Lisa's birthday gift

Our friend Lisa, who joined us in Sri Lanka with Lawrence and Callum last February, recently celebrated a special birthday. Rather than gifts, champagne or flowers, Lisa instead asked her guests to donate money to FODAD, specifically to fund the clearance of the back of the school to make a new safe, play area. Thanks to Lisa's kind gesture and the generosity of her friends, we have now raised over £700 towards that goal and hope to be able to make start in July when Della and Don visit Sri Lanka again.

So congratulations to Lisa and thank you to all those that donated. And if you still want to wish her a 'happy birthday' you can do so on Lisa's JustGiving page or by sending a text to 

LISA40  £5 to 70070. Thank you.

Picture perfect

One of the things we did on our last trip was leave materials for the school to paint murals on the exterior walls - it's a Sri Lankan tradition.  Having taken advantage of a break in the monsoon weather, the pupils and teachers have made a start and sent us some pictures of their latest efforts, and we have to say we're very impressed.

We can also report that our supporters at the Village School Hampstead kindly donated money so that the playground which FODAD originally provided 6 years ago could be renovated .  That work has been completed and we hope to be able to share more photos after D & D's next trip in July.