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Annual Report 2024 of the Dr. Reijntjes School for the Deaf in Sri Lanka. The new school year started on January 2, 2024 with a total of 42 students; 20 girls and 22 boys. The staff members consisted of the founder/principal, a director, 6 teachers, an assistant teacher, an IT instructor, a matron, a cook,[…]
Read MoreWe are now at the end of this year. That is why we would like to thank all sponsors very much for their generous donations during this period. This made it possible to keep the Dr. Reijntjes Deaf School running and to give the deaf students a good education. As you have read, the Foundation[…]
Read MoreNewsletter November 2024 from the Dr. Reijntjes School for the Deaf in Sri Lanka. During the cooking class, the students made a cake for the first birthday of Kiyara, the baby of Mudithe (director). A fun party took place on November 7 in the auditorium, with all the deaf children and staff members. De[…]
Read MoreNewsletter October 2024. Dr. Reijntjes School for the Deaf, Sri Lanka. On October 2, a group of students from the Asian International School, visited our Deaf School. They were very interested, had already collected information about deaf children and knew 2 signs. They brought presents for the children and also rice, lentils, tea, etc. Bezoek[…]
Read MoreNewsletter September 2024. On September 2, the students and staff returned after a month’s vacation. 3 new deaf children arrived from the Galle District. Miss Gayathri had a baby girl on September 5. Everything is going well with mother and child. We will visit her soon. A new matron, Damayanthi, started on September 10. She[…]
Read MoreNewsletter July 2024. The month of July started with late monsoon rains, which again caused a lot of flooding in various places in Sri Lanka. Our school garden was also flooded and the drains overflowed. The rain caused many mosquitoes that can cause dengue fever. Dengue-fever mosquito Ms. Gayathri of the youngest group, received her[…]
Read MoreNewsletter June 2024 The month of June started with a big storm, rain and thunder. It seems the monsoon rainy season has been disrupted, just like the weather around the world. In many provinces, schools were closed all week due to flooding and landslides. In our Deaf School the students are boarders, so we could[…]
Read MoreNewsletter May, 2024. On the first day of May, we had many Dutch visitors at our Deaf school. The Van Tuijl family, old acquaintances from Opijnen, came with 6 family members to spend a day at the school. They have meant a lot to our Deaf school. It was a very special and pleasant day[…]
Read MoreNewsletter March/April 2024 There has been a heat wave in Sri Lanka since the end of February until now. The government advised not to let children play outside during the hottest hours of the day, due to sunstroke and drink plenty of water. Even at night it was 28 degrees C. From March 12 to[…]
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