පරිසර මිතුරෝ

The project “පරිසර මිතුරෝ” is the collective effort of two avenues of the club: namely, the Environmental Service Avenue and The International Service Avenue. The project was done in collaboration with the Rotaract Club of GITAM in India.  This was an open event for the students of Reggie Ranatunga Science College, Minuwangoda and it was conducted successfully as a well-planned, enthusiastic, brainstorming program for school children who got involved.

The main focus of the project was to refresh the knowledge and collaborate with these students on areas such as creativity, general knowledge and knowledge on Science & nature. Not only on knowledge, but it also focused on attitude building, especially to improve the contribution of school children to minimize environmental pollution.

The project connected with school children who were 9-12 years old since they are the future guardians of this society and as it is practically possible to change their thinking pattern at this age. Ms. Irushinie Wedage of the Parley for Oceans Association, Sri Lanka joined with us as our resource person. It is important to mention the resource person’s valuable contribution, as she was such a generous person who was very friendly with children and had broad knowledge on the topic to not just educate children but also to make an impact on their ideologies. It was evident in the Q&A sessions how far students had thought as they were just exposed to the topic and we were mesmerized by the active participation of almost all the students who were very keen on the subject and showed great motivation by even creating environmentally friendly items, sharing their personal ideas and suggesting alternative methods to minimize environmental pollution. Ms. Irushinie Wedage covered all possible areas under the Environmental science, especially water pollution and assigned practical activities for which, students participated with a lot of interest.