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Monday, 23 January 2006 |
Fourteen Australian volunteers put their 'mateship' skills into action when they helped a number of Sri Lankan communities affected by the tsunami, writes Daily News 210106 at http://www.dailynews.lk/2006/01/21/
Forwarded by Budhi Mulyawan 210106.
The volunteers, aged between 19-28, working with Australian organisation OzQuest: Young Australian Adventures, signed up to work with local villagers on community projects during December 2005.
OzQuest projects included building the 'peace bridge' to join a Tamil and Sinhala community in the Uplands-Watagoda area, planting banana trees at the Sarasavigama Organic Farm in Kandy and clearing and painting a number of community health centres around Matugama and Kalutara.
Jon Herd said the Australian volunteers partnered with micro-financing group SLPSM (Samastha Lanka Praja Sangwardana Mandalaya) and Satyodaya Centre for Social Research and Encounter.
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