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Nirosha, Sweden

I am Nirosha who did volunteer work in Sri Lanka. This wasn’t my first time in Sri Lanka but it was my first time getting in touch with the people and learning about the culture there. I got picked up at my hotel and then we went to my host famliy who lived in Galle in south of Sri Lanka . They were all friendly to me and I felt really welcome. They made sure I had everything I needed and the Sri Lankan food was sometimes unbelievable amazing good. It was a great place to stay at. The first week we had Sinhala course which was good at first but afterwards I realise the money we paid was a lot for so little. I thought it would be more like a seriously course but it wasn’t quite what I expected and I think I speak for all who went for that course at same time as me.

After that course I started my work at Sambodhi and the school next to it. In the morning I was helping the teachers in classes which was really fun because I love children but there wasn’t much to do tough. They couldn’t hardly speak any English so that was sort of a problem because I couldn’t neither teach or speak with the people there except playing around with the kids a bit.

In the afternoon I hung out at Sambodi, which I really enjoyed cause all the people asked for there was love. It was amazing to be a part of their smiles everyday.

One month passed by and finally I felt I needed to be able to communicate with people and I felt I needed more of a challenge.

My coordinator Michael helped me out and right away the next day I started to teach the monks in Mahmodera temple. In beginning it was sort of confusing and their culture was very new for me.

It took a few days to get know the monks a bit and figuring out what the monk’s level was in English and other things. After a week I went everyday to the temple with a smile on my face. Tough it was sometimes hard to keep the control and be a serious teacher those monks filled me with laughter, joy and love.

They tought me a lot and it was sure a challenge that have been giving me so much. I had the time of my life during my time in Sri Lanka . The biggest reason of my happy days in Sri Lanka are my newfound friends and they made my days so much brighter. They were the people who actually really learned me about the culture and Sinhala.

For me except helping people finding new friends for life was the best thing about this volunteer time. All the good times that I’ll never forget. All the memories that will always be close to my heart.

I think Sri Lanka is growing for every year and I wish all the people happiness!