Name: Risonelma Garcia Charlesworth Found: From a friend.
Location: Tideswell, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Tell us the specific needs of Your community in Sri Lanka Poverty Tell us YOUR specific skills and how you would like to help the community I am the director of Fashion Parade Boutique and thus I have many skills and expertise. How would you address the needs of Sri Lankans Through donations. Comments: I feel that this is a great organisation that is helping people find their own way of minimising poverty and making a difference to the nation. If you have a minute to help please join the organisation and help eliminate poverty.
Tell us YOUR specific skills and how you would like to help the community I can teach English and German (native German) , Art therapy, medical care Comments: I have lived in Sri Lanka ( with my mother in law) and in India (working in Kerala in a mountain hospital)and I am ambitious to return one day to help the children to gain a better Education and more lifeskills and bring knowledge about other cultures and their arts.
Record Number: 34
Posted: August 10, 2007, 8:43 pm
Name: Lois H Found: Linked from another site.
Location: Doncaster, South Yorks
Tell us YOUR specific skills & how you would like to help the community I am English and retired. I have taught young children and I enjoy growing things. How would you address the needs of Sri Lankans I would and encourage them to enter into English conversation with me and with each other. Comments: Comments later!
Record Number: 33
Posted: August 9, 2007, 11:02 pm
Name: Lynne Found: From a friend.
Location: Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England
Tell us YOUR specific skills & how you would like to help the community I'm English speaking. I would like to help in some way. How would you address the needs of Sri Lankans I'm considering a visit to Sri Lanka, to assist the children with learning to speak English. Comments: This evening, at a friend's house, I met Doris Rosayro, the director of Break Poverty Cycle. I was fascinated to hear about life in Sri Lanka and about the need for English speaking persons to assist Sri Lankan children in learning to speak English. It's inspired me to check out the web site and having done so, I'm keen to help. Sri Lanka is a country which I've wanted to visited for a good number of years. Even better to go there and know that I can possibly help in some way!
Record Number: 32
Posted: April 29, 2007, 5:29 pm
Name: Joe & Gwen Mogan
Location: United Kingdom
Comments: Hi Everyone! We are back from Sri Lanka. Our expectations of Sri Lanka were a mixture of "can we make a difference and would we be of any use, with Doris putting us at ease with regular meetings and contact by email and phone.
We could not believe the reception we received when we arrived at the principles house with all the family making us very welcome indeed, and the welcoming we had from the school children and teachers from our respective placements had our expectation met and beyond anything we imagined.
We did not expect all the attention we received but it was a lovely experience. Our time spent at the school was a short time with the schools breaking up for the new year celebrations but we managed to get involved with school life with little quizzes and playing word games and playing cricket, volley ball, etc. We did meet local people as well as children and teachers who were very friendly and helpful.
The main issue was the lack of sports equipment at the schools with a large percentage of students have a lot of talent in my view, we were very shocked to see children reading written English to an excellent level and not being able to speak the language.
I can honestly say that my wife Gwen has done sterling work on behalf of BCP with being on the radio and getting interviewed by the local press spreading the word of BPC. We intend to help further by spreading the word about of BCP and the benefits of being a part of it.
We can only say that nothing else could have helped to make our trip any better with all the wildlife on the door step monkeys, birds, etc. and everyone being so friendly and helpful. Thank you BPC.
Comments: We would like to send many, many, thanks to the following comapnies,who have assisted us in many ways.............
Gary from Bakewell Travel, Hope Valley - £100.00 Max's Indian Restaurant at Bakewell - £100.00 Ian from CCC Outdoors, Sheffield Ayesha's Authentic Restaurant in Dronfield Cineworld Cinema at Chesterfield Ladybower Inn - £200.00 Golden Dragon Chinese Restaurant - £50.00 The Plough Inn - £25.00
Tell us YOUR specific skills and how you would like to help the community We are planning with a lot of help from Doris to go to Sri Lanka and help the children speak English How would you address the needs of Sri Lankans We just can't wait to get there, help all we can, in anyway needed, and keep in touch in the future. Comments: We have set up a fund raising account (HSBC 40-19-20 72673509 - Break Poverty Cycle) for Joe and myself to buy our flights to enable us to visit the school Doris has earmarked for us.
I come from an educational/catering background while Joe is enthusiastic about sport and music and wishes to spend as much time as possible while there in both the fields, of course, all the time conversing in English, which I understand they are desperate to learn? and what better way than having fun.
Children in Sri Lanka need your support so please give generously. We have already had two very generous donations, one from Max's Restaurant in Bakewell 01629814336 and Bakewell Travel Agent 01629813004. If anyone would like to contact us by email, we would welcome any input. moganmg@aol.com.
Record Number: 29
Posted: November 11, 2006, 9:45 am
Name: Mrs Ranita Jayasinghe Found: I am a supporter
Location: I live in Derby, UK
Tell us the specific needs of Your community in Sri Lanka Minaly improving conversational skills in English. Tell us YOUR specific skills and how you would like to help the community I have had exceptionlal skills as an English Language teacher. How would you address the needs of Sri Lankans By personally meeting the community and helping them to have confidence to speak in English Comments: With more volunteers to teach and help children speak in English BPC is bound to take off and achieve the goals set by BPC. Please support the project.
Record Number: 28
Posted: September 21, 2006, 9:04 am
Name: Kate Bradley Watson
Comments: Dear Doris
I am now safetly home back in England. Thankyou so much for everything i had such an amazing time and am missing it all so much. You wanted me to write some sort of evaluation of my time in Sri Lanka can you please give me some guidance on how, what to include what form ie questions and answers as i can't think how to start as i has such an amazing time and am already planning on going back next year again to teach at Mahara school. Thanks for being so helpful Love Kate
Tell us YOUR specific skills and how you would like to help the community Training to be a Primary School Teacher. English is my native language Comments: I have just returned from three months teaching in Sri Lanka. I had an amazing time and really benefitted from the experience. I am hoping to try and encourage anyone else to join BPC. Sri Lankan schools do really need English speaking volunteers. I hope to return next Summer vacation. Please email me if you want to hear more.