-Arrival of the band

Finally the Sri Lankan Airliner carrying the Ambassadors of Peace from Thailand touched down at the Bandaranaike International Airport at 22.30 Hours. Children of the band dressed smartly made every head turn at the Airport. People couldn’t help but look in awe at the dashing kiddos marching out of the airport to the beat of the traditional drums of Sri Lanka.

The children from Sri Lanka welcomed the children from Thailand with a tradition al Kandian Dance which was applauded by not only the Thai children but every bystander at the airport. The welcome group consisted of the following people:

Honourable Deputy Minister of Aviation Mr. Sarath Kumara Gunarathna Honourable Minister Counsellor Royal Thai Embassy Colombo Mr.Prasittidesh Vichitsorasatra Rev. Fr. Anthony Humer Pinto – Provincial Superior of Don Bosco Sri Lanka, Ven. Konde Gammulla Gnanasiri Thero, Rev. Fr. K.D. Dominic Ajith Shiran – Rector of Don Bosco Negombo, Rev. Fr. Lucian Bernard Fernando – Rector of Bosco Sevana, Rev. Fr. Sebastian Peiris – Rector Don Bosco Kandy, Bro. Gabriel Garniga – Provincial Economer of Don Bosco Sri Lanka, Mr. George Panicker – CEO Projects of Don Bosco Sri Lanka, Mr. Roy Irvin Peiris – PRO of Don Bosco Sri Lanka, Mr. Asoka Kavirathna – Project Coordinator

To put it in a nut shell the ‘Sarasit Phithayalai School Marching and Show Band’ form Don Bosco Thailand was received in Sri Lanka by eminent personalities as TRUE AMBASSADORS.

-Don Bosco - Road Show

29th of September 2008 at 22.55 Hrs Sri Lanka time the flight from Bangkok will land at the BIA. Sri Lankan Children are anxiously counting the number of day and hours left for the Ambassadors of Peace to March into their Land all the way from Thailand. The enthusiasm is so high that the children of Don Bosco Sri Lanka are busy doing road shows. Children from Don Bosco Sri Lanka with musical instruments and systems loaded on a truck going from school to school and area to area belting out popular numbers is what people witness here. Well, should I call it Road Show or say that the ‘March towards PEACE’ in Sri Lanka has already begun. Either way, the children who are the True mbassadors of Peace are making a huge difference in Sri Lanka for the sake of PEACE. Way to go kiddos, carry on Marching.