



The Sparkes Home Sri Lanka houses 40 girls and is situated in the village of Kallar, south of Batticaloa, a Tamil area, on the east coast of Sri Lanka. The girls are aged from 6 years upwards and are either victims of the 2004 tsunami, victims of the recent civil war or from families who are so poor they cannot afford to keep their children. The home is run by the Methodist church which donated the land to build the home in 2005 and money was raised by the Sparkes family and their friends. The home is one of many administered by the Methodist church and it welcomes girls of all denominations… (read more)
Our recent visit took 18 days and we covered 2,500 kms with Tissa in his wonderful new 4×4. (Tissa is a wonderful guide and if you are planning a visit to Sri Lanka we would happily put you in touch with him). We started our trip by meeting with Claire Stratton (fellow Trustee) on her … (read more)