Rotaract Club of University of Peradeniya

The garbage cleaning issue at present is not only attributable to tourists places but along the main railway line of the country inclusive of intermediary railway stations. Thus tons and tons non biodegradable solid waste is collected off disposal sites incurring millions of taxpayer rupees in expense. The principal cause for the in-efficacious garbage disposal being the travelers' unawareness of disposal sites and methods forcing them to dispose of solid waste matter then and there. As a measure the project "Siripa Karuna" organized by the Rotaract Club of University of Peradeniya in order to make the public aware about methods and proper ways of grabage disposal and most importantly we want to make their mindset, not to throw grabage out of the train window and around the train while travelling.   After finishing off the awareness program, we ended the project by worshiping Sri padha as we intended  with fellow rotaractors.

Worrying about your fitness? And here we, the Rotaract club of University of  Peradeniya and interact club of Dharmaraja College came up with the project "Fat to Fit" which was open for all the university students and students of Dharmaraja college. The project took place on 20th March 2019 at the University gymnasium. It was filled with participants and also professionals were there to support the audience in enriching thier knowledge about health and fitness. Although the project is fat to fit, participants had the opportunity to involve practically in the sessions and boost their knowledge on health and fitness. In supporting to that we had several interesting sessions, which were zumba, fitness, self defense and diet planning carried out by the above mentioned professionals. Obviously it was an active, energetic and amazingly interesting project as the participants physically engaged in above all the sessions. However the project fat to fit ended

International Youth Alliance for Peace (IYAP) is a youth-led organization, founded in November 2013 to bring a network of young people together and working towards sustainable social development. With the collaboration of IYAP, we the Rotaract Club of University of Peradeniya have organized an event which named as"Youth Matters" which is a round table discussion. The building of relationships and sharing of experiences will encourage learning, mutual respect and peaceful coexistence.  Making a good first impression, etiquette and problems and challenges faced by the youth and the solutions for those problems were discussed throughout this round table discussion.

With the tag line " love is an art that comes from the heart" , we held the project "Spread love" by opening our hearts for celebrating valentines day. We conducted the project on  16th of February from 9 a.m on wards as a fundraiser for upcoming community service projects. The project spread love took place at George De Silva car park, by attracting a huge crowd in Kandy which lead until 5.00 p.m. We didn't expect such a crowd as it was a small stall which we had to conduct two days after the valentines day. However, although it was a small stall, it wasn't small what we provided. We had all kinds of mehendi arts, face paints,nail arts, little gifts and specially sweet cup cakes. All of them were provided with affordable prices and most importantly the stall was open for all kind of young adults later on who became a great part behind the success  of the project "Spread love". However, as we intended, the project sprea

Be the light that helps others see Sri Lanka is a country where all the schools do not receive equal facilities and opportunities. Because of so many unavoidable reasons, schools in rural areas do not have the access to the standard education system.   Since they do not have all the facilities, under the theme “ opening minds, enlightening future” in the project Prathibhana ’18, we organized a practical knowledge program for A/L science students who have less facilities like laboratories and teachers in Nuwara Eliya district. The selected schools were, 1.Jahahela National school 2.Harangala secondary school 3.Delta Gamunupura National school They were invited to the University of Peradeniya and will be assisted to do practicals of advanced level examination where they will be given the opportunity to work with those equipments. Since they have less facilities, we provided them library books in all the categories and sports equipments.

The future of the country depends on the actions of the present generation. Child birth is the most beautiful and most fascinating phenomena in the nature. We, being the Rotaract Club of University of Peradeniya, took a step to value and appreciate this nature's miracle. This project focused on giving donations for mothers and their newly born babies. And also to spend the day with them trying to forget the pain they go through, even for a day.  In Sri Lanka, there are so many maternity clinics, but only few of those clinics get the best rewards from the government. Some maternity clinics do not have very good facilities and they do not receive all the requirements which they need from the government. But every mother get “Poshana malla” from the government, but it includes only food. So we thought of giving them food and some other requirements which are needed for babies and mothers because they are in need of those things badly as they have a very low income.

The Second Session of Phase one “Meet the Experts” was held on 15 th  January, 2019 at Hall Appadurai, Faculty of Agriculture. More than 250 Undergraduates participated In the event. This Session was organized with the prime objective of improving the abilities of facing interviews and CV writing. The Keynote Speakers who participated to address our youth were well respected individuals. Mr. Farweez Imamudin, Mr. Prageeth Wanigasekara and Rtr Tharindu Malinga shared their experiences and the Knowledge  with our participants and gave them a fresh perspective from which they can access how to advance towards becoming better professionals.  A Mock Interview Session with a few voluntary participants was also conducted by Mr. P.H. Sarath Gamini .This event was a great success. All of these sessions culminated to provide our Youth with Alternative pathways towards their ‘next step’ and gave them a concise view about the current corporate world.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases are infections that are passed from one person to another through sexual contact. Young individuals are more likely at risk in the society therefore The Rotaract Club of Kandy in collaboration with The Rotaract Club of University of Peradeniya organized STD Awareness Program to club members to make them aware about various sexual transmitted diseases and to spread the message to society. Dr.Rukashn Karunarathna conduct the seminar.

