Rotaract Club of University of Peradeniya

The requirement of a unique professional development project which touches the unexplored sectors of professional development field came into our minds sometime ago. Making new YouTube channels was done by most of the university students in the covid-19 pandemic situation. Therefore, an idea was suggested to do the new professional development project on professional YouTubing. The event took place on the 22 nd of August, 2020 via Zoom and YouTube  live stream. Professional youtubers who represent their channels named “Janai-Priyai”, “Vini Production”, “SL Geek” and “Kanchuka”   participated for the event.  Guest YouTubers talked about the start of their journey and it was a great inspiration for all the aspiring YouTubers. They also talked about  Copyrights and its importance in YouTube  and community guidelines one should follow in YouTube . These explanations made the audience aware about legislations regarding YouTube . Furthermore, they talked about monetiz...

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...

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. ...