Blue Rose School and Village
This project is part of the SCI North South Programmes. Volunteers should be 20 years old, have previous volunteering experience and take part in the Preparation Workshops organised by their sending branch. More details from your sending branch.
Camp code:
LK-SCI 9.2
Country:
Sri Lanka
Start Date:
Jul 21, 2023
End Date:
Jul 30, 2023
Topic:
9: People with disabilities
Work Types:
Number of volunteers:
10
Number of places still available:
10
Free places last update:
Feb 01, 2023
International age:
18 - 99
National age:
16 - 99
Extra fee to be paid in the hosting country:
120.00 Euro [128 US Dollar]
Breakdown:
Breakdown:
- Accommodation and food: 80.00 Euro
- Transportation: 20.00 Euro
- Activities: 20.00 Euro
- Hosting organisation support: 0 Euro
Spoken Language:
English
Description: Blue Rose school is a long-term project of SCI Sri Lanka for students with learning disabilities. The governing body of the school has started a new project to create a village for them so that they can live as a community. The school was started in 1982 and there are about 60 students currently. Host organisation: Blue Rose Welfare Society
Type of Work: Manual work to clear the land which was recently donated to create Blue Rose Village. Volunteers will be engaged in clearing the land and working on securing the fence and planting trees. We will also get engaged in some construction work.
Accommodation: At the school dormitory
Requirements: Willing to do physical work
Organization Description: SCI Sri Lanka has been organising workcamps and peace-building activities since 1960 as the Sri Lankan branch of SCI international network. Our members are from every part of the island representing different religions and ethnic groups.