This week I will tell you all about our time in the field for project SERPENT, in one of the most remote areas of Sri Lanka, Mannar Island.

Project SERPENT is a public health project with the aim of raising awareness pertaining to snakebite envenoming in rural Sri Lanka. In the SERPENT blog series, our Executive Director Kintan, shares about her experiences living and working in Sri Lanka for three months.

Welcome Chennery Cardenas! She recently joined our team as a European Studies student and will help us with conducting research. We believe that her enthusiasm, knowledge and willpower will definitely bring her places. In this interview, we get to know Chennery and her opinion on the Dutch education system, educational inequality and why knowledge is essential for personal growth.

Meet one of the new faces of our organization, Rosalie van den Berg! As a European Studies student, she applied for an internship with us and is now involved in our fundraising team. Rosalie is eager to learn and shares her thoughts on the importance of education and what changes she would make to the education system. Read more below and give a warm welcome to Rosalie!

Wathmi Fernando, the architect of Little Trees Nurtury, shares her personal story about her motivation behind the design of the preschool. Amongst other things, the history, people and environment of Mannar have inspired her to create a unique design. Read her article to learn more about the story behind it!

In this interview, we get to know Alex Rowe, who is involved with the organization behind the scenes as a creative consultant. Among other things, he has helped us with constructing the website, designing our logo, the Little Trees Nurtury video and much more.

Ashwini Karunathilaka, our Social Media Manager, joined us on a journey to Mannar, where we are building Little Trees Nurtury in collaboration with Bridging Lanka and Hüsk. Read her story about her experiences during the work trip and what personal insights she gained.

Abdu Ouarghine, our administrative assistant, joined us during our field research in the area of Galle, Sri Lanka. He wrote a report of his observations during our research to find out how the economic crisis in Sri Lanka has influenced the education system and living conditions of children and their families in remote areas.