We're here! Seven tired but totally pumped Canadians, ready to start the Tangalle project. We arrived early in the morning and what a pleasure to see our vans waiting for us! It is hard to believe that for several of us it has been 10 years since we made this trip and for three, it is a first time for setting eyes on Sri Lanka. It was 10 years, almost to the day, that six of our group first arrived in Sri Lanka - just weeks after the destruction of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami.
The journey was a fun one of noticing new things and reminiscing about the first one. What we really noticed was the new growth and development all along the way. Where we last saw broken homes, treeless devastation, boats and trains where they shouldn't be, this time we saw new life, and a sense that life has picked itself up and carried on.
Raelene, the owner of Moonstone Villas and a DWC volunteer, greeted us. We will be staying at her hotel for the duration of the trip. Wayne, DWC's founder and former president, had just arrived in from his trip through Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka - we got settled in and had a great time chillin' around the pool!
Marcia Julian
DWC Team Leader
Sri Lanka: March 2015
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A small team of three family members from Kamloops spent two weeks volunteering at a preschool in Tangalle, Sri Lanka. They worked on replacing an exterior wall that separates the preschool from the main highway and building a small outdoor sink/washing up area.
The team also had the opportunity to hand out four computers to students that were donated by TRIP's Janet McKelvey. Not only does Janet and her TRIP volunteer team travel to Sri Lanka on a yearly basis to support a rebuilt tsunami village, she does various fundraising activities during the year to support students in Sri Lanka.
The extremely humid weather has meant the team is drinking lots of water (and beer!). The group saw turtles, birds, and elephants over the weekend, and they are planning to visit with old acquaintances during their stay.
Sarah Johnstone
DWC Communications Coordinator
The team also had the opportunity to hand out four computers to students that were donated by TRIP's Janet McKelvey. Not only does Janet and her TRIP volunteer team travel to Sri Lanka on a yearly basis to support a rebuilt tsunami village, she does various fundraising activities during the year to support students in Sri Lanka.
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| Annette handing out a computer. |
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| Drew handing out a computer. |
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| Jolene handing out a computer. |
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| The volunteer team with the four students who received computers. |
The extremely humid weather has meant the team is drinking lots of water (and beer!). The group saw turtles, birds, and elephants over the weekend, and they are planning to visit with old acquaintances during their stay.
Sarah Johnstone
DWC Communications Coordinator
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