The final few days at the butterfly garden went much the same as the first. John and I worked in tandem during the morning’s and the afternoon’s – lecturing and playing with the animators of the Butterfly Peace Garden. More…For four days we worked in the shade of the central pavilion, occasionally interrupted by pigeons, [...]

 We have finished our work, but we are staying in Colombo to spend time with Paul Hogan – creative director of the Butterfly Garden in Batticaloa, and to decompress.  Batticaloa was wonderful. All the years of listening to John talk about it – how amazing the people are, how fantastic the program is, how magical [...]

Tuesday, March 28th, John and I were picked up at our hotel in Negombo by a driver for the Green Movement of Sri Lanka (GMSL). For a harrowing 6 hours we weaved our way 60 miles down to the GMSL office near Galle, the island’s southernmost city.

Hello from the west coast of Sri Lanka. I have just returned from Batticaloa, which  is quiet, but the presence of international non-government organizations has really made things difficult for the locals. In addition to taking all the houses and apartments to house their workers, prices for food has skyrocketed, as the foreigners are willing [...]

This Spring, clinical director, John Van Eenwyk and program director, Keylee Marineau will be returning to Sri Lanka.