Sri Lanka: Day 5

Today's distribution began on the third floor of a very large school with a student population of over 800 children.

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Our welcome began with the presentation of lovely floral leis, followed by six young Tamil girls doing a typical national dance.

After welcome speeches, the SCAW team humorously demonstrated the contents of the bedkit with Ron playing the child in his new bed and Chris as a mosquito trying to get him through the net. The children and parents loved it and we had smiles from the children when picture-taking time arrived.

On seeing the last of the 589 children off, we were treated to a Sri Lankan lunch before we boarded our bus.

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The army personnel helping us today were eager to show us more of Sri Lanka. We passed areas were they have been aiding displaced citizens to resettle and then on through a jungle area to a steep rock area -- the Nandi Mithra Rock which is 500 feet high.

We climbed the steep rock face and were rewarded with a fabulous view of the jungle and lake area that was near our distribution site. Off in the distance as the sun began to set, we could see a small herd of elephants having a drink at the waters edge. They looked like little dots from our hilltop.

What more could one ask for the end of a great distribution day. We gave bedkits to 589 wonderful children and somehow we too were given a wonderful gift in return.

Team Sri Lanka 2011

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