Rotaract Club of University of Peradeniya

Hey there fellow Rotaractors, It's your Editor here. And I have some very interesting news for you... As you all may know, the final phase of our most prominent project, Reach for Water concluded just a few weeks ago. We donated a Reverse Osmosis Water Purification System to a village in the North Central Province, which has been suffering from Kidney Related Diseases forever. Since the journey to this village takes the whole day, we decided make it a small Road Trip and so many of our beloved members joined us. But what you do not know is how one of our members found himself a secret admirer from the Road Trip. Keep reading till the end to find out what really happened! REACH FOR WATER is the signature project of Rotaract Club of University of Peradeniya, conducted under the Community Service Avenue; focused on finding a solution for a national level health issue, which is Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Origin (commonly known as CKDU ). Most of the people living in North Cent...

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...