7. First Live TV Talk show by Horizon Lanka kids in 2003

7. TMG Chandrasekara

What type of things do you do you to involve the children and to increase their contribution?

Wanni
At this point, I really want to say that more than half the credit for this whole project should go to the parents. I could never have done something like this on my own. When we started, we had no one from outside to help us -- because nobody knew about us. From the very first day until now, until today, I get the maximum support from the parents. Whether it is the computer room or any other job, they give their labour without receiving any payment. We have a Parents' Association, and we find easy to do everything through it.

TMG
I saw that you have a page for the parents.

Wanni
Yes, what you see now is the page about the parents. There is something special that you can go to from here. This is Wijesinghe -- Hasintha's father. Unfortunately he lost one of his legs when he was small. It was not his fault -- but a gun meant for wild animals that fired accidentally when he was looking for his cattle. Though he lost a leg, he rides a motorcycle; he has a very successful vegetable plot. He does not expect handouts from anybody, but works real hard to earn a living. We added this story to the Internet, and a gentleman from Austria donated him an artificial leg.

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