July Update
- At June 24, 2012
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June Update
- At June 06, 2012
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Kate (Neil) has just returned from her annual summer visit to our STB Children.
They are enjoying school holiday time now and Kate reports that they are all well and happy!
More news of the new house building project to follow in her report.
May update
- At May 21, 2012
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Greeting from Jenny
- At March 24, 2012
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My dear friends and supporters of Star Action,
I have recently returned from a very rewarding visit to Sri Lanka and India, with my colleague and co-founder of Star Action, Stuart.
We try to visit Sri Lanka twice a year, if possible, but certainly each February, so we can personally check on the progress of all the up and running projects and oversee the initiation of new endeavours. This visit has been very fruitful and I am particularly excited about our new community education project in the remote and formerly war-torn East Coast village of Mankerny, and also our ‘build a toilet’ scheme in a very poor fishing community on the West Coast.
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Sri Lanka: East Coast Community Project
- At March 24, 2012
- By Joe Cody
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COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROJECT
We have often recently heard our politicians projecting the future prospects of the United Kingdom in the term ‘Education, Education, Education’. However, in India and Sri Lanka this has been understood by every family for some time. Those who can go to school are given every assistance to do well by Mum and Dad, and those who cannot, and who have to contribute to the family income, crave an opportunity to attend and learn.
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