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Going Home 1 Mar 2011 | 08:42 am
Well... The study tour has come to an end and we are leaving for the airport for our 2:00 AM flight to London. We have seen more than just elephants, monkeys and co-ops. We have experienced generosity...
What our support means to a village 26 Feb 2011 | 09:37 am
Today was a very important day on our study mission because we got to meet the beneficiaries of CCA and CDF's Tsunami relief efforts in Sri Lanka. CCA had provided the capital for a loan fund for Sri ...
Walking the long road together 26 Feb 2011 | 09:31 am
Today we travelled from Kandy back to Colombo where we attended a meeting of the SANASA Federation. Approximately 50 primary society managers were in attendance and we were greeted very warmly by the...
SANASA: Making a Difference 24 Feb 2011 | 10:09 am
It is 2:30 am and I’m awake because my mind is full of everything we have seen here in Sri Lanka. I am so impressed by what has been accomplished by CCA and their partners, the SANASA Federation and D...
CBC Interview –Mark Sparrow 21 Feb 2011 | 11:07 am
On Valentine’s Day last week, Mark Sparrow, Business Development Officer at the Nova Scotia Co-operative Council, visited CBC Radio Information Morning Cape Breton to talk about his passion for travel...
Ayubowan! 21 Feb 2011 | 05:47 am
Ayubowan is a common Sri Lankan greeting that is spoken while clasping the hands and slightly bowing. It means "May you live long." We learned this piece of culture today from one of our presenters, L...
Welcome to Sri Lanka 21 Feb 2011 | 05:31 am
We landed at 5:30am Friday Sri Lankan time and we already feel like we belong here. The drive from the airport was about an hour long and we saw the best and worst that Sri Lanka seems to offer – scho...
Cape Breton to Colombo: Opportunity of a lifetime 17 Feb 2011 | 08:19 am
Today I will be patiently waiting with intense excitement at the J.A Douglas McCurdy airport to board the first of 4 flights that will take me from Sydney, Nova Scotia to the Bandaranaike Internationa...
Seeing is believing 16 Feb 2011 | 05:04 am
Two more sleeps until I make my way to the Toronto airport for the long flight to London and then an even longer flight to Colombo, Sri Lanka. I am very excited when I think of actually experiencing ...
Seven days from today . . . 12 Feb 2011 | 04:22 am
Seven days from today, I will be in Sri Lanka with my ten fellow volunteers seeing the good co-op and credit union development work that takes place in-country. The strategic purpose of this trip is t...