Under the moonlight layed accross Hanthana mountain range, the project Hanthana handawa was conducted in a splendid manner. This is an event mainly focused on the interaction between past members and the current members of the club while having some pleasurable time with the rotaract family.  Here we mainly focused on sharing the experiences of past members about their rotaract days with the current members of the club. At the beginning, all the participants were mixed up because we wanted make sure both of them will get to know each other and make friends for a lifetime.. So many games and fun items were conducted to make sure this evening a memorable one for all the rotaractors.

 This is the most exquisite International Understanding project  launche by the RACUOP. Here the project helped in developing some cultural  understanding via the means of cultural events including “udarata”,    “pahatharata”,  “sabaragamu”  and ‘baratha” dances. Therefore, this project is  upholding for an audience of foreign people. The most special part of the event is the fact that all the performances were performed by our very own rotaractors and university undergraduates. Hence this was a great opportunity for the rotaractors to bring out their talents.  With the collaboration given from the Rotary club of kandy, Hotel Grand Kandyan was chosen as the ideal place for the cultural event. A crowd consisting of foreigners from Europe, China, India, Middle East participated for this extravaganza.  Serendib'18 concluded in a grand manner with a very positive feedback from the audience.

Inorder to celebrate the world children day we organized the event ' sathkara phase 5 ' at Evelin children's home - kandy on saturday , 20th october , 2018. We have being there around 3 hours . We started the program by interact with them by doing face painting.  Then we did indoor and outdoor games , we sang songs with them , they had tea time with our refreshments and finally we gifted them the gifts. Sathkara phase 5 was basically about sharing happiness with the little kids. 

Next Step '19 is a professional development project oraganized by the Rotaract Club of University of Peradeniya to create an awareness about career opportunities and to build professional skills of youth. Next Step ' 19 is a great opportunity to climb the ladder of success in professional career. The project is carried out as a series of events. So in this project " Meet the experts" our main objective is to create an awareness about the current cooperate world, present career opportunities and also to build up professional skills of youth. The first session of this phase was held on 19 th of December 2018 in the E.O.E. Pereira theatre at the Faculty of Engineering . Mr R.S. Egodage(CEO OF Commercial Credit)was the guest speaker of the event ,who inspired the youth  by his interesting talk on current corporate world. The main topic of the discussion was,  Leading to Inspire not to Manipulate .        

Lush green canopies of trees that weave garlands upon the azure skies is indeed a sight to the sore eyes. Sunbeams that filter through the leaves and the soothing breeze that blows through the woods are nothing but a blessing. Theodore Roosevelt has once said, " To exist as a nation, to prosper as a state, to live as people, we must have trees" But, to the greatest misery of us all, the so called " civilized" human beings cut down thousands of trees, dissolving away the essence of mother earth. Unpredictable weather changes,Global warming, depletion of the ozone layer, increasing of natural disasters are inevitable as deforestation has become a virus that runs across the globe.   In the context of the Sri Lankan socio-economic and political landscape, deforestation has become one of the most alarming issues as well. The recent controversy regarding the destruction of Vilpaththu was an eye opener to the general public to be aware of the si

"The influnce of a good teacher can never be erased" This project focuses on appreciating lecturers in the whole university. For that, we thought of giving them a bookmark which includes a nice quote related to them. They do a lot for the university students but they do not receive any gratitude from us. So as university students, we want them to know that we value them and the work they have done for us.

The 13 th Installation Ceremony of Rotaract Club of University of Peradeniya was held on 13 th of October 2018 at Appadurai Auditorium, Faculty of Agriculture from 1.00 p.m. onwards. Commencement of the ceremony was marked by lighting the traditional oil lamp by the dignitaries and invitees. Honourable Chief Guest- Rtn PHF Dr. Ranjith Gunathilaka, the President of Rotary Club of Kandy, Guest of Honour- Past District Governor Dr. Vijayakumaran, Director of New Generation Rotary Club of Kandy, Rtn PHF PP John Baskaran, District Rotaract Representative- Rtr PP Amjath Yoosuf , District Rotaract Committee Chairperson- Rtn PHF Mr. Sathyendra Tharmakularajasingham, District Rotaract Representative elect Rtr PP Krishan Balaji, Senior Treasurer of the club Dr. B.M.K. Pemasiri, Rotarians, Rotaractors and interactors and all the distinguished guests graced the occasion. Soon after Flag Salutation, Rotaract Invocation, Four Way Test and Rotaract song, co- chairperson of the proj