The Bhaktivedanta International School was one of about twenty schools competing in a local poetry reciting competition. The children took home the gold medal in each of the three age groups.
From Left to Right: Logapriya, Punithawathy, Paranika, Nandarani Devi (Principal), Gajenthini, Kalpana
Jurek Oswiak, voted the most popular man in Poland, visited the children on February 18, 2005. He was in Sri Lanka to donate medical supplies at public hospitals that care for children.
Tsunami struck Sri Lanka in December 2004. We have already received many children orphaned by the Tsunami. T hey are getting accustomed to the other hcildren and their new home quiet well.
We now have 32 Tsunami affected children at our orphanage.
Anita Tornoczky, daughter of the former Prime Minister of Hungary, visited the Children’s Home on January 29, 2005. Being impressed with the program that she decided to sponsor two children for life.