Rotaract Club of University of Peradeniya

For the very first time, the Rotaract Club of University of Peradeniya was able to conduct an online awareness program with the highest number of participants, representing several universities and targeting one of the most common genetic disorders in the contemporary Sri Lankan society- Thalassemia. The former plan was to conduct this awareness program with a blood testing campaign, but due to the current situation in the country impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, the committee moved to execute the online awareness session while the blood test camp was put on hold for a later date. The resource person for the program was Rotarian President Dr. W.M.M. Arambepola, the paediatrician in charge at the National Thalassemia Hospital and who has been working with patients of this disorder for a long time. The session was held for almost two hours with a presentation and active participation of the audience who were enthusiastically engaged in an interactive session throughout the program. ...

‘Rise Up Sri Lanka’ is an awareness program initiated by the Rotaract Club of University of Peradeniya during the Covid-19 outbreak. Committee members from ten different projects came up with their creative ideas to raise awareness among the general public.   Their messages include how we can protect our motherland and how individuals can do their part to save a whole community from getting infected by the pandemic.   The project committees shared their inspiring messages on social media platforms as they could influence more and more people to join hand in hand for this great course. Rotaractors representing all faculties and volunteers showed their utmost contribution to this online awareness campaign. Click here to visit the page

The award-winning project ‘Fat to Fit '20’ was successfully held for the second consecutive year at the Animal science mini theatre, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture at University of Peradeniya on 08 th March 2020. Rotaractors, other undergraduates representing several faculties and students from selected schools in Kandy participated for this event. The event held from 8.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m.   After identifying the challenges faced by students our intention was to support them to balance the education and health by extending the helping hands to overcome those barriers. This project created a platform for school students and undergraduates to interact by sharing their knowledge and experiences. This was a golden opportunity for them to create a better conversation among themselves about education and health. This project also aimed at finding possible solutions for common problems faced by the majority of students such as stress, lack of a balanced d...

The Rotaract Club of University of Peradeniya hosted a forum which consisted of two interactive sessions on Diet and Nutrition and First Aid on the 2 nd of October 2016 at the Auditorium of the Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya. Many awareness sessions about nutrition levels and food habits were carried out along with practical sessions on how to give proper First Aid.   More on the Event.... By Editor: Gayathri Kodikara