The Village Nursery school is always a delight to visit and requires little effort from our part. The teachers are some of the most dedicated we have met and clearly love all their children. FODAD provides them all with a meal every day and each year, hand out new shoes and socks as these kids mostly live alongside the railway tracks and come from the poorest of families. In return we get to spend time and play with some of the happiest children we have met, despite their circumstances.
The teachers themselves also received vouchers for new shoes and we handed over clothes for them and their own children that had been kindly donated by people back home. A local hotel pays their wage which is very low, even by Sri Lankan standards so this year, we have decided to also help them and their families by paying for extra lessons for their children. So for just £4 a month, their children will now get additional tuition too, which seems the very least we can do given their hard work and commitment.
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