fund new sardine fishing nets

 Held the annual village cricket match

 Funded additional educational classes and healthcare for people in the village

 Provided money for a coconut trolley

Orphanage

 Provided 80 girls with their only day out

 Funded training for 4 students to undergo Nursery school teaching

 Continued to provide assistance towards vocational studies and band tutor

Village Nursery

 Provided 22 new pairs of shoes

 Handed out cuddly toys and clothes

 Agreed to fund additional classes for the teachers’ children

Jungle Nursery

 Provided 45 new uniforms and pairs of shoes

 Provided educational books

 Supplied craft materials and stationery

Slumdogs

 Agreed to provide funding for food until July 2011

Individual Cases & Clinic

 Continued support and funding for the medical clinic

 Handed out donated clothing

 Provided a new sewing machine for 4 ladies

In February 2011, we visited Sri Lanka for 3 weeks to get an update on our projects.  It was a very busy trip but really productive and we now support two additional projects: the Jungle Nursery and the Slumdogs of Colombo.

It also gave us the opportunity to see the new school roof in place which we were able to complete thanks to all those who donated to the Raise the Roof appeal.

Conditions remain really tough for many people and they still desperately need our help.  Scroll down the list to see what we managed to do in three weeks...

The Jungle Nursery

The Girls’ Orphanage

The Slumdogs of Colombo

The Fishing Village

Individual Cases

The Medical Clinic

The Village School

The Village Nursery School

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