Equality-based Community Support And Training

News 28.05.09

Volunteer Employment Alert!
ECSAT is looking for a volunteer special education trainer with a post graduate qualification and over 20 years experience in the field to work four days a week at our Galle centre. Please see our staff page.

News 18.05.09

Upcoming events at ECSAT!
The early summer months are going to be exciting times at ECSAT.The 5th June is International Environment Day and in honour of this ECSAT will organise a huge 'Shramadana' (cleaning) campaign in Galle to be attended by the Mayor and by other special guests alongside children, families and disabled people fromour partner communities. If you are in Galle come and join us!

On 24th and 25th June our founder Mrs Catherine Liyanage will run a training in Colombo to enable organisations working in the north in the post conflict situation to mainstream disabled people into their programmes. For more information or to attend the training please call CARM on (011)2507115 and speak to Jamila.

News 30.04.09

HAPPY SINHALA NEW YEAR!
Everyone in the Walahanduwa area joined in the Katupolwatta New Year Festival on 25th April 2009. See our report of the event for more on all the fun in this community of people displaced by the tsunami.

News 03.03.09

Sign Language Introduced to Kids Club!
At a recent meeting in Katupolwatta attended by 51 parents of children in one inclusive kids club, the parents were very happy that all of their children would learn sign language as an additional activity. Once the children learn basic sign langauge they will be able to talk to their deaf peers and encourage more friendship and communication than ever.

News 01.01.09

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Everyone at ECSAT would like to wish our friends, supporters, colleagues and beneficiaries a wonderful 2009. For more information on our plans for the new year please take a look at our projects section.

News 30.10.08

Celebrations and a successful training!
So many events and activities have been happening over the past month, and we would like to share a few with you. On 1st October we celebrated the International Day of the Child in Galle! Later in the month, we carried out Community Training in Chilaw to raise awareness about the rights of children with disabilities.Click on each event to see what happened!

Apologies for the lack of pictures in these reports... they will come soon! 

News 09.10.08

Introducing ECSATs new partner - Deaf Child Worldwide!
Excellent news today from the UK where Deaf Child Worldwide have approved a project with ECSAT that will run for two years from January 2009 bringing deaf children and young people a better quality of life through better communications. For more on this groundbreaking project please click here.

News 06.10.08

International Christmas Charity Bazaar Supports ECSAT!
The organisers of the International Christmas Charity Bazaar in Colombo have decided that in 2008, ECSAT will be the main beneficiary of the proceeds from this huge annual event. Everyone at ECSAT would like to thank the committee and all the contributors for their faith on our work. If you would like to attend the Bazaar (where we will also be selling ECSART Handicrafts) join us from 5-8pm on 28th November at the BMICH. Tickets are only 400 rupees, and there are stalls with food and gift items from all over the world!

News 26.09.08

ECSAT Training a huge success!
During September, ten parents and their children all came together to take part in 'Life Skills Training for children with intellectual disability and their parents'. In October we will be running a training on 'How to include disabled people in the community' for Caritas. Congratulations to the training team and to Gina for all her advice, and if you are interested in ECSAT training please see our new training page.

News 06.08.08

Strong Families Campaign - Urgent help needed!
The state of the Sri Lankan economy means that in poor communities we are seeing more and more children eating only two meals a day. Parents find it hard to provide for their children and dont have money for basics like schooling, meals and healthcare. Read our appeal and help us to address these issues in Galle in what is a very difficult time for many.  

News 01.08.08

Waiting for Wednesday - Rumindu's Story
Read all about three and a half year old Rumindu, who has recently been able to leave his house once a week to mix with his peers in preschool classes. Written by Gina Graham - a current volunteer - it is the first personal account in a new section where you can read about what volunteers and visitors experience and feel at ECSAT.  

News 19.07.08

ECSAT Facebook Group Launched!
ECSAT has at last hit Facebook with its very own group entitled 'Friends of ECSAT - helping poor and disabled people in Sri Lanka'! Please log on and join the group, which already boasts 50 members (as at 28th July) and is growing fast. We want to make it as fun and interactive as possible... 

News 06.07.08

Head Girl of Bryanston School Coming to Visit ECSAT
Everyone is looking forward to welcoming Charlotte - the head girl of Bryanston School in UK - to ECSAT in August to come and spend some time with us. We look forward to meeting her in Galle soon!

News 19.06.08

ECSAT Annual Report 2007-2008
Online at last with lots of news and stories about ECSAT in the past year. Click here and enjoy reading about what has happened in Galle thanks to you - our supporters! 

News 10.06.08

Ethical Giving Comes to ECSAT
Finally we have launched our Ethical Giving Programme on the website! This means you can now buy birthday, anniversary or even just friendship gifts for your friends and family that make them feel something amazing is happening in the world on their behalf. Just log in and say goodbye to present-buying worries! 

News 19.05.08

Thanks to Bryanston School UK
A great boost to our work came today from Bryanston School in UK! A 4000 GBP donation towards ensuring we can maintain our current work with children and adults with disabilities which is currently unfunded. Huge thanks to everyone at Bryanston.

News 19.05.08

HAPPY WESAK!
This long weekend has been Wesak for everyone in Sri Lanka - marking the birth, death and enlightenment of the Buddha. Look out for details of the Wesak celebrations organised by our Galle Parents Support Group coming soon.

While Sri Lanka celebrates the New Year, many people with disabilities are excluded from traditional activities due to prejudice and inaccessibility. This year the Parent Support Group in Galle organised a memorable day of fun for their children to celebrate the New Year with their friends. Take a look at what happened!