Batti. students, teachers on familiarisation tour to Colombo

Sixty Tamil speaking students and their teachers from two schools in Batticaloa were hosted recently by US Ambassador Robert O’Blake and American Centre Library as part of a programme sponsored by the Sri Lanka Army to bring underprivileged children of the conflict affected Eastern areas to Colombo to experience the diversity and the educational, cultural and international opportunities available to all Sri Lankans.

During their visit to the American Centre the students enjoyed meeting Ambassador Robert Blake, an introduction to America, the internet and library services and short film screenings.

American Centre Staff collected donations to provide a gift of reading books, maps and other learning materials to each school as well as writing books, pencils and other school goods to each child.

Donations from American NGO “Room to Read”, Sadeepa Publishers, and the Sri Lanka National Library included over 15 trilingual reading books for each child, as well as a large supply of books for each school’s library.