Rotaract Club of University of Peradeniya

E - Buddy was an initiative aimed at connecting  Rotaractors from different parts of the country to build a meaningful, sustainable fellowship and a healthy competition. This helped to create a platform for the Rotaractors to intermingle with one another while experiencing fun yet challenging activities. This amazing project was an initiative of the Rotaract Clubs of ACBT, Achievers Lanka Business School, Athugalpura, Badulla, Chunnakam, Colombo Fort, Colombo West, Hatton Kotagala, IIT, Jaela, Kandana, Kandy, Katugastota Region, Kurunegala, Nallur, Pamunugama, Panadura, Rathnapura   and University of Peradeniya . There were 14 energetic  groups consisted of Rotaractors from different Rotaract Clubs. Certain activities like ' Hello my name is', 'stalker alert'   helped the team members to get to know about each other. The aim of the activity, ' Call of the Champions' was to appoint a Team leader, a Cheerleader, a Media man/ woman and an Alarm clock. Teamleader...

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. ...

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...

  'NOX CAELO' was a project done by the Rotaract club of University of Peradeniya in collaboration with the Foundation of Astronomical Studies and Explorations in order to develop the bond between members and strengthen their enthusiasm on night sky observation. It was held on the 27th of May, 2020 and it is one of the projects selected from the mini project season organized by our club. At the beginning, “NOX CAELO” was planned to be conducted as an outdoor night sky observation camp but unfortunately, due to the pandemic situation of the world, it was limited to an online talk and a discussion on “The wonders of the night sky” . Mr. Tharindu Rajasooriya, B.Sc. Hons. Physics Special (UOP), PhD Reading (Emory University) delivered the guest speech and conducted the discussion session based on the questions arose from the audience. The discussion was based on nearby astronomical events which were easily observable such as lunar eclipse on June 5, solar eclipse on June 21 e...

‘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

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...