Bridge2Peace Montessori – Lunugamvehera
In March 2006, the Bridge2Peace Montessori was launched in Lunugamvehera, a village in the southeast of Sri Lanka and besieged by extremely dry weather most of the year. Preliminary research into the preschool education in the area proved that extreme poverty of the parents excluded their children from receiving a quality education.
Bridge2Peace Montessori has opened up opportunities for children who are severely affected by poverty, civil war and the Tsunami. It has become the pathway to bring peace to the lives of those children and their parents and to brighten up their farming community.
The Peace Curriculum is an essential part of the preschool education provided in the Bridge2Peace Montessori program. This is a subtle approach to the promotion of peace and unity in the mind of the individual as well as within the community.
Bridge2Peace Montessori School located in Lunugamvehera, in southeastern Sri Lanka serves 70 – 80 students.
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It was a great day indeed when the peace gang of Lunugamwehera visited Colombo. The wonder and amazement on the faces of the children as they toured Colombo...
July 2010The field trip to Weerawila air base was the highlight of the term as the children watched the landing of the plane and also had the chance of getting...
June 2010The whole school community involved themselves in creating a wonderful vesak lantern which they took in procession to the village temple. As the sun went...
May 2010The new term commenced with lots of excitement. The children shared the many things they had done during the holidays. Parent conferences for the third...
April 2010The month of April heralds new beginnings for Sri Lanka. The Sinhala and Hindu New Year in Lunugamvehera is the most celebrated festival of the year....
March 2010Happy 4th Birthday B2P! Traditional celebrations marked the occasion. On a sad note, parents and children gathered to console their well loved ...
February 2010The new children with the help of their older peers have settled in well and are working beautifully in their Montessori environment. B2P celebrates...
January 2010The highlight of our 3rd Graduation from B2P Montessori was witnessing Kavinda Nissara and Kavishka, two of our specially abled children walk up proudly...
December 2009This was a very sad month for us. With heavy hearts we bid goodbye to little Vasana Sewandi – aged 4, who died under tragic circumstances. All end of...
November 2009Visiting members of the Peace Gang (Colombo) Pathanchali Premachandra and Vinusha Paulraj planted a coconut tree to commemorate their visit. ...
October 2009The Japanese concept for increased productivity and avoiding waste – the 5S method has been embraced in Lunugamwehera. The...
September 2009We were off to a grand start this term. Liesl Nugara and Tharanga spent a weekend in Lunugamvehera getting to know our enthusiastic parents for 2010. ...
July 2009The children were treated to a great experience this month. Dhammika Weligodapola -(CO of the Air Force Base in Weerawila and former parent of La Petite...
June 2009The month of Poson was a busy and fruitful month for us. Poson was celebrated with a prayer ceremony (bana) and an alms giving to the priest of the temple...
May 2009On a more solemn note, B2P celebrated Vesak in the month of May – the birth, enlightenment and passing away of Lord Buddha, with a ‘Dansala’(alms)...
April 2009Bridge 2 Peace Lunugamwehera celebrated the Traditional New Year which falls in the month of April, in true village style. Rituals and religious were...
March 2009Bridge 2 Peace celebrates three years in service to the child as well as the village community. March marks the 3rd Anniversary of B2P. Caring is...
February 2009The parents and children of B2P had their first community gathering for this year. The girls dressed up in colorful cloth and jacket and the boys...
January 2009Bridge 2 Peace reaches yet another milestone. The 3rd Montessori community was started this month. The new children have settled in beautifully into their...
