Will Prosser

So many wonderful people I met in Sri Lanka, both local villagers and foreign relief workers.  Many families in the Camp and Village shared meals, tea and delightful culture lessons with me, and I will never forget them.  Here are a few photos of the programs I was involved with, and some of the people that shared Sri Lanka with me.

We had our little boat repair shop at the Camp.

A rest in the shade with my pal Keertie.

My trusty borrowed bike from Ruhunu, who was helping Nick Buckingham renovate the Tangalle Hospital.  Here with Lyn Watson, we are late for a meeting, but Born to be Wild on a Honda 125.

At the giant Buddha temple on the mountain in Kandy.  Both of these monks speak many languages.

At a Navy cadet graduation ceremony, Cmdr Jagath (third from left) kindly invited a few foreign aid workers for lunch with the officers.  I could never thank the Navy enough for all the help they provided us, so we could get things done for the tsunami-affected people on the coast.

Raymond was in Australia when the second new outboard motor arrived, so I stood in for the Key Handing Ceremony.  Nylanthe is the skipper getting the motor.

After dinner at Palm Paradise Cabanas with Nick Buckingham, and Norman Atatollu, an Ayurvedic Doctor.

Dusk at the beach with Sesira Kumar, and his daughter, and Lalit; as they stack the net for the next day's fishing.

A distribution of clothing at the Camp, from Germany.

Piasilli in a sari at her wood house, with Saroji at the door.  Piasilli is a supervisor at a government-run factory in Hambantota.

I had one student, Kalhari, in my first oil painting class.  Note the line at the children's feet; Peymasiri scratched it with the stick he is holding, and issued   a dire threat to keep them back from crowding his daughter Kalhari.  These kids are amazingly bright and cheerful, and learn fast.

Second oil painting class

By the third oil painting class, I had made 12 easels, and we turned away kids.  I left soon after that, but I hope the kids are still painting (I left the paints).

My last painting class, in the Saroji House, the Saroji family kindly allowed us to use this house for my woodshop in the village, and for Lyn's TV day and kids art classes.

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