Refugees International: Reports: Visual Mission: Post-tsunami school rehabilitation in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka

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Visual Mission: Post-tsunami school rehabilitation in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka

On a just-completed mission to Sri Lanka, the Refugees International team had the opportunity to monitor the status of small-scale rehabilitation projects for tsunami-damaged schools, projects funded through RI by the town of Hanover, New Hampshire. RI accepted the donation on an exceptional basis and chose two local Sri Lankan organizations to receive the funding: the Office for Eelam Refugee Rehabilitation (OfERR) and Sewa Lanka. RI spent nearly a full day in Batticaloa traveling up and down rural roads in the district visiting the three schools that OfERR chose to support.

Sri Lanka 2005: Students attend class outdoors

09/19/2005
In Nasivanthivu, while construction on permanent classrooms has begun, many students still have to study outdoors under a few trees, with blackboards set up on easels. With three classes of young children studying together outside, the distractions are great. The work on the permanent classrooms needs to move more quickly as the rainy season in Batticaloa is approaching and it will soon be impossible to conduct classes outside.