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Sandrine from Switzerland

I am Sandrine from Switzerland who was here in Srilanka on 5th of Feb with RCDP. I was warmly welcome at the airport by the host family and driven off the airport for abut five hours journey to were I had to stay. The host family consist of four members were the mother stays at home were as the children and the father are employed. I was given a Sinhala culture programme for two weeks and then send to work at a physically and mentally handicap orphanage were I started teaching English to the kids it was very sad to see such children with no much care given and I was very happy be with them and in the afternoon I work with elder children doing paintings and drawings. This was something new to me and I loved so much to work with them and also in the evenings I and some volunteers take some elder orphans by tuck tuck (Local Transport) to the beach and make them happy. I do new things everyday in order to keep everyone happy so I you do wish to come to Srilanka it is a beautiful country with the most beautiful mountains in the hill country and also very beautiful beaches in the south were i always go in the evening to refresh myself.

The programme coordinator arranged a trip which was in my programme to see the elephant orphanage the sacred city of Anuradhapura , Kandy and the golden temple at Dambulla for 4 long days. This was a new experience for me as I went with the host family and enjoy with them while sight seeing. The historical places were very beautiful and amazing. In Anuradhapura we all had a bath in one huge lake and this was my first experience outside world were I came a cross such a huge lake. The food and accommodations was very good and I sincerely thank for the good job done by the coordinator and I assure him that all my past memories will remain with me and also I will certainly be with you in Srilanka once again as I feel very sorry to leave you .

Thanks to RCDP and Mr. Michael for this opportunity