by admin | Jan 23, 2005 | Helping Children, Humanitarian Projects
In this age of disposable technology, we often take for granted the high tech equipment that makes our lives so much easier. In many parts of Africa, people do not count on these luxuries. This year I was invited to visit Durban, South Africa by a South African...
by admin | Jan 22, 2005 | Helping Children, Humanitarian Projects
To reach the small school, we traveled two hours by car from the city of Anuradhapura. Then we traveled another three kilometers on an unpaved dusty road. At first sight, it didn’t look like much at all. If you did not see the students, you would not have believed...
by admin | Jan 20, 2005 | Helping Children, Humanitarian Projects
For eighteen years, the Sri Lankan government fought a long and difficult war with a separatist group called the Tamil Tigers. By the time the government negotiated a cease-fire with the separatists in 2001, about seven thousand people had lost their lives. Although...
by admin | Jan 15, 2005 | Helping Children, Humanitarian Projects
On my November 2003 trip to Africa, one of the employees of the Sri Lankan Embassy approached me with a concern. She told me that she had visited an orphanage on the outskirts of Nairobi, which housed about 100 orphans. These children come from urban slum areas in and...
