Hands of Healing

Hands of Healing was a project conducted for Thalassemia, which is one of the signatures projects conducted by the Rotaract Club of Kandy for the past 13 years and this time we took it to another level as we had a blood screening center while creating awareness about Thalassemia for the general public.

The project was held on the 6^th of June 2018 at YMCA from 9am to 1pm. Apart from informing the audience what Thalassemia is and how one could, prevent it a blood screening was done for all participants for free of charge.

It was yet another remarkable milestone in the history of projects done by Team Kandy in order to prevent Thalassemia.

Train the Trainee

"Train the Trainer" is a Thalassemia awareness and prevention project. The Rotaract Club of Kandy has been doing projects in aid of Thalassemia for years and this year, as a phase of Thalassemia awareness and prevention project, a workshop was conducted to train the members of the club as certified trainers to create awareness and to educate public whenever needed. Also, then the members themselves can conduct awareness programs even without the assistance of doctors. The project was held on 3 rd of June at Kandy Club under the project avenue of Professional Development.

We Care

The project "We Care" is a health camp organized by Team Kandy with the intention of providing medical assistance to expecting mothers and lactating mothers from the Mooloya Estate in Hewaheta which is identified as an underprivileged village.  It was successfully conducted on the 20th of May 2018.

The members of the club visited the estate with a recognized doctor and a seminar was conducted by him on pregnancy and the complications associated with it. It was conducted in Sinhala but since the majority of the participating mothers were fluent only in Tamil, two of the club members helped with providing a translation.

This lecture was followed up by a medical check-up where the doctor examined each pregnant and lactating mother individually. Thereafter refreshments were provided for the mothers as well as the kids who were present. The programme was successfully concluded with the distribution of a complimentary gift pack to each participant who was present. 

 

       

Future Leaders

Passion drives us to achieve our dreams and goals. We, the Kandy team strives to do our very best and to show our true colors to others. Our passion is none other than building up a wonderful world for the generations to come. But what is passion if not for a combination of sheer enthusiasm, energy, creativity and patience coupled with confidence and dedication.

A leadership development project was organized for grade 11 students of Sri Pada Central College on 21st of May 2018, on the request of their Principal. According to the Principal of the School, the children are at a risk of getting addicted to drugs which is a major concern in that area.

This project was a combination of 3 phases and was done with the help of Old Boys of Sri Pada central college.

Phase 1 - Leadership development and team building session

Phase 2 - Drug Awareness session by Narcotic bureau

Phase 3 - Workshop on Dressing sense

The workshop conducted covered the areas of awareness on drugs, leadership development and team building, preparation of GCE Ordinary level examination and about dressing sense. It was yet another brilliant project by RAC Kandy, a single but a huge step towards a better tomorrow.

DRR Visit

The DRR Visit is an annual project where the current year DRR and her district committee visit the club to check the progress and also to get to know the members of the club. This time the DRR visit happened on the 19^th of May 2018 at the Kandy Club.

Vesak Lantern Project

The Vesak Lantern Project is a signature project done by the Rotaract Club of Kandy organized in celebration of Vesak Festival. This year Vesak Lanterns project was held on the 29th pf April 2018. It was organized in collaboration with the Interact Club of Hillwood College, Kandy. The Rotaractors and Interactors went to the Childrens’ Home at around 8 a.m, with things needed to make Vesak lanterns. There were 35 children in the Children's Home and we made thirty lanterns with the children from morning to evening. We also provided them with a small healthy snack of fruits and chocolates. We added more to this worthy cause by donating some books for their library as well.

Through this project we were able to spend some quality time with these children while teaching them to make Vesak Lanterns, and also the children too enjoyed our company and were extremely happy to be with us. We were able to give them the love and affection which they are seeking for, even if it was for a short period of time. 

RUN 2018

RUN is a large-scale annual project organized by the Rotaract Club of Kandy in collabaration with the Alumni of Gateway College, Kandy. It is a race structured in the form of a scavenger hunt where teams which consists of four members each will be competing for a first-place cash prize of 50,000/=. Each team will have to move from one checkpoint to another while completing a set of tasks at each checkpoint. Each team will have to solve a set of clues to find out the checkpoints. The winners will be judged according to the duration taken to complete the whole course.

This time it was held on 28th of April 2018 at Trinity College Junior School Grounds. Run was followed by a Holi Fest to add more colour to the pleasant evening.