October 2004 |
Lake's
 overseas travels |
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Sri Lanka (Twins) |
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I
also traveled to Sri Lanka for a holiday in July 2003 - click
here for more pics from that visit.
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While I was in Sri Lanka in August 2004 I met with the founding members and management of the Sri Lanka Twins Cultural and Development Centre. Unfortunately approximately 95% of twins in Sri Lanka are born into abject poverty; this Twins Association is trying to improve the lives of all Sri Lankan twins. The association was founded by twin sisters, Upuli and Chamali Gamage back in 1993 with the aim of providing cultural backing, education and other welfare assistance for Sri Lankan twins. The association now has more than 7000 members and is run with the ongoing assistance of Upuli's husband, Major Mahinda Hettiarachchi. Check out their website for more details and information on how you can help! |
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Here
are a few photos of our meeting together.
(you can click on each photo for a larger version) |
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 Chamali, Lake and Upuli together during visit August 2004 |
 Close up of Chamali, Lake and Upuli - August 2004 |
 Mahinda - Upuli's husband; also Managing Director (and only non-twin member of the association) with Lake - August 2004 |
 Lake holding Upuli and Mahinda's six month old baby boy - too cute! |
 Commemorative plaque presented to Lake by the Sri Lanka Twins association. |
** - Newsflash - **
Tsunami disaster hits Sri Lanka; 30,000 dead and more than 1 million homeless. |
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Want to know more
Try
these links for various |
Sri Lanka Twin Sites:
Sri Lanka Twin Registry - academic and research institution with register of twins in Sri Lanka (to facilitate medical studies of twins).
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(These
links will take you to sites that are maintained by other individuals;
twinsrealm.com should not be held responsible for the information contained
on these external sites.)
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You can email me directly while I'm overseas travelling via lake@twinsrealm.com |
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