OSI - Pamunugama
Shopping
Spree! and
McDonald's
30 March, 2007
In
celebration of the start of the children's April school break, as well as
the upcoming Sinhala and Tamil New Year, -the biggest holiday in Sri
Lanka, we arranged a small excursion for our Pamunugama children, thanks
to the generosity of donor Asanga Seneviratne and each of the children's
sponsors. We hired a bus, and after much happy singing and dancing
during the wonderful ride through the jungle, we arrived 45 minutes later
at the modern "Kandy" clothing shop near Colombo. There, we took the
unprecedented step of taking 40 children shopping at once! Anita and
the orphanage staff were stretched thin but after a heroic effort, every
child had chosen an outfit for themselves (we won't comment on their
various tastes). We would like to say that it was an educational
experience for our children in shopping, but it was really more a matter
of survival for ourselves. In any case the girls left the clothing
shop very happy! Back into the bus, -we proceeded to nearby
McDonald's, which since our Christmas
excursion has been in high demand from our kids. Forty
happy-meals later, there appeared 40 chocolate-dipped ice-cream cones,
followed by 40 children on the indoor jungle-gym. When they were
worn-out, we piled back onto the bus, where they somehow found energy to
dance and sing some more (well, most of them... see photos below!).
A huge thank you to Asanga for providing this fun, holiday event for these
very deserving girls! And thanks to each of their sponsors for their
hand-picked clothes!
Photos - Click on the photo for a larger image...
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Leaving
Pamunugama
Singing on the bus with our friend Khilna... |
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Good
Times Nadeesha, Thakshila, Suvimali... |
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Anita And our friends... |
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Forty
Girls Shopping
Arrival at the "Kandy" clothing shop... |
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Satisfied
Customer Malani... |
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Check
Out One of many piles... |
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Digging
Into Dinner Our gang, after being served at McDonald's... |
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Happy
Meals Suvimali, Thakshila, Ayesha... |
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More
Happy Meals And more happiness... |
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And
More Happiness... |
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And
More Good day for McDonald's stock... |
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Ice-Cream
Cheer Before it melts... |
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Too
Big for the Jungle Gym But thinking about it anyway... |
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On
The Way Home Rasika and friends... |
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Best
Friends Harshani and Malani... |
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Good
Friend Thakshila, taking care of sleeping Nirosha and Sanduni... |
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The costs for our excursion were provided for by Asanga Seneviratne from right here in Sri Lanka. Thanks once again Asanga for providing much happiness and good memories to our Pamunugama children!
Each child was able to choose their own clothes, with funds from their own sponsor. So thanks to our dedicated Pamunugama sponsors for making this possible!
Thanks also to Khilna Shah, our visiting friend from the UK, for spending part of her holiday with us, for chaperoning our excursion, and for giving such wonderful attention to our kids!
And as always, a big thank you to Anita for all of her effort and wonderful patience! -as well as to the home Matron and her wonderful staff.
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