Between May 8th and May 11th, Deshodaya (National Awakening), Sarvodaya’s programme on good governance and peace, organized a nationwide bus tour with the message of sustainable peace and community self governance.

The bus tour that started on May 8th at Sarvodaya’s headquarters in Moratuwa headed northwest to Gampha and Puttalam districts and ended in Ratnapura after visiting war affected eastern districts of Trincomalee, Batticoloa, and Amapara. The group of more than 80 people on two buses traveled together for four days through 11 of the 25 administrative districts in Sri Lanka. The group stopped in several villages and towns distributing Vision Declaration.

The new Sarvodaya Suwasetha Creche (Day care centre) and Kindergarten built with generous donations received from Sarvodaya Netherlands and equipped by “Project Tear Drop”, New Zealand, was declared opened recently by Her Excellency Angela Bogdan, the Canadian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka.