VESL would like to say a special thank you to our in-country representatives [Heather and Cyril Mundy] and our Programme Manager [Tom Harrison] for setting up some wonderful projects for this summers programme and continuing to liaise with the Sri Lankan Education Ministry and the Provincial Educational Departments to secure a valued and worthwhile programme.
Sri Lanka setup underway
One of the VESL Programme Managers [Tom Harrison] is currently in Sri Lanka, meeting Education Ministers, visiting Schools and setting up our programme for this year.
VESL SELECTION DAYS
VESL would like to thank all those who took the time to attend one of our selection days this year and wish any applicants we were unable to place good luck in finding a volunteer programme this summer. Congratulations to all of you that have been invited to join our volunteer team, we look forward [...]
TRUSTEES REVIEW THIS YEARS PROGRAMME
Following a review of the Sri Lanka’s current security situation in January’s meeting of the Board of Trustees, we can confirm all projects within the South and Central Provinces are expected to go ahead as planned. Those projects within the North and East will remain on hold until an in-country review of the situation is [...]
BATLEY GIRL’S HIGH SCHOOL DONATION
VESL would like to say a big thank you to Batley Girl’s High School in Yorkshire for all their fundraising efforts after they successfully raised over £600.
VESL at House of Commons Meeting
Tom Harrison recently represented VESL at an update meeting in the House of Commons. The meeting provided valuable insights into the current situation in Sri Lanka, particularly regarding the impact of the recent election on the peace process and the ongoing ceasefire agreement. VESL is keeping a close eye on the security situation and will [...]
STAWPOLL TO GAUGE INTEREST IN LONGER TERM PROJECTS
Over the last two years we have received numerous requests from Sri Lankan schools and members of the Education Department asking us if we can run longer-term projects in addition to our summer projects. As VESL is staffed entirely by volunteers it simply hasn’t been possible to take on such projects at this time. We [...]
2 New Trustees
VESL is pleased to welcome two new members to the Board of Trustees, Gail Craig and Adrian Hayes. Gail Craig is a Solicitor specialising in Charity Law and Adrian Hayes is about to complete a Phd in Psychology at Manchester University.
CONGRATULATIONS ON A GREAT SUMMER PROGRAMME
We would like to congratulate all of this year’s volunteers for running another successful summer programme. We have received some extremely positive responses from our projects and requests to extend the programme to cover more schools have been coming in all month. We have also received most of our volunteer reports and evaluations and despite [...]
Support for schools in Sri Lanka’s North East
We have had some amazingly generous donations to our recently established Education Fund which has been setup in response to the Boxing-day Tsunami which devastated Sri Lanka. After a trustee visit to Sri Lanka in April 2005 it has been decided to support a number of schools affected by the Tsunami disaster. In particular we [...]
