As children around Australia returned to school last week, 3000 Sri Lankan children - whose schools were damaged or destroyed by the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami - are back to school with smiles stretching half-way around the world to Australia, thanks to international development agency Plan and a $1.2 million grant from the Victorian Government.
Plan Australia, in partnership with the Youth Research Centre, at the University of Melbourne, and RMIT University, has been awarded an Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project grant, valued at $283,000 over three years for the Global Connections Program.

Meet our supporters running the The Sunday Mail Suncorp Bridge to Brisbane for Plan and make a donation to support their efforts.