Soph’s cousin, who gave us the idea to go to Sri Lanka, originally went there to do relief after the 2004 boxing day Tsunami which devastated the East and South coasts. We thought that with our intended expedition we have an opportunity to help too. So we set about contacting many different charities within SL, government organisations and the UN before we started talking to Dilanee of the Ocean Stars Trust registered charity. We immediately liked what Ocean Stars were currently doing and Dilanee was very approachable. We talked over Skype and email for weeks before settling on a worthy cause to raise money for. So now we are raising funds for the Karaveddy Preschool on the East coast in the Batticaloa region. The Batticaloa region was very badly effected by the Tsunami and almost 3 decades of civil war and is now in recovery and development mode. The Preschool is in desperate need of a solid roof, currently it only has a single layered leaky tin which needs constant repair and is often damaged in strong winds.

The blog is here peteoswald.co.nz/blog.  The posts are here

• Bike Sri Lanka – 2nd Week – Arrived at the School!!!
• Bike Sri Lanka – 1st Week
• Bike Sri Lanka Fundraiser Success & Training
• Bike Sri Lanka Expedition & Fund Raiser