From Kohonawala Village to Galwelagama for Donate School Item

Year and Month	2018 December
Number of Days	2 Days ( November 30 – December 01 )
Crew	12 (between 25- 45 years of age)
Accommodation	Previous day at Teacher’s House at Kohonawala Village
Transport	By Jeep & van
Activities	Charity , Sight Seeing , Photography
Weather	Sunny & cool weather
Route	Kohonawala -> Madolsima -> Ekiriya Road -> Galulla Junction -> 7 Km’s -> Galwelagama -> Back to Madolsima -> Passara -> Wellawaya -> Thanamalwila -> Udawalwa -> Pelmadulla -> Rathnapura -> Avissawella -> Kottawa
Tips, Notes and Special remark	Special thanks to Mr Bandara – OIC of Madolsima Police Station Everywhere leaches & get ready for it. Need urgent Government support & attention for these kind of rural schools
Author	Sanjeewa
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December month start & still we in Kohonawala village. Because we came to here on November 30th. We plan to start our return journey on early morning & but finally journey start on 7.30 a.m. We have to climb same route which yesterday we passed. Only good thing was cargo weight heavily reduced & we carried only our bag. Luckily sunny weather from morning & other good thing was our 2 friends came to Madolsima after repair the van. Previous night they found a place to stay in Passara. Our climbing speed got slow & took several little rests on our return journey. Around 10.30 a.m we were able to came to the estate road. We were very happy about complete this tough journey. Now we have to ready for next event at Galwelagama school. Principle arranged event on December 1st ( Saturday) on our request. First we came to Madolsima Police Station & met the very helpful OIC. After that we had a wash there & changed our cloths. From there we went on Ekiriya road & turn from Galulla junction. We have to travel 7 km’s to reach to school. We faced problem again & last part of the road under construction. Then we have to walk few km’s with heavy school bags. All of us in very tired condition but no any other option than walking. Around 2.00 p.m we came to the school. The principle warmly welcomed us. She was truly hero for these students & for village. No any other teacher in this school & she look after Grade 1 – 5 classes. Due to traveling difficulties teachers not willing to come here. She was doing principles & all teachers role alone. For safe guard & continuity of this school she was doing Montessori in this school. All these hard work beyond her official duty limits. She doing all these for her poor students & for her village without any benefit for her. Hard to believe & imagine such generous great life. We gave school bag , writing books for whole year , water bottle , lunch box , pencils & other stationery items for each student. Also we gave Name Board & sports items for the school. Finally we gave pack of sweets for each student. After distributing all gifts we completed our mission. We feel very happy about what we done. We prepared to start our return journey with empty hands & with heavy happy memories. Around 6.30 p.m we leave from there & reached to home around 2.30 a.m on 2nd December. We completed another very successful donation programme with memorable experiences.

Thanks for reading

Sanjeewa