Project Report
| Oct 14, 2020
Little Minds Strong Values
By Sharadha de Saram | Founder Trustee
![Congratulations!]()
Congratulations!
Something to talk about – something to Celebrate!
The Sunshine Day Care and Preschool was placed third in the October 2020 Group Performance Category of Little Minds Strong Values – a unique and creative project initiated by Rotary Sri Lanka to encourage children to be aware of the importance of being civic-minded, respecting diversity and being mindful of having sound values and ethics.
Developing moral and ethical values among children is an important process in Early Childhood Development. What better way to do so than through animated songs that children can emulate! The twenty-nine animated children’s songs in all three languages spoken in Sri Lanka helped the children across the country to understand the meaning of what they were singing.
The children were so happy when they got the news. Their participation in the project will certainly help build the child in them with compassion, respect, kindness, and humility.
![Singing together for Unity]()
Singing together for Unity
![I can sing!]()
I can sing!
![And Me too]()
And Me too
![Lets Sing Together]()
Lets Sing Together
![When is the next Competition?]()
When is the next Competition?
Jun 23, 2020
Staying Connected during Social Distancing
By Sharadha de Saram | Project Leader
![Getting Started]()
Getting Started
Though Sri Lankans have experienced numerous disasters both man-made and natural, from conflicts and insurgencies to tsunamis and landslides, the experience of living through the COVID-19 pandemic was an entirely new one, impacting us at different levels and in ways that we could not have imagined. Grappling with food shortages during the strictly imposed curfew, living in remote areas with no access to the food supply chain and above all living below the poverty line, vulnerable families were practically hanging on a thread risking starvation. In addition, with day care centres and preschools closed during the time, the kids were deprived of their daily nutritious meal. The Sunshine Charity reached out to the families of the children attending the Sunshine Centre to provide them with essential groceries and emergency food supplies based on their greatest need.
We thank all our donors and well-wishers for placing their trust in our work and donating so generously to allow for three rounds of food distribution during the curfew.
![Providing Emergency Relief]()
Providing Emergency Relief
![Grappling with Food Shortage]()
Grappling with Food Shortage
![Group of Beneficiaries]()
Group of Beneficiaries
![For my Kids]()
For my Kids
![A Big Thank You!]()
A Big Thank You!
Mar 17, 2020
Clean Hands are Fun Hands
By Sharadha de Saram | Founder Trustee
![this is the way we wash our hands]()
this is the way we wash our hands
With the current COVID-19 situation, Handwashing Day came early for the Sunshine Kids. Usually celebrated on the 15 of October each year, Global Handwashing Day is an international handwashing promotion campaign to motivate and mobilize people around the world to improve their handwashing habits. Explaining to the kids that washing hands at critical points during the day and washing with soap for at least twenty seconds was important, they also learnt the health and hygiene benefits of the exercise. The activity conducted at the kids washing bay area encouraged them to go tell their parents of the fun experience and more importantly that they should do the same at home. Helping them to do so, the kids were gifted handwashing soap to take home.
![....we wash our hands]()
....we wash our hands
![.....on a warm and sunny morning!]()
.....on a warm and sunny morning!
![having the staff participate was a great idea]()
having the staff participate was a great idea
![excited to take home some soap!]()
excited to take home some soap!
![and show our parents how to wash hands properly]()
and show our parents how to wash hands properly