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| GREEN HOPE FESTIVAL SUMMER
2006 : please read our document
in english and learn about the festival, its objectives, the
workshops, the performances ... |
Updated 20th of january 2007
 For
all those and those who are going to accompany us these next months,
it is much more than just a trip …
In this new cruel time through which Sri Lanka is going, it is
a question of being even more present to our fellow human beings
at the other ends of the earth, sharing their anxiety, their suffering,
their courage and their respectability …
With an exemplary tenacity, the permanent office of Green Hope
in Sri Lanka continues its work. The Ministry of Education has
asked Green Hope to set up training for the teachers of the Communities
of Hikkaduwa. Training period took place in the Green Hope preschool
in Katukoliya. The teachers will learn instructive methods close
to the Montessori method, involving singing, dancing, gestures.
read...
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Chosen from the past news...
We did the first concrete act for the plan of the Country Medical
Health Centre by signing, with the Manager of the Health centre,
Mr Wimal Lokugamheva, the Convention which binds us with "
Secouristes Sans Frontières ",the financer of this plan,
under the watchful of Ranjani Ekanayaka Kalupahana, Notary.
Read
 Culture
and education. Education and culture are the humanist weapons in
this vital battle.
At the dawn of the start of the activities of the festival, these
questions seem to us to be essential more than ever. Without ceasing
we pose the rationale of our actions so as not to betray them. Not
to betray those with whom we have decided to grow together. Read
more
In the last Diary, we mentioned to you the sponsoring
of old persons; our permanent office has sent us on these pictures
of this couple in real need, living in their broken-down shack,
and also this, paralysed woman, all alone, who needs a wheelchair……
we shall not abandon them …Read
 Little
Dinesh is walking; He is faithful to his rehabilitation , using
two long bamboo poles installed for him He will go back to the hospital
for an check-up on April 24th.(...) The new mayor of Hikkaduwa
phoned our permanent office to ask Green Hope to rebuild the toilets
on the public beach which were destroyed by the Tsunami, and we
accept this task with pleasure, to erase the traces of the disaster
and give back to the big public beach an image of peace and joyful
days shared together…Read
 At
the Barbara Hendricks College (Orange, France), A big celebration
was being prepared for the benefit of Green Hope. At the beginning
of afternoon we met the pupils of the Solidarity Class, finishing
the preparations, and gave them news of the children of Patuwatha,
with whom they have been corresponding for nearly a year, and introduced
the photographs of Dinesh whom we had decided, along with
the team in the Collège, to dedicate this party so that the
funds collected will allow us to fund his operation without delay,
in the best possible conditions.Read
 After
consultations with specialists in the Apollo Hospital, we decided
to go ahead with an operation for Dinesh, a child from Dodanduwa,
from a very poor family….in the photos you can see him with
his brothers in front of their home. It is a very expensive operation,
but we are assured that it will reduce his disability ….to
try and give an equal chance for a more pleasant and just life is
one of the priorities of Green Hope … Read
To crown these six months of work and achievements, and superb
shared encounters, we have the true pleasure of announcing to you
the creation of the first Mobile Health Centre in Sri Lanka.
We have kept this a big secret, until we were certain
of it becoming a reality; now it is certain and will start from
next August. Read
 Also
peaceful this evening is the cricket pitch. Philippe's stilts
workshop allowed us to train nine people on stilts to join the parade
of the Festival organized by Jean-Christophe in the summer.
A girl: Kumudu, a leader: Laxarou, and Indunil, Nuwan, Pubudu, Soupoun,
Chaminda, Pramith, Douchan …Read
Dodanduwa Sports Club back to life !
Under a bright sun, the Stadium of Morocola was inaugurated this
morning - set in motion after the Tsunami, with thanks to A.O.S
, in partnership with Green Hope - in this in-between season of
flowers and fruits, when nature is fruitful, before the rains to
come....read.
 You
are fantastic
After reading in the Diary the story of Samarasinna and her family
you again answered the request of help immediately.
Thus thanks to Gisèle, our friends are able
to get organized to start this sponsorship from next month. Thanks
to Annick, Michel, Cecil, Green Hope can pay for the first three
months of treatment. Read
 The
team from "Plongeurs du Monde" composed of Louis, Serge,
Bruno, Christophe and Jeremy started the introduction to diving
and the protection of environment for the children of Patuwatha.
During the whole week dozens of children are going to discover this
activity accompanied with a teaching which will sensitize them to
the wealth of their environment...read.
 Manjulas's
Home Every day brings intense moments, laying of foundations,
the beginning of a new life….. Sometimes time is needed before
the magical moment of happiness: On Wednesday, the foundations of
the houses of Malinda, on the Kumara Kanda Road. In the photographs,
we can see him, the fisherman, living alone with his parents, since
the Tsunami, in two wooden shacks ... read.
 Dancing
courses Berny started the first free lessons of traditional
dances from the region last Saturday. An incredible attendance in
the Green Hope room in Patuwatha - about two hundred persons waiting
from 8 am, to inscribe their children's names. Berny worked with
76 participants on three levels. The first level is that of the
study of these sacred dances and lasts five years...read.
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