Rotaract Club of University of Peradeniya

GRANDEEZA ’20  is a virtual Awards Ceremony organized by the Rotaract Club of University of Peradeniya in appreciation of its members for their immense support, dedication, interest and commitment rendered to the club in various projects and occasions. Grandeeza ’20 being the first ever Awards Ceremony in the 15-year history of the Rotaract Club of University of Peradeniya, is not just a long-awaited dream come true, but also a remarkable milestone. The guest speaker for the event was  DRR. Rtr. PP. Kavindra Kasun Sigera . In a period of a global pandemic, this event needed careful planning of even the most trivial aspect of the Awarding Ceremony. Having selected a committee of 16 dynamic individuals, the whole program was divided into smaller tasks and the responsibilities were shared among committee members. While all of this happened via Zoom meetings, Whatsapp groups and other online platforms, the ultimate notion of the organizing committee was however to gather at one pl...

Project NOSTALGIA was successfully held on 31 st May 2020 as an online session via the Zoom application. This was organized in line with the celebration of 50 years of Rotaract in Sri Lanka and the main aim was to bring back the memories of our club, creating an interactive platform with several past presidents and past executive committee members with the present Rotaractors. The Rotaract Club of University of Peradeniya has been active for 15 consecutive years and this was taken into account as a day to celebrate the successful journey of the club. The history of our club, starting from the chartering procedure and the steps followed, memories, visions, and difficulties faced by the past Rotaractors were discussed while giving insight as to what made the club to reach heights from the very beginning. The vision of ‘Back to the Roots’ established its significance throughout the project as it was successful in bringing back the memories and creating a bridge to connect the past, prese...

Treasure Hunt ’ 20 was one of the most tremendous projects annually organized by Rotaract Club of University of Peradeniya. It was held on the 18 th of April from 9.00 am to 4.00 pm . The main objective of this project was t o provide an opportunity for new members to enhance the knowledge and skills that will assist them in personal development, to buildup relationship s between current members, new members , and past Rotaractors through a framework of friendship . This was held as a virtual event via WhatsApp as the main platform which consisted of two main sessions including interactive sessions to communicate with each other, creative teamwork with different set s of tasks , and fun-filled items to enhance the fellowship among the new members and current members. Each team was presented with a set of puzzles or clues, where teams had to solve them to find a piece of information which is essential for the development of members, newcomers which may ...

The COVID-19 outbreak has put a halt to all the new year celebrations and beauty of the new year seasons. In the previous years, month April was always adorned with festivity filled with new hopes, renewal of relationships, mouth-watering sweets, games, and events. How could we ever forget the bliss the new year brought to us? Members of the Rotaract Club of University of Peradeniya and past Rotaractors got together on 15 th April to celebrate this special event via an online platform. The initiative project ‘Rotaract Ape Awurudu’ was held with the presence of many past and current Rotaractors and ended up in a high note with several games and fun events.  Online Awurudu Kumara and Kumariya were selected based on an online voting system while the Awurudu selfie, counting the seeds of papaya, tug of war, putting eye for the elephant, and many other fun events were held online using social media platforms such as Facebook and WhatsApp. Best folk song singer, best laugh, b...

Aloha 2020 – The Hawaiian Party was successfully held on the 31st of January 2019 at the Beacon-Resolute, Rajagiriya from 6.00 p.m onwards and it was an interesting joint initiative of the Rotaract Clubs of Cluster 04, belonging to Rotaract District 3220. Since the cluster project was based on Club Service, the initial step was to ensure we have maximum involvement of our members. Meetings were held subsequently to make this a successful initiative. On conclusion, it was collectively decided to have an evening of music, food and dancing. To add value, we also included a few games. We named the project ALOHA and kept to the Hawaiian theme. This was to signify the Rotary Convention that was to take place in Hawaii. Plans were made to charge a minimum entrance fee to assure the maximum engagement of Rotaractors and to also encourage more institute-based clubs to participate. After the plan was drawn steps were taken to secure a date, venue and to start on the PR. All acti...

Orientation programme for the freshers of Faculty of Engineering took place on 17 th January 2020. Welcome speech and the introduction to the club was done by the joint secretary of the club Rtr. Gothami Mayanthima. 12 th past president of the year 2017/18 Rtr PP Thiraj Dhanushan and 3 rd past president of the year 2008/09 Rtr PP Bhagya Egodage also addressed the gathering. Interactive gaming sessions were done along with the introduction of different avenues in Rotaract. Click here for more photos  

Celebrating the beautiful Sri Lankan culture, Rotaract Club of University of Peradeniya organized “Kurinchi Pongal” to mark Thaipongal day, the day of gratitude on 15 th January 2020. The event itself was coloured by Rotaractors as well as Rotarians from Kandy Rotary Club, despite their religion, bringing out the beauty of harmony. After the Pooja at the Hindu Kovil, the event took place at the University ground with lots of fun activities and games adding wonderful memories for the Rotaract diary. Click here for more photos: Album 1 Click here for more photos: Album 2