DutchConnect thanks all Top bakers for there contribution to the bakery training centre in Baddegama.

The "Top bakkers association" fundraising campaign tuned out to be a big success. Due to the effort of all  participating members, "Top bakkers" could donate the fabulous amount of 42000 euro to the bakery training project.

Top bakkers bulletin august 2007.

Topbakkers Bulletin (translation)

Sri Lanka

Bakery training centre

Bringing development is more than giving money!  With this slogan "Top Bakkers"  supports DutchConnect in building and exploitation of a bakery training center in Baddegama in Sri Lanka.

Attention and action!

Baddegama is situated in the south of Sri Lanka. It is in a region that was heavily affected by the 2004 tsunami and now is slowly recovering. However help started directly after the tsunami, the aid mainly focused on short term shelter and food distribution. Structural and sustainable development and construction were less important at that point. For Top Bakkers this was the reason to support DutchConnect in its training initiative and put there bakery skills and knowledge in use to generate money and production resources to bring sustainable bakery development to Sri Lanka.

Dumburu roll

To generate money for construction of the bakery, we introduce the Dumburu roll. It is a brown roll with rice flour. During the coming months, this roll will be sold by all connected Top Bakkers to store- and  business customers. The revenue of this roll is donated to the bakery training centre.

20 Bakery students each year.

The building process of the training centre will be finished  in May / June 2008. During the building period, two selected young Sri Lankan man will be trained by “bakker Wim” in Breda, The Netherlands. Subsequently 20 students each year will be educated to become skilled bakers.

Top bakkers bulletin February 2008

News in short. (translation)

Dumburu roll: In the last monyh of 2007 all participating members of the Top bakkers association, joined the fund raising campaign for a bakery training centre in Baddegama Sri Lanka. It is situated in an area that deserves new chances after the 2004 tsunami. With this mutual goal the bakers sold special dumburu rolls to there customers.  The campaign is tuned in to a big success and lead to a revenue of  42000 euro. With this contribution the building process of the training centre can be finished. Approximately 20 students will be educated to skilled bakers every year.  With this the top bakkers contributed to sustainable development of a wonderful occupation and craftmenship.

Top bakkers bulletin December 2007