Dan’s fortnight is up and he left to return to the UK early on Sunday morning – how quickly it’s gone. But before leaving he had decided he wanted to supplement the Village school band with some extra instruments as it had originally been established as memorial to his father. So we headed up to the music shop to place an order for 6 new melodicas and 2 tambourines to boost the sound of the school band and of course offer more students the opportunity to be part it.
Later, we met up with Adam the head of the International School in Colombo and his wife Kath, who is the brother of a colleague of Della. He asked how he could help and we explained that our priority was to make the school water-tight and secure. With a dedicated maintenance section, he has promised to put them in touch with us so we can consider the available options and whether we can afford any of them. It has been really frustrating and a bit disheartening not knowing someone in the building trade. He will call us tomorrow and with luck, we should be able to talk to someone before leaving in 2 days and be much better placed to understand the feasibility of the various options which will be a huge relief. Simply not knowing how much a simple repair would be let alone a new roof has been a struggle.
And as it’s typically British to discuss the weather, tonight we witnessed the heaviest rainfall ever imaginable. Even the fishermen in the Village afraid and hadn’t experienced anything like it.
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