Mother Nature – Blog

The “Mother Nature” is a Community Service project organizes by the Rotaract Club of Kandy.It is a blog to provide public awareness on "Environmental Damage that is caused due to the Advancement of Technology”.
In order to do the project, emails have been sent to the people and introduction about the project was given through the social media. Then the articles were collected using the mail address blog@rotaractclubofkandy.org.

Collected article are published in the below mentioned blog. And this is a continuous project.

Visit the blog “Mother Nature”    

Plant our Future

Once we officially decided to carry out the project it was decided that Udawatte Kele Sanctuary is the best venue as it will not only provide space for the plants we plant but also preserve them for the future generations. Thus enhancing sustainability.  
Therefore we met the officials of the Forest Department in Kandy and obtained permission from the Divisional and Regional Forest Offices. It was agreed that they would give us a pathway to maintain inside the sanctuary. Next we made a list of plants and with collaboration with Agriculture department obtained them. The following medicinal plants were chosen
 

1. Aththora  
2.  Nelli
3. Star Fruit
4. Maha Niththa
5. Ranawara
6. Mayurapada Endaru
7. Pokuruwada
8. Badakiriththa
9. Thebu
10. Kenahinda
11. Ugurassa
12. Sapathilla  


On the day of the project the Club members met at the entrance of the Udawatta Kele Sanctuary on proceeded to the given location. We were allocated a pathway beside which we were to plant the medicinal plants.  We cleared the area slightly and made planting spots ready and finally planted them. Also we had to make a bamboo fence around each plant to protect it from wild animals. We have undertaken the responsibility to maintain the plants in year to come. The plants will be tagged by us and the area that the plants our located will be maintained by us which will bear our name and therefore it will promote rotaract as well.

Essence of Water

Every new day, every new project brings a challenge, and those we the team Kandy like to take as new learning experiences. There are things that seem impossible, but at the end of the day we will succeed and learn to value the journey and the lesson to take it on further in life. We can always overcome them if we put our heart and soul with commitment.
“Essence of water” is a great project done by the Rotaract Club of Kandy with the purpose of serving the community. Basically the project was; NE/Madankandura Vidyalaya Munwatta Walapane is a school who is lacking a proper water supply for their daily needs. The students have to walk around 750m to bring water. We the team Kandy as people who are passionately looking ahead with sheer enthusiasm and energy to be a service to someone, identified this requirement of this school and took steps to give a helping hand to them for the sake of humanity. We estimated the financial requirement for this worthy cause and after collecting the required amount we started working on that. The parents of the school children and the villagers helped us a lot to make this dream of innocent children a reality. Within a time period of a week we were able to successfully provide them with a proper water supply. This project was held on 25 th of May 2016. Rtr.Ushan Malshika took the initiative of organizing this project.

Wish For 30

This could be described as the most unique IU project that Rotaract Club of Kandy has ever organized as we plan to get wishes from the entire world as we celebrate our 30th anniversary in the upcoming Rotaract year.  The event page was created by the Project Chair and was shared among all friends and groups all over the world. All the members of the club shared the event and collected as many wishes as possible. The link to the event is stated below https://www.facebook.com/events/1619300775064037/
The entire club got involved in the promotion campaign. Messages were share among the following countries by our members and we found out that our friends in those countries have spread the word even beyond.
1. India
2. Australia
3. United States of America
4. United Kingdom
5. Nepal
6. Bangaladesh
7. Philipines
8. Pakisthan
The Project will continue till 30th June 2016 and will have the wishes ready when we step in to the 30th year after the charter.  

DARE

The Project “Dare” is a Professional development project. Project chairs were appointed at a club meeting and the entire project was planned out and carried out by the project chairs with the permission of the President.

First we got the participants from our club and divided them in to 8 teams and informed them via text messages. Then we Gave tasks to them with deadlines and asked them to complete those tasks and submit them before the deadline. Tasks were based on a medical camp which we assumed as a project idea. Teams had to make plan project proposals and they had to do 10 different activities in order to complete the project successfully. All the participated teams completed the given tasks.

Help Them Rise Again

Silhouette in nature has always been an inspiration to us as rotaractors. Nature will do wonder, also at the same time nature will stand against human.

 “Help them rise again” is a flood relief project organized by the Rotaract Club of Kandy within a very short time period, being spontaneous while joining hands with NethFM and Rotaract Club of Neptune Edification, which depicts our spark for community service.
The project was handled by Rtr.Kenneth Cottling and it was held on 19 th to 23 rd of May 2016 at Kandy City Center (KCC). We collected dry rations, water, clothes, and medicine to donate for the families and victims of flood and landslides. The distribution of the goods took place from 21 st to 23 rd of May 2016. These goods were distributed among people who

were affected by floods and landslides in the areas of Kadugannawa, Gampola, Gelioya, and Colombo. The media publicity was given by the NethFM and through Facebook.
Through this project we were able to take part and interact directly with the affected groups of people, look into their needs, share the awful experiences and be a strength to them. Summed up in one word I would call this project amazing! It is an experience that will be forever etched in our memory mainly because of all that we learned and all the wonderful generous people we met along the way.

