Project Update

There is a new school in Sri Lanka!

The school in the Thalahena community in Sri Lanka now has a new school thanks to our many generous contributors! We are incredibly excited to share this news with you along with photos of the student’s that will be attending this school (above) and a picture of the school itself (below). Thanks again to all […]

Ecuador school is under construction

We are pleased to share that we are close to a new school in the Chismaute community in Ecuador. As you can see by the picture above and below that we are very close to transforming local children into students. Stay tuned and we will let you know when classes start!

Ghana project video update

Building Walls of Wisdom is happy to share a video that outlines our current project in Ghana. In this video you will see where our building will be constructed and you will hear from the individuals whose lives will benefit from its construction. Enjoy!

Tua Primary – Ghana

A new year also brings Building Walls of Wisdom a new project! With the successful completion of the fundraising required for the Sri Lanka project just last month, we thought we would start this year off right with an updated website and another great opportunity to help a community in need. This year we will […]

Sri Lanka is a go!

Building Walls of Wisdom is thrilled to announce that we have now reached our fundraising goal for our next school house in Sri Lanka. This is an exciting step as in just under two years, BWoW (thanks to our generous contributors) has been able to secure funding for three projects! The community of Thalahena in […]

Reaffirming Trip to Sri Lanka

The Building Walls of Wisdom founder, Geoff Morgan, and our director of publications, Emma Wilmot, recently took a trip to Sri Lanka to visit the community where the new school is to be built. Below is Geoff’s reflection on the trip and the community that we will be helping. Sri Lanka has to be one […]

Chismaute Community Report (Ecuador)

The Spring 2010 community report for Chismaute has been just provided to Building Walls of Wisdom from Free the Children. Follow the link below to see how the community has been changing since our involvement. Chismaute Spring 2010 Community Report —– Header photo credit: srgblog on Flickr

Emori Joi Community Update!

This update from Free the Children comes to us in a format that we at Building Walls of Wisdom were excited to see — a video. Below is a first hand look at some the individuals that make up the Emori Joi community and how we have collectively made an impact in this small region […]

Rebuilding in Sri Lanka

Due to the overwhelming success of our Ecuador project and the encouragement from several Building Walls of Wisdom members we have decided to launch a second initiative for 2010. We will be participating in the rebuilding of a community destroyed in the 2004 tsunami on the east coast of Sri Lanka. In the coming months […]

Emori Joi Community Report

The spring 2010 community report for Emori Joi has been just provided to Building Walls of Wisdom from Free the Children. Follow the link below to see how the community has been changing since the construction of the new school house. Emori Joi Spring 2010 Community Report