Japanese Student Delegation

Japanese Student Delegation

The members of the Rotaract Club of Kandy was invited to an interactive meeting between the Association of War Affected Women Kandy and a group of 20 Japanese student delegates from the faculty of Law of Hosei University, Japan. They were visiting Sri Lanka to study the culture and social views in Sri Lanka. The interactive meeting took place on the 11^th of February 2019 at 10.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. at Riverdale Hotel Kandy. The president of the Rotaract Club of Kandy along with 3 other members represented the club at this meeting and the project chaired by Nuzla Askin. Also the director “DidiBohini” a civil society organization in Nepal was also present at the meeting. Overall the delegation including the Director from Nepal were very inspired by Rotaract. Along with their well-wishes they also expressed that they would like to introduce the concepts of Rotary and Rotaract to their respective countries as well.

“Achieving Sustainable Development Goals Through Non-Violence”

“Achieving Sustainable Development Goals Through Non-Violence”

The Rotaract Club of Kandy ventured out to assist a massive advocacy campaign “Achieving Sustainable Development Goals through Non-Violence” in the aim of highlighting the participation of the youth of the country towards sustainable peace and development.  The campaign was organized by The Association of War Affected Women, a Non-Government Organization in Kandy, Sri Lanka on 11^th -13th January, 19^th January and 9^th February 2019. The project chaired by Rtr. Nuzla Askin.

The main objectives of the advocacy campaign were

1) To make the General public aware of “Unity”

2) Walk the journey to prosperity together with the youth.

3) Protecting the environment through the Slogan “Tree is Life”

Following were the main activities carried out during the campaign

5 Public meetings in selected 5 towns in the Island

1). Exhibition which showcased,

Ø  A digital screening of the World War and its destruction.

Ø  A digital screening about lessons to learn from Japan’s recovery

Ø  A digital screening depicting the importance of a “tree”

Ø  Quotes from Religious leaders

Ø  Quotes from renowned personalities

Which was exhibited in all the 5 selected towns

2). Street Drama with the theme of “Achieving Sustainable Development Goals through Non Violence”

3). Planting trees

4). Distribution of School Exercise books to school children with the cover printed with

“Achieving Sustainable Development Goals through Non Violence”

5). Distribution of Wall calendars printed with “Achieving Sustainable Development

Goals through Non Violence”

6). Distribution of Pocket calendars printed with “Achieving Sustainable Development

Goals through Non Violence”

Christmas Gift box

Christmas Gift box

Christmas Gift Box is an annual community Service project of RAC Kandy to celebrate Christmas in a meaningful manner. This time we selected CP/Denu/Amunupura Vidyalaya Menikdiwela which is an underprivileged school. 35 students are currently being studying there. They have from Grade 1 – 5. Almost all the children are coming from low income earning families. We donated them 50 packs of stationery items which included 20 different necessary stationery items and along with some snacks. The project was held on 9^th of January 2019 and chaired by Rtr. Harsha Herath, Rtr. Haleem Akmal and Rtr. Heshan Wickramathilake. We, the RAC Kandy believes that Education is a right for every student. Due to disparities in income level, we can observe some students in Sri Lanka face difficulties and going through hardships to continue with their studies. But our intention is to find such students and give a helping hand for them in a way possible for us. Through this, we sincerely expect to reach a high literacy rate in our county and will hope to bring our country residents full of well-educated and intelligent citizens. Summed up in a few words we believe the only weapon that we have as a nation to go ahead and face the world is EDUCATION.