Shawshank Redemption

This scene from Shawshank Redemption sums up what I imagine will happen when I start shifting through books for the library...

Projects and Programmes #2

Building Blocks is a small charity project, set up by a few individuals, who scour war-torn parts of Sri Lanka to find orphanages that need help. 

In the last two years, they've visited Trincomalee and Kilinocchi, in an effort to help the local orphanages.
They've built a kitchen for the Sivananda Thapovanam orphanage and have also planned to build a dormitory for an orphanage housing around 50 girls who all sleep, eat and study in the same building. Medical initiatives have also been set up: a hydration scheme where orphanages are provided with water bottles and informative posters as well as a nutritional supplement programme.   

After the success of their last fundraiser, Strike 2012, a football tournament that raised over £1000. They have arranged a sponsored bike challenge, the Big Bike Hike, around Croatia that is set to happen in May this year.

Visit the facebook page for more updates and details about their upcoming events.

Kakenya Ntaiya: A girl who demanded school

Kakenya Ntaiya made a deal with her father: She would undergo the traditional Maasai rite of passage of female circumcision if he would let her go to high school. Ntaiya tells the fearless story of continuing on to college, and of working with her village elders to build a school for girls in her community. It's the educational journey of one that altered the destiny of 125 young women.