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CANNING TRUST GRANT for INDIAN PROJECT

VESL recently presented an application to the Canning Trust to help secure a school house for an orphanage that we work with in Northern Andhra Pradesh in India. We are overjoyed to announce that the Canning Trust have kindly granted £4000 to the project and purchase of the school house can now go ahead. We would like […]

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NEW TRUSTEE APPOINTED – Clara Hebblethwaite

We are very pleased to officially announce that Clara Hebblethwaite has accepted our invitation to join our board of trustees. Clara has been involved with VESL since 2004 when she volunteered in our summer programme in Sri Lanka. Clara went on to complete a PGCE and become on a full-time teacher in London and became […]

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VESL Volunteer Interview, Student Direct, Feb 2007

“You meet some fantastic people, see a beautiful country and have the opportunity to make a small but measurable difference.” – Anna Watt, Sri Lanka Volunteer, 2004

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NEW TRUSTEE – Anna Watt

We would like to formally announce that Anna Watt has agreed to join the VESL board of trustees. Anna was a VESL volunteer in 2004, an in-country co-ordinator in 2005 and only recently returned to the UK after staying on in Sri Lanka to teach in Colombo. We are all extremely pleased to welcome her […]

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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 […]

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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.

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