Sarana Sevana Alms giving

The club has been consecutively continuing this project and this year too, we initiated it along with the Sinhala Tamil New Year celebrations.
 PM Chathuranga contacted the elders’ home and made all the arrangements and requests all members to contribute and explained on the importance of the project. Later the menu was discussed with ideas and dishes from everyone and finalized. Members pooled in with goods and money.
The food was cooked by the team Kandy.  Family members of the Project chair gave us their valuable support. We transported the food and then around 12.00noon we served the Elders their meal, later dessert was served. The management thanked us, but most of all the elders wished the members well for the delicious meal. Members were also invited to have the meal at elders’ home later.

Wheels of Healing

The Project in connection with Thalassemia is the signature project of Rotaract Club of Kandy under the avenue of community service for the past 13 years and this time we took it to another level as we cycled from the East Coast to the West Coast of Sri Lanka while creating awareness about this deadly decease as well as raising a fund to support the children affected with it.  The project was held from 20th of April to 24th of April 2016. The project was chaired by Rtr.Ravindra Tammita and the assistant project chair was Rtr.Gajanatha Kobbekaduwa.
The project plan was laid two months priory where the project executive committee met and laid the ground plans. The first step was to obtain permission and inform the following parties.

 
1. Parent Rotary Club
2. District Governor
3. Ministry of Defense
4. Ministry of Health
5. Ministry of Law and Order and Southern Development
6. Ministry of Education
7. National Thalassemia Centre

Soon after the above parties granted approval the necessary resources were acquired through,
1. Sri Lanka Army – To arrange Meals and Accommodation
2. Sri Lanka Police – To arrange the police escort
3. Ministry of Health – To Arrange the Ambulance
4. Lumala – Bicycle Sponsor
Volunteers were then called to join the event as well.
The Project chair completed a pilot trip on the 11th of April going on the exact route we were planning to take while meeting the Army Officers, Rotarians and Police Officers in order to finalize things.
The team left for Batticaloa on 19th April 2016 afternoon and prepared for the project. The Project Kicked off on the 20th and the route plan and the cities covered are as follows.

On 20th April We pedaled almost 123km while covering the cities of Batticaloa, Kaththankudi, Kalawanchikudi, Kalmunei,Samanthurei and Ampara.

On 21st April We pedaled almost 90km from Siyambalanduwa to Badulla,while covering the cities of Siyambalanduwa, Monaragala, Dombawela, Nakkala, Badalkumbura and Passara.

On 22nd April We pedaled almost 54km from Badulla to NuwaraEliya,while covering the cities of Badulla, Hali Ela,Ettampitiya,Welimada and Keppetipola

On 23rd April We pedaled almost 80km from NuwaraEliya to Kandy while covering the cities of  NuwaraEliya, Ramboda, Thawalantenna, Pussellawa, Gampola,GeliOya, Peradeniya

On the Last DayWe pedaled from Kandy to Colombo, almost 120km while covering the cities of Pilimathalawa, Kadugannawa, Mawanella, Kegalle, Warakapola, Nittambuwa, Yakkala, Kadawatha, Kiribathgoda

Publicity for the event was given through social media, printed media (Daily News and Vijaya) and electronic media partners Derana, ITN, Rupavahini, Hiru and Sirasa.
On the route following Rotary Clubs joined our bicycle ride; Rotary Clubs of Batticaloa, Kalmunei, Badulla, Bandarawela, Nuwara-Eliya and Kandy.
The Rotaract clubs of Badulla, Nuwara-Eliya, University of Peradeniya, Centenial United, Colombo Uptown joined with us on route.
 

The Project covered 5 Provinces, 9 Districts and over 30 major cities with the population over 3 million Sri Lankans. The Meals, Accommodation, Ambulance Service and Police escorts were all arranged in an excellent manner due to good coordination of the organizing committee.
We received kind Rotary donations from the Rotary Clubs of Batticaloa, Kalmunei, Badulla, Bandarawela, NuwaraEliya, Gampola, Kandy, Katugastota, Kegalle, Colombo Centinial.
Rotaract Club of Kandy has become one of the most outstanding Rotaract Clubs in the Rotaract District 3320. Therefore it is honored to state that this dynamic club will keep up to its high standards in offering much more to the nation, society and to the Rotaract movement as a whole. Setting new standards and creating new trends has never been a new experience for Kandy Rotaractors as our club has always maintained high ideals and qualities throughout its history. All of these are the ingredients that has allowed Rotaract Club of Kandy to withstand the winds of change and continue into the never ending future with passion for service to world and society.

