Rotaract Club of University of Peradeniya

Every year 9 million people get sick with Tuberculosis. 3 million don’t get the care they need. On 24 th of March 2018 a joint was organized with Rotaract Club of Neptune Edification, Rotaract Club of Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Rotaract Club of Sahas and Rotaract Club of Erode Central. Thus, this is an international endeavor where five clubs from two countries joined hands to do projects to raise awareness on tuberculosis focusing the World Tuberculosis Day and make a collective impact on the society as a whole. The project was conducted at K/Seevali Maha Vidyalaya, Kandy in order to raise awareness about Tuberculosis. It was also aimed to guide the grade 5 Scholarship students and their parents on how to deal with the metal stress during exam period as is a crucial issue in Sri Lanka. Four simultaneous projects were performed and the content was enriched and shared among a broader audience in various ways and means. Service extended by Rtr. Kasuni Abe

Reach For Water is an award winning project organized in the year 2016/17 which ended in high spirit with a charity run and donation of a water filter to Sandagalpaya Raja Maha Viharaya in Kekirawa district, from which over 150 families are being benefited at the moment. The Phase 2 of this project was done as an extension of Reach For Water, with the funding entirely offered by the Rotary Club of Kandy. This project aimed to facilitate the reception proceeds of the Kekirawa Hospital and making the initial proceedings in the hospital more comprehensive for patients. Thus, on 28 th of February 2018, the project was completed with the refurbishment of the reception area of the hospital and catering to some other most wanted construction needs around that area. With the funds provided by the Rotary Club of Kandy and with the co-ordination and implementation of Rotaract Club of University of Peradeniya, the Phase 2 of Reach For Water ’17 was successfully completed. Click h

The most awaited club service project of the year- the annual trip ‘18 was held on 25 th of February 2018. This year we decided to go to Pleasure Island in Dambulla and then to Minneriay Safari. Early in the morning the club members gathered to University premises and headed to Pleasure Island which consisted of a memorable boat ride. At the island we had a very relaxing and enjoyable time. We did not forget to have a bath in the lake which made our day even more exciting. After that, we had lunch and headed to Minneriya for safari ride. It was very adventurous and all of us enjoyed every minute of the journey while watching the elephants. Singing and dancing sessions during the bus ride was also mandatory for our Pera Rotaractors. The annual trip was planned wonderfully by Rtr. Thanushka Dilshan and the committee. This year’s trip is definitely one of the best annual trips we have ever participated and it heightened the spirit of the present club members. Click here

Next Step the signature Professional Development project of Rotaract Club of University of Peradeniya was conducted on 24th of February 2018 at Appadurai Hall, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya from 9 am onwards. The project consisted of a full day event with four eminent speakers delivering inspirational content through experience to youth, as this project was aimed to improve the developmental assets of the youth, provide career guidance and motivate the youth towards innovation. The conference was held with the participation of four speakers; Dr. Mahim Mendis - Senior lecturer at the Open University of Sri Lanka, Prof. Ajith de Alwis - Project Director at COSTI Sri Lanka, Mr. Hasalaka Arampola- Visiting lecturer of Business Administration and International Relations at BCIS, SLIDA and KDU and Miss Shanuki de Alwis - General manager at Vision 1. The youth was inspired by their discussion on responsible living, innovation, career guidance, motivation and s

"Enshrining unity"                                                                   With the objective of enlightening the public about Rotary, Rotaract and Interact movements for the 8 th successful year, Walk of Fame ’17 was organized by Rotary Club of Kandy, Rotaract Club of University of Peradeniya, Rotaract Club of Kandy and Interact Club of St. Sylvester’s College. This is organized annually in line with the Interact Week Celebration and this year it was held on 5 th of November 2017. The walk started near Arpico Super Center and ended in St. Sylvester’s College main hall. Walk of Fame’17 was a real success imprinting a lasting image of Rotary, Rotaract and Interact movements in the onlookers’ minds. The immense support and coordination of co-chairpersons of this project, Rtr. Sandani Rajapaksha and Rtr. Harith Udawaththa should be highly appreciated. Click here

Rotaract Club of University of Peradeniya organized Howl-O-Ween ’17 for the second consecutive year hand in hand with Interact Club of Kandy Girls’ High School. This Halloween costume party was held at Hotel Tourmaline Kandy on 4 th of November 2017. The invitees, friends of Rotaract and Interact, past members of both clubs graced the occasion. It was filled with tasty food, fun events, spooky face paintings, karaoke and Halloween special photo booth. Winners of the best costume, fun events and raffle draw were given special gifts. The party ended in a high note with the DJ making the day memorable for everyone. click here to check spookier photos

“Opening minds, enlightening their future” Prathibhana is a signature community service project of Rotaract Club of University of Peradeniya. For the second consecutive year this project was held at Wattappola Primary School on 12 th and 13 th of August 2017 and it was chaired by Rtr. Nimesh Walpola. The project catered to the grade 5 students of Wattappola Primary School, Sadhikawatta Primary School, Wenbliwaththa Primary School, Gonadhiga Sinhala Tamil School and Sri Rewatha Maha Vidyalaya. This time the project consisted of four main phases and it aimed to align itself under the SDGs namely quality education and good health and wellbeing . A mass seminar for the scholarship students of the five schools were conducted on the first day and a dental camp for the students as well as for the parents on the second day. For one of the schools, 5S system was introduced. All the students were excited when they were gifted a school bag which also included essen