Grace Care Center

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VeAhavta August 2010 Enewsletter

Grace Update
Grace Update: Since its opening in 2002, the Grace Care Center has been driven by passion and ideas, plans waiting to be realized. Sadly, many of those dreams remained just that, as ‘planning for the future’ was not always possible. Our friends in Trincomalee spent much of the past eight years in ‘crisis mode,’ where simply surviving from day-to-day was an ongoing challenge responding to the latest emergency. Learn More

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Children of Grace

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Profiles of Grace

Meet: Suganthini Sithamparanathan
Date of birth: Sept. 21 1994
Place of birth: Vavuniya
Joined Grace Home: 2003

Meet: Gunawathy Rajaratnam
Date of Birth: Oct. 13 1934
Place of Birth:  Kandy
Joined Mercy Home: May 28 2005

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Volunteer Spotlight

 

Volunteer Spotlight
Boston-based psychologist Alice LoCicero couldn't resist adding days to her recent visit to the Grace Care Center, squeezing more time with the Grace children, staff and elders. This extended visit was in addition to seminars she provided elsewhere in Sri Lanka, arranged through the auspices of the International Medical Health Organization... Learn More

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Sport Day Sport Day
Last week, Grace Care Center was turned into a makeshift Olympic stadium (and, as always, a seven-acre stage for little actors), for a 'Sport Day' of fun and activities. Contests were open to the Grace Girls and the children attending Day Care at the Center. With limited resources -- other than persistent work by staff and friends leading up to the big day -- everyone was a winner on the final day before school break. Let the Games Begin! Learn More
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