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VACD Australia & Sri Lanka April 2024 Newsletter Dear friends, colleagues, supporters, and collaborative partners, Greetings to you, your families, loved ones, and colleagues from all of us at VACD. VACD Australia has a new Director:  We are delighted to welcome Mr. Roderick (Rod) De Sylva as a director at VACD Australia, effective 22nd March. Rod and his wife Suzanne (see below) are talented, capable, and generous individuals who have sponsored and supported our mission since inception. They paid our Bandarawela centre a visit while holidaying in Sri Lanka in February this year. “Working bee” by parents at our Bandarawela Centre: Parents at our VACD Bandarawela centre spent a day in March weeding and cleaning the area surrounding the centre building to make it safe and secure for our children, staff, and visitors. Continuous unseasonal rain over previous months had caused the surrounding area around our Bandarawela centre to be ...