News as at January 09, 2012

01/09/2012

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  • Ms. Shriyani Korakahagoda, the former principal of the Blue Rose School, retired from her service on Dec 31, 2011 after serving for nearly 30 years. Her place has been taken over by Ms. Namalika Dissanayake, who has done her degree in education for special need children in Australia and has worked in Hong Kong for nearly 10 years. She is young, very enthusiastic, and highly motivated. We hope that the Blue Rose School will reach greater hikes under her leadership. 
  • Ms. Lisa Parker from the U.K. will volunteer with the Ever Green Academy (one of SCI-SL’s Partners) from Jan 13, 2012 until the end of March. 
  • Livia Balma from Switzerland is expected to join the Blue Rose School as a volunteer from Feb 17, 2012 until June 1, 2012.
  • 3 volunteers from Denmark will be arriving at the SCI-SL on Feb 11, 2012 and will be volunteering until April 25, 2012 at the Melsiripura Orphanage, which is run by Aruna and Thilaka (two senior SCI activists). 3 other volunteers will be arriving later this year. 
  • Charles Mardaga from Belgium arrived at SCI-SL on Jan 6, 2012 to volunteer at our Vocational Training Center in Kalmunai for a period of 3 months. 
  • The Peace Center project has gradually taken root. Wilbert from the Asia support group is busy doing the final touches to the project proposal in-order to seek funding for this program. The project will be collaborated with our local partner, 3CD in Muthur in the Trincomalee district.  
  • The APM & ICM was successfully concluded in Belgium last December. SCI - Sri Lanka was well represented by three of our young activists - Sooriya, Namil and Sandamali. 
  • Asia Europe Exchange Program: Hemamali Perera, our young Lawyer Activist from Gampaha, has been selected to participate in this years AEEP. She has been placed on top of the list and is confident of making the trip to Europe. She is doing a great service to SCISL as our legal advisor   and is an active camper. We wish her well. 
  • Niroshan Hemantha, yet another young activist from the tsunami times, has been selected by ARI Japan to follow their prestigious nine month agriculture course. He would leave to Japan by mid April 2012. 
  • Indika Sandamaalee Jayasinghe, newly elected Asst. national Secretary of SCI-SL got the special opportunity of participating in the workshop on"Forget fists, forge voices - the power of nonviolence" which was held in Germany from the 10th of November till 3rd of December 2011. She has come back with lots of new ideas and is busy trying to implement.
 


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