Left Weydon pretty smoothly with few tears and drove to Heathrow T4 without issue, thank you to Mr Stewart, Mr Bundy, Mr Wish and Mrs Mason for parting with a few hours sleep for us. Long flights but great transfers got us all to Colombo without issue and all visas worked to let us in?...Read More
DAY 9 – MONDAY 13TH JULY 2015 Today we were back on project work. Breakfast was vegetable omelets and toast. The projects were painting, mixing concrete for the library and collecting water (as usual). The teams worked well together and completed the day’s projects efficiently. Lunch was yam chips and sausage. The rest of the...Read More
Some more from Sri Banta! The Rottis were a success! We woke for a trek down to the mud hut where our breakfast was cooked on a traditional open fire. Tears were shared over a cup of tea as we received messages from home (shoutout to Sophie Grigg for starting the emotional rollercoaster). We soon...Read More
DAY 5 – THURSDAY, 9TH JULY 2015 Breakfast was bread with beans and scrambled eggs. Today’s jobs were cleaning and tidying, painting the primary school and getting water for showers. Painting was successful: the outer wall and the inside of a classroom were done. Cleaning and tidying was well done: the camp is much better...Read More
DAY 9 – TUESDAY,14TH JULY 2015 Today we spent the morning in preparation for the closing ceremony. It was emotional because we were aware that this would be the last day spent with the buddies. During the ceremony, parents, students, teachers, head teachers, the PTA, priests and other officials celebrated with us. It was incredibly...Read More
Update from Sri Lanka! We hope you haven’t been worrying about the bat; he was revived, and thrown out a window. We soon settled down for our second night in our open-air accommodation, only to be accompanied by a herd of buffalo. We all woke on Tuesday morning, feeling fresh as ever… to go to...Read More
DAY 6 – SATURDAY 11TH JULY, 2015 Today we visited Elmina Castle. As we waited for our buddies to arrive, we stood in anticipation, paired with apprehension, of the experience ahead. We crossed the wooden drawbridge, over the empty moat, into the vast, white castle. Kujo, our guide, introduced himself to us in the main...Read More
Hello from Sri Lanka! Our journey began with a flight from London to Mumbai, hosted by Jet Airways. From the start, we experienced the Sri Lankan cuisine; it’s different. Who would have known we’d have six curries in three days, even before we got to our location! We had free food and unlimited drinks on...Read More
DAY 3 – WEDNESDAY 8TH JULY, 2015 We had an early start for a busy day ahead of us, we arrived at St. Joseph Catholic Boys School at 8:00am where we began the project in the ICT suite and then we began by painting the walls which the boys were excited for and very grateful...Read More
Totes Emosh! This phrase sums up today so perfectly. Today was our last day working on the Funglish Café project, the last day in the Udamalaya school and sadly, the last day with our buddies. The heart of our time here in Sri Lanka has beat to the rhythm created through the strong bonds of...Read More
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