Submitted by Name: Lakshmi Gamage From: Sri Lanka E-mail: Contact
Comments: Again I would like to thank BPC for all you have done. We took so many photos during our visit to Galle and Kamura will send them to you. Could you please forward them to me as my office crowd are waiting to see them.
Now I feel English is very easy language to learn. I must find time to practice it on a daily basis. I feel I had a good introduction to it. When we were returning to Colombo, I told Kamura that she has lost her fluency in English and that she is now speaking in broken English.
The facilities available to the children at Sambodhi are good. What they need is tender loving care (TLC). They are also in need of clothing. Donation of clothing would be highly appreciated by the children. The elders at Bonavista Home for the Elderly asked for a television, bedding (mattresses) and bedside tables to store clothing/personal items. Please help us make the last years of the elderly an enjoyable one!
Theruwan Saranai!
Added: May 11, 2014
Submitted by Name: Steve Ellis From: UK E-mail: Contact
Comments: I'm an English (EFL)teacher and some years ago I had some discussions about volunteering. I was then working in Italy and for various reasons it was impractical to give up my job or even find the time (and money) to pay a visit. However, I am currently working in rural Sarawak (Malaysian Borneo), training and mentoring primary school teacher and may have the opportunity to take a short holiday in Sri Lanka in the near future. Although I am not free to volunteer full-time, I would like to explore the possibility of liaising with schools whilst I am there with a view to maybe helping in the future.
Added: May 7, 2014
Submitted by Name: Steve Ellis From: UK E-mail: Contact
Comments: I'm an English (EFL)teacher and some years ago I had some discussions about volunteering. I was then working in Italy and for various reasons it was impractical to give up my job or even find the time (and money) to pay a visit. However, I am currently working in rural Sarawak (Malaysian Borneo), training and mentoring primary school teacher and may have the opportunity to take a short holiday in Sri Lanka in the near future. Although I am not free to volunteer full-time, I would like to explore the possibility of liaising with schools whilst I am there with a view to maybe helping in the future.
Added: May 7, 2014
Submitted by Name: Brenda Tunnecliff From: WEST HALLAM DERBYSHIRE E-mail: Contact
Submitted by Name: Ka-Mu-Ra From: Australia E-mail: Contact
Comments: Recently I was fortunate to travel to Galle with volunteer co-ordinator BPC, Lakshmi, a 3 day visit. We stayed with a beautiful host family, Kumar, Lalitha and Shilpa, outside Galle. The generosity and hospitality of this family is wonderful and so much appreciated. I feel now like one of their family, which is how I was treated. I know we will remain in touch. Whilst there we visited the Bonavista Home for Elders and the Sambodhi Home for Differently Abled, children and adults. Many photos sent to BPC! We were able to ascertain the areas of aid most urgently needed. The whole experience being one of learning, sadness and joy. There is much we can each do to help. Simple things. Lakshmi is correct, after the weekend I listened to myself speaking in "broken english"!! Very funny, how quickly we take on a habit! Thanks BPC for this experience and introduction to volunteering with you, which I will begin in earnest in May, and plan to continue for some months at least!
Added: March 20, 2014
Submitted by Name: tony From: brisbane E-mail: Contact
Comments: just looking for first time
Added: March 5, 2014
Submitted by Name: Lakshmi Gamage From: Sri Lanka E-mail: Contact
Comments: Thank you BPC for everything that you have done! Going to Galle with the Australian Volunteer, Kamura, to visit the Bonavista Home for the Elderly and Sambodi, the home for disabled children, was a very good experience for me and Kamura.
I fell in love with the children of Sambodhi. It is my plan to work as a volunteer at Sambodi in the future. As you are aware, that at both Sambodhi & Bonavista there are many people, children and elderly , that are in desperate need of a loving and caring person that has the strength to stand behind them and be their spokesperson. That spokesperson should be able to be the liaison between them and the management so that they can achieve their basic needs and help resolve issues in a diplomatic manner. I am certain I can do that.
Theruwan Saranai!
Added: March 3, 2014
Submitted by Name: Pea From: United Kingdom E-mail: Contact
Comments: Hello everyone! My name is Pea, and in 2012 my daughter and I volunteered to work in Sri Lanka for 5weeks. We were unable to return last year as a follow up but would really like to return again this year. We have always kept in touch with our host family and speak with them on a regular basis.
Could you please let us know what we would need for this trip this year and would be able to stay with the same family. Like the year before, we went in June, we would very much like to go in the same month.
Added: February 17, 2014
Submitted by Name: Ka-Mu-Ra De Silva From: Australia E-mail: Contact
Comments: Ayubowan. I would like to volunteer with Breakpovertycycle in Sri Lanka, as I spend time here each year and have experience and skills which may be helpful in various ways, whether teaching english to different age groups or helping in an orphanage or aged care home. Perhaps we can offer some practical and basic help from our experence but remaining within the local culture and belief system. There is much we can each do, wherever we live, to simply help others. Thank you for this opportunity in Sri Lanka. Namaste.
Comments: BPC welcomes you to sign the guest book and provide feedback as to how BPC should work towards helping people in need as well as what you would like to see on www.breakpovertycycle.com. Thank you.
Name: Lakshmi Gamage
From: Sri Lanka
E-mail: Contact
Again I would like to thank BPC for all you have done. We took so many photos during our visit to Galle and Kamura will send them to you. Could you please forward them to me as my office crowd are waiting to see them.
Now I feel English is very easy language to learn. I must find time to practice it on a daily basis. I feel I had a good introduction to it. When we were returning to Colombo, I told Kamura that she has lost her fluency in English and that she is now speaking in broken English.
The facilities available to the children at Sambodhi are good. What they need is tender loving care (TLC). They are also in need of clothing. Donation of clothing would be highly appreciated by the children. The elders at Bonavista Home for the Elderly asked for a television, bedding (mattresses) and bedside tables to store clothing/personal items. Please help us make the last years of the elderly an enjoyable one!
Theruwan Saranai!