Leaving Mount Lavinia

As we come to our last night in Mount Lavinia we reflect on the week that seems, for many of us, to have gone so fast. It was great to have the afternoon off on Thursday but it wasn't long before we missed the kids and were happy to return to the exhausting but rewarding work at Sri Punyakami. On Friday morning we resumed activities at the school, it was sock puppets for the little ones in art and collages for the older ones.
On Saturday we threw a party for the kids at Sri Punyakami with cricket and music and set up a little nail bar for the girls. Everybody seemed to enjoy themselves very much but it was sad and slighty surreal leaving the place that had become so familiar over the last week.
I was touched by a sight on my way home from school today, on the front of one of the houses was selotaped a picture that a girl had done in our art activity, it summed up my experience at the school- the children I met, although difficult at times, seemed so excited by what we had to offer and I'm glad to have been a part of it.