Monday, April 30, 2007
Exchange Rates
All monies donated to the school account has to be changed to USA Dollars. As Sterling has increased in value against the dollar in recent months then the pound can buy additional Sri Lankan Rupees at the start of the appeal a pound was worth SLRs186 but at the moment it is worth SLRs200 this increase is just short of 10%.
At last some good news - however no further payments will be made until the school is complete and operational.
Charity Concert
The Rotary Club of Northallerton Mowbray are to hold a Charity Concert in September to raise funds for the Yorkshire School - further details to follow in due course.
We thank Northallerton for their continued support.
We thank Northallerton for their continued support.
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Sinhalese New Year
Sinhalese new year is in April and therefore the whole month is taken as a holiday, as most of the site workers on the school are from Colombo they will be returning home to spend time with their families and friends.
No progress is expected during this holiday period.
No progress is expected during this holiday period.
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Headingley Increase Donation
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The picture shows the presentation of the cheque by Rtn Cliff Beddows the Club President to Rtn Ian Carling Chairman of the School fund raising committee and Geoff Steel the event organiser at their lunch time meeting on the 27th March in Leeds.
A big thank you to Headingley Rotary Club for their hard work and kind donation.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
RIBI Connecticut Trophy
The District 1040 International Service Committee are delighted to have been awarded the RIBI Connecticut Trophy for International activities including the Yorkshire School project in Sri Lanka.
A big thank you to all the committee members for all their hard work in making this a very sucessfull appeal, it has far exceeded all our expectations.
A big thank you to all the committee members for all their hard work in making this a very sucessfull appeal, it has far exceeded all our expectations.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Gift Aid
The Rotary Club of Skipton received a cheque in the sum of £785.oop last week from HM Revenue & Customs for a Gift Aid claim for donations made during their appeal for the "Yorkshire School".
This is a tremendous amount of money and quite easy to claim, for very little effort. I would encourage all donations to be followed by a gift aid form as Mr Brown will add an extra 28% to the donation.
The above sum will go a long way to help the children of Sri Lanka.
This is a tremendous amount of money and quite easy to claim, for very little effort. I would encourage all donations to be followed by a gift aid form as Mr Brown will add an extra 28% to the donation.
The above sum will go a long way to help the children of Sri Lanka.
Monday, April 09, 2007
Unrest in Kaluwanchikudy
Due to the deteriorated security situation in and around the school site the STF (Special Task Force) and Police have requested that the Contractor move out from the area for a period of three weeks due to the increased violence towards Sinhalese workers (most building workers on our school site are Sinhalese and from Columbo).
We are hopeful that the workers will return after three weeks to complete the works as the whole contract is almost finished.
Rotary International have been informed that these delays will affect the works that are part of the Matching Grant, however these monies are ring fenced and in a interest bearing account.
We are hopeful that the workers will return after three weeks to complete the works as the whole contract is almost finished.
Rotary International have been informed that these delays will affect the works that are part of the Matching Grant, however these monies are ring fenced and in a interest bearing account.
Sunday, April 08, 2007
One Million Hits
Rotary District 3220 Sri Lanka have recently confirmed that they have had over one million hits on the Schools Re-Awaken web site.
This web site gives up to date information on all twenty five school that are to be built under the scheme that is organised by Rotary and supported by Standard Charter Bank.
This web site gives up to date information on all twenty five school that are to be built under the scheme that is organised by Rotary and supported by Standard Charter Bank.
