Success

Happy faces at the orphanage in Colombo! Donated toys, all the way from the Netherlands, arrived in the hands of these happy orphans after a long journey by air and sea. First they travelled by plane from Amsterdam to London as part of my regular luggage. Then they stayed in London awaiting collection by the shipping company. Once collected they went on a 4 week journey by sea to Sri Lanka. Total transport costs: £5.- Most orphans in Sri Lanka have little ...

Major work is being carried out at the Kumari preschool these days. Since the preschool received a microloan from LEO mid December the school has been undergoing a serious transformation. The images on this page were taken at the beginning of this week and give a great indication of the change taking place. Unfortunately prices hiked up since the first estimates to renovate the preschool were given. It works out that an additional £200.- is required to finish the work. Hence we at LEO keep on trying to raise the funds. Now you might have noticed that the wording ‘microloan’ ...

Although we never really think of it in matters of success, we need to recognise that shipping goods to Sri Lanka is in itself worthy of a success story. When we ship things to Sri Lanka we are never certain if and how it arrives. We neither know if and how much the customs will charge to realize our goods. Our usual shipment consists of stamps and some hard to get by goods. However, this shipment actually contains a server computer, hard drives, children toys and stamps. The server has been donated to us by Joost Buelens whom will be volunteering at ...

Imagine you are a child again. Every day you have to walk to school and the only road leading there is an old dirt road of sand and stones. Now imagine you are walking that same road bare foot. This is exactly what most of the children at a very poor village school called ‘Sumanasara’ faced on a daily basis ...