Mobile Awurudu Kreeda

To share the spirit of Aurudu among the members of the club, carefully designed Awurudu games were opened for the club members. Each game was given a certain time period and the members were to end in the answers. Eye of the elephant, RCK AwuruduKumariya and Kumaraya, Ata-man and women, Potte-Pottery, RCK hinapala, RCK Andiyawa, Tug of War and Lier-lier are the games that were played via SMS. This project was carried out to gather the members of the club during their free day to have fun as well as to build up the team spirit of team Kandy. The project chair for this project was the Rtr.Imalsha Udawatte

RUN

RUN 2016 was organized for the second consecutive year jointly with the Gateway college Alumnai association in order to raise health awareness and to raise funds for both associations.

The event RUN was first organized in the year 2015 and it became a huge success as it was the first event of that kind to be held in Kandy in such a large scale. Therefore keeping this in mind we launched the event for the second consecutive year in an even more challenging way. This took the form of a scavenger hunt but it consisted of many checkpoints which mainly focused on developing various skills of the participants.

The sponsorships were divided as Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze and this marketing strategy worked in a remarkable way. The project was given publicity through banners and posters. And a facebook event was created and the event was updated daily with posts relating to the project and also the sponsors also shared the details of the project on their electronic media.

On the day of the project the entire organizing committee and the official sponsors gathered at the KCC terrace and left for the Check point in which they were put on duty. 29 teams gathered at the above venue by 8.00 am where we had a simple ceremony to start the event officially. A basic briefing of the project was done by the Project Chairperson and then the teams were given a clue sheet which they had to solve in order to find the check points.

They were also given an instruction sheet which included additional tasks as well as the rules and regulations of the event.

The Check Points were at the Following Venues and the tasks at the various check points are also listed below.                              Check Point		Task		Area Focused to Develop
1	ACBT		Solve a paper using clues which are available in the room itself.		Resource Management, tactfulness and Communication Skills
2	KMC Car Park		Find a car which bears a clue		Observation Skills
3	George E. De Silva Park		Tasting Challenge -		Observation and Decision Making
4	Amante Showroom – KCC		5 clues were given and the competitors had to select matching clothes by solving them. Also they had to take photos of those clothes and promote it through FB by tagging 10 friends		Public Relations Skills and Networking
5	YMCA		Sell and promote various goods at stalls		Marketing Skills
6	Gateway College, Kandy		Shoot a Basket Ball		Team work
7	Sky Gym		Take part in fitness activities		Endurance and Stamina
8	Kandy City Hotel		Correctly make abed according to Hotel ethics		Ethics
9	Car Wash		Wash a given vehicle in a given time		Time Management, Team work and resource management
10	Oak Ray		Pool activity		Facing Challenges and Timely Action
11	Fire Brigade		Perform fire drill and demonstrate various activities such as emergency climb down, Hose Handling etc		Develop knowledge and skills in Fire Fighting
12	Neptune Edification		IQ Test and Paper Games		IQ and Team Work
13	American College		Quiz		General Knowledge and General Awareness

In addition we also included some bonus tasks so that the competition will be more tough and interesting. These too were designed to check and improve various skills which will come in handy in a person’s life. Even though the participants must have felt these were just for fun, we had a deeper intention when designing these tasks as well.

These included,

1. Raise a minimum of RS 500 in donations by selling cancer pins

2. Take a selfie in front of the clock tower when the time is 12 noon.

3. Take ‘A’ grade main road which is 321 km in length as a whole. Walk 4000m along that and take a 090 degree turn to face a red color board , produce proof EXCEPT a photograph

4. Produce 3 bus tickets for any location of your choice on your way

5. Take photographs of Kings Park Hotel, Lakeside Adventist Hospital, Bridge in the Lake, Hatton National Bank - Head office in Kandy, Awanhala

6. Collect 5 different Business Cards from shops in the Kandy City

 

These tasks generally targeted on developing the following aspects.

§ Public Relation and approach – Through Bonus Tasks 1 and 6

§ Time Management – Through Bonus Task 2

§ General Awareness of Area Around – Through Bonus Tasks 3,4 and 5

 

When selecting the winners we considered Timing as well as completion and participation of all or as many tasks as possible. It was indeed a tough battle between the teams.

Finally we were able to select winners for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places and they were given rewards.