BOSTON, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Nobel Peace Prize nominee A.T. Ariyaratne
will visit the British School of Boston on Friday, October 14, 2005 to share
heart-breaking and heart-warming stories regarding the tsunami that claimed
50,000 lives in Sri Lanka in December 2004. He will set out how one
organization made a big difference.
Dr. Ariyaratne founded the Sarvodaya Movement in Sri Lanka in 1958, aimed
at promoting development in the Asian country. For his work promoting
nonviolent social transformation he was awarded the Niwano Peace Prize in
Japan and the Mahatma Gandhi Peace Prize in 1996.
Sarvodaya was honored on October 3, 2005 by the United Nations for its
outstanding humanitarian work after the catastrophic tsunami that took place
December 2004. The organization has been presented the 2005 Habitat Scroll of
Honor award, a prize that is granted annually by the United Nations Human
Settlement Program for outstanding work in the field of settlement and
shelter.
Like many organizations, The British School of Boston was deeply moved by
the Tsunami disaster that overwhelmed parts of southern Asia on December 26th
2004. The staff, students and parents of British School of Boston came
together to support one of the worst affected countries -- Sri Lanka. After
some consideration, we chose to donate our funds to the charity Sarvodaya. We
felt their pledge to " ... take care of orphaned children" and "to rebuild
schools" fitted with our own ethos here at the British School of Boston.
At an 'Auction of Promises' and other events held in February this year,
the school community raised over $62,000 for Sarvodaya. On October 14, our
students are honoured to welcome Dr. Ariyaratne to the British School of
Boston to hear at first hand how their hard work made a difference to the
children of Sri Lanka.
The British School of Boston is part of the British Schools of America
which were founded in 1998 when the first school opened in Washington D.C. The
British Schools of Boston and Houston both opened in September 2000, the
British School of Chicago opened in September 2001 and the British American
School of Charlotte, the fifth school, opened in September 2004. It is
anticipated during the next few years that the total number of British Schools
of America will grow to 20, all located in major cities across the USA.
Pupils at the British Schools of America follow the International Primary
Curriculum, the National Curriculum of England through GCSEs and the
International Baccalaureate Diploma. Teachers at the schools are recruited
directly from the UK and are trained in the delivery of the National
Curriculum, the IPC and the IB.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Nicholas Owlett, Deputy Head
British School of Boston
416 Pond Street
Boston, MA 02130
Tel 617 522 2261
Fax 617 522 0385
dhbsb@britishschool.org
Pia Bernardini, Admissions Manager
British Schools of America
4715 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20011
Tel 202 829 0442
Fax 202 726 1989
SOURCE British Schools of America
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CONTACT:
Nicholas Owlett, Deputy Head of the British
School of Boston, +1-617-522-2261, Fax: +1-617-522-0385,
dhbsb@britishschool.org; or Pia Bernardini, Admissions Manager of
the British Schools of America, +1-202-829-0442, Fax:
+1-202-726-1989
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