Rebekka Rumpel, a sixth form student from Simon Langton Grammar School, Canterbury was the latest to join Fusion’s volunteer team. On her own initiative, Rebekka ran a fund raiser during  her last Christmas vacation, at Germany, to raise some funds for her passionate work; that is to help four poor students from Maharathenna, a remote village  located in Kandy district, in Sri Lanka.

Scholarship awarding ceremony took place at Sarvodaya District Telecentre, on 5th March, where Sarvodaya officials awarded the schol to four recipients.

‘When we build our village information centre, we were not sure how to get the required computer training. There are about 15 young girls and boys in our village youth circle seeking computer education. After getting this training, we will share our skills to teach them’ - Nilusha Wijeratne, 16 year old recipient shared her excitement during the ceremony.

Scholarship recipients may undergo four month long basic IT training at Sarvodaya Distance Education and Learning (DEL) centre at Kandy. The training would help them to use village information centre in their own village as a training facility to train other youths, who are seeking a chance to learn with computers.

Being an energetic youth seeking a carrier in International Politics, Rebekka wanted to get first hand experience on charity work. She plans to expand the program with the involvement of her friends and the school, in upcoming months. For more details of her exciting experience visit her own blog site>

http://blogekka.wordpress.com/