News
News 22.06.10
ECSATs Board strengthens further
ECSAT welcomes two new members to the Board. Lilani Perera is a lawyer and businesswoman whose professional input will certainly help our development. The second new Board member is Julia Frankl whose background is in communications and marketing and will be a much needed boost to ECSAT on these fronts.
News 26.05.10
Rotary Colombo West and Vision Care Bring hearing to children
This May, ECSAT teamed up with the Rotary Club of Colombo West and Vision Care to bring hearing to 19 children in Galle. Rotary donated hearing aids, and Vision Care agreed to donate their time and equipment to fit them to children selected by ECSAT alongside Social Services. Thanks to all for a great team effort. Read more here.
News 09.04.10
Happy Sinhala Tamil New Year to you all
ECSAT would like to wish all our friends and supportersa very happy Sinhala and Tamil New Year. We celebrated at ECSAT Galle on 6th April with children and their families, young people and staff - all of whom enjoyed games such as pin the eye on the elephant and blindfolded smashing the clay pot, and of course home made new year delicacies provided by the mothers and consumed by all!
News 01.04.10
ECSATs 5th Anniversary - no April Fool!
ECSAT today turned 5 years old. We have worked our way through the trauma of post tsunami work, through financial difficulties as funders pulled out of the south, and are now in the most stable and effective condition we have ever been in as an organisation, reaching more excluded and isolated disabled people in Galle than ever before. Thanks to all of you for your contributions to making this a reality... and heres to the next 5 years!
News 24.03.10
ECSAT Batik Range Launch 5.30pm tonight at Dwellings, Colombo
Tonight a new range of products made by disabled and non-disabled people in Galle will be launched at Dwellings, 52 Green Path Colombo. ECSAT has supported a group of batik producers to develop new, more contemporary designs and products to be sold to people from Colombo and overseas. Come along and take a look!
News 25.12.09
Merry Christmas to all our friends and supporters!
ECSAT would like to wish all of our friends across the world a very Merry Christmas. Its a very special year for all of us in Sri Lanka this year because we are experiencing our first peaceful Christmas for many years. Seasons greetings to all of you and THANK YOU for your support.
News 30.11.09
Friends of ECSAT Registered as Charity in UK!
Excellent news from the UK where 'Friends of ECSAT' Trust has been registered with the UK Charity Commision! This means that donations from UK can be made with Gift Aid - increasing the value of your contribution because ECSAT can claim back the tax! Our charity registration number is 1132881.
News 26.10.09
Exciting New Project Starting 1st November
ECSAT is happy to announce a new livelihoods project which will be supported by a partnership with United Way! This new project will support 29 tsunami-affected communities in the southern province of Galle to form livelihood committees and drive changes in their own communities that will lead to a stable income and inclusion of disabled people. ECSAT would like to thank United Way for their great support!
News 05.10.09
ECSAT Provides Training for Sarvodaya in Galle
ECSAT is now providing ongoing training for Sarvodaya in Galle to enable them to work with children in a more creative and child-centred way, both in community activities and in institutions. ECSAT is dedicated to providing training services to NGOs and INGOs in Sri Lanka to improve services for vulnerable children.
News 30.09.09
ECSAT Presentation at Bryanston School UK
ECSAT Founder Catherine Liyanage visited Bryanston School in Dorset England in September to give a presentation to over 600 students and teachers on the current situation of disabled children in Galle. Bryanston are a long term supporter of ECSAT and we thank them - and especially Sarah Stacpoole - for their ongoing advice and contributions. Special thanks to the chaplain Andrew Haviland, who handed over a cheque for more that 600 pounds for activities in Sri Lanka! We look forward to many more years of collaboration!
News 15.09.09
New Partnership with Kiwanis Colombo City
ECSAT has agreed an ongoing partnership with Kiwanis Colombo City Chapter to support the development of outreach services for disabled children in Galle.
Kiwanis have kindly agreed that from this month onwards they will fund one outreach worker to carry out this vital work of identifying, supporting and referring disabled children isolated in their communities. Thank you to everyone at Kiwanis!
News 31.07.09
Donation from the 'Aromatherapy Case Studies' - Reading UK
Many thanks to Dez Hopley's Aromatherapy Case Studies who generously made donations to ECSAT totalling 60GBP, which are being used to fix the van that transports disabled children from their homes to afternoon classes! Many thanks to all of you - its really made a difference!