On Progress of Sri Lanaka School Project
Dear Friends,
I would like to update you with the current status of our Sri Lanka school project. We are working hard but our progress has been slow. Our work has been hindered mainly by recent escalation of the war. Other NGO’s are experiencing similar problems.
As you know, we have […]
Archive for January, 2007
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Whale watching east coast
Cruises. Tidal Bore rafting Wildlife Adventures Nestled on the official start to the migratory track of …………………
…………..ARUGAM BAY The best way to view humpback whales that are sought, this would be using a few places in the open water east of the South African East Coast family road Gloucester has companies […]
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Angels at Arugam
A short video clip of a fishing boat trip in the famous Bay has been posted by the Engel family on You Tube.
Below is the link:
< http://youtube.com/watch?v=4UzrpDXX6gk>
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Arugam.info was pleasantly surprised to discover that the Japanese Government has quietly and without the usual NGO publicity constructed a small township just North of PottuVille.
An almost identical Japanese mirror project is located north of Trincomalee, again for the benefit of Tsunami sufferers.
At Pottuvil, a total of 200 houses are near completion, complete with all […]
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An article written for The Guild of TV Cameramen’s Magazine
Covering the Tsunami
“Beep-Beep….Beep-Beep” - the ubiquitous text message greets us as we awake - its Boxing Day and we’re on the Andaman sea island of Koh Ngai off the south-western Thai coast. The message is from a friend who works at the local Thai ITV channel […]
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Tamil diaspora ‘feel’ the violence
By Debabani Majumdar […]
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Back to base
Wednesday, January 24th, 2007 in Uncategorized
The trip to the north-east and down the coast to Ulle (Panama was not recommended due to the state of the road after the recent flooding) was relatively uneventful as far as the ‘situation’ was concerned as, apart from the more frequent check-points and more detailed sussing out of […]
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Wednesday, 24 January 2007
Here Endth the Marathon Blog Update
(I’ve put lots of photos in this one to reward you for getting through it)
After a day or so there I flew back to Colombo on the red-eye and got in at 8.30 in the morning. I went to the office to check […]
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Fleur Childs
Young Australian artist Fleur Childs was “staying at Arugam Bay, a remote beach community on the east coast of Sri Lanka, when the Indian ocean tsunami struck. With the works that make up Boxing Day, Childs relives and reimagines her experience of riding the wave that killed over 200,000 people.” Childs is a […]
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Tuesday, January 23, 2007
2004 Tsunami on Canvas
Fleur Childs is a young Australian artist who works in video, sculpture and painting. She was staying at Arugam Bay, a remote beach community on the east coast of Sri Lanka, when the Indian ocean tsunami struck. With her painting called Boxing Day, she relives her experience of surviving […]
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Here Endth the Marathon Blog Update
(I’ve put lots of photos in this one to reward you for getting through it)
After a day or so there I flew back to Colombo on the red-eye and got in at 8.30 in the morning. I went to the office to check in and say hi, with the intention […]
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Arugam.info has been informed that a popular and well known local elephant was shot and badly wounded by a home guard in Panama a few days ago.
Sadly this conflict exists, but what makes this particular event so tragic is the fact that the injured animal is believed to be the last remaining Cross Tusker in […]
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