Hey Tpeepers,
Apologies for the lack of recent contact from us.
Our commitments to training, workshops, programmes and
projects means we are working 7 days a week to provide the best possible outcomes
we can for the young people we work with. We've never been so overworked and
underpaid. It's great.
Work has been supported
over the past 3 weeks by the visit of an
excellent volunteer from the UK who has worked with us at all our Sri
Lankan partners; the orphanage, children's centre and schools in Kandy and Kurunegala.
Rebecca is a former pupil of Henry Richard School in Wales which we have now partnered
with Royal International School (RIS) in Kurunegala. She brought with her
information which was presented to the pupils of RIS; it was great for the
students to hear Rebecca's firsthand experience of life and education in rural Wales.
She will be returning to the UK this week with a partnership pack developed
through a very successful workshop held with RIS pupils. This is our second 'School Partnership'
project. Our hope is that it brings
cultural awareness, shared learning and friendship to hundreds more UK and Sri
Lankan children.
The TEA
Project's new L.I.F.E (Leadership,
Independence, Futures, Empowerment) Training @ RIS in rural Kurunegala has finished
its first full programme. 25 pupils aged 12-14 years proved amazingly receptive
and engaging to what is a unique and completely new learning style; an evaluation
by the children was extremely positive and motivating. A second programme has
recently begun with 14-16 year olds and we're looking forward to training and
empowering more children over the coming months and creating 'Youth Leaders'
who will continue to teach the principles of L.I.F.E Training to their peers.
'Cloud Steps' is
nearing completion. This is an urban art
project at a local partner school. We are applying a design to the entrance
steps which will inspire the students & teaching staff and instil a sense
of identity and pride to those connected with the school and the local
community. Thanks to the small group of sponsors who's donations have helped
make this project possible on such a small budget.
We are grateful that
a recent bid for funding to Colombo International School (CIS) has been
successful. Funds from the bid will contribute
to a future urban art project and be spent to purchase essential teaching and workshop
materials to use in our weekly workshops
and training.
In July we will be announcing some very exciting news and developments
for The TEA Project.
Our website is
currently receiving a facelift from our kind contributors @ Radiant Point
Technologies to relate TEA news more effectively to you and complement these
positive developments. There are still a few technical changes taking place
which will be added in the coming weeks but if you visit www.theteaproject.org.uk you will begin to get a feel of the new
look. Try our new Instagram link https://instagram.com/the_teaproject
and start following The TEA Projects journey @the_teaproject.
The positive daily impact of The TEA Project is continuing
to grow and be felt by more and more vulnerable children and young people.
We're looking forward to speaking to you again soon about the
latest work of The TEA Project.
In the meantime enjoy the summer rays.
''thank you for
supporting us''.
C&R