Annual Wesak Lantern project

This is an annual project of the Rotaract Club of Kandy where each year we visit the Singithi Sevana childrens orphanage on wesak day and make the wesak lanterns with them and complete it by lighting the lanterns and candles in the evening with them.
This year the members visited the children’s home with the necessary materials in the morning of the day of wesak and the lantern making took place for 3-4 hours during which the children also interacted and shared their likes and dislikes while helping in the process of making the lanterns according to their wishes and enjoying the day.  After the lanterns were ready, they were hung up in various places in the Children’s home following their departure.
In the evening the lanterns were lit by the members along with buckets and oil lamps around the premises with the assistance of the children.

‘BONJOUR’ FRENCH LANGUAGE WORKSHOP PHASE 01

As the phase 1 of this project, the co-project chair Prospective member Fairoza carried out a virtual basic French workshop. French workshop phase ii was an extension of the project where we joined with the Rotaract Club of Neptune Edification. The Rotaractors of both clubs met at the premises of Neptune Edification where three members of our club who are perusing their higher studies in the area of languages carried out an extensive but interesting and interactive, two hour language workshop.  This is one of the most awaited projects by all members of both clubs where they were able to gather knowledge and have some fun at the same time.  

Rotaract awareness for Rotarctors of Kurunegala.

“Encourage lift and strength in one another for the positive en energy all for we are connected, one and all.”

A workshop was conducted for the members of Rotaract Club of Kurunegala on Rotaract awareness by the Rotaract Club of Kandy, on 19th of March 2016. The project was basically on enhancing the knowledge of Kurunegala Rotaractors on Rotaract in general and values of Rotaract Club Kandy. Rtr. Ravindra, Rtr. Rehan and Rtr. Harsha conducted the project. The project was done under the avenue of Professional Development.

The project was held soon after the General meeting. The first session of the project was conducted by ADRR PP.PHF. Ravindra Thammita regarding basic knowledge of Rotaract. It was an interactive session. In this session duties and commitments of various posts of the Rotaract Club were also discussed and identified.

The second session consisted of organizing projects where the group was divided into two teams. Rtr. Rehan and Rtr. Harsha conducted this session, acting as mentors for each team.

The finalsession was done as a motivational session where our Rotaractors shared their experience and views on Rotaract with Rotaractors of Kurunegala. It was a meaningful and pleasant eve which expressed the true meaning of Rotaract.

FIRE FIGHTER

“Fire Fighter” is yet another successful project of Rotaract Club of Kandy which was organized in collaboration with the Scout Troop of Trinity College Kandy. The project was held on 7^th of May 2016 at Trinity College premises.

The workshop was conducted by the Fire Brigade of Kandy, based on elementary theories on causes of fire, fire extinguishers, also a productive discussion on how to face an emergency of fire. The workshop was consisted of a practical session as well.

The project was chaired by Rtr. Lahiru and Rtr. Samith. Everyone applauded them for showcasing a wonderful project and the Trinity College Scout Troop for their undying support to make this project more fabulous. There was an approximate count of around 60 students participated for the work shop, from different schools in Kandy.

The project was organized under the avenue of Professional Development. The team Kandy is always dedicated and looking ahead to make a world of difference and to make achievements with looming challenges to excel the higher expectations.

A Snack to Suffice Hunger

Lives among us are different to one another and the problems among us are way different. Yet leaving the loved ones likewise, never the solution. As we always believe small things can make a world of difference.
Rotaractors of Kandy Rotaract Club got-together and organized a small snack time for street beggars. We gave all the beggars around in Kandy city a parcel of short-eats, with the intention of being a support to satisfy their hunger. This was done after one of our tremendous project “Fire Fighter” on 7 th of May 2016. The project was indeed an immense success. It’s hard to see our mankind suffering, living in streets. This project was done under the avenue of community service and chaired by Rtr.Rehan and Rtr.Jalinie.
Through this project we were able to distribute about 30 food parcels around in Kandy city, to satisfy the hunger of human beings who live in streets, with a collection of tragic memories and
 
a heart hardened for being helpless. Also this project brought us happiness within a painful moment seeing the joy in their faces after receiving these small food parcels.

Sports-meet for Kadugannawa c/c tamil Vidyalaya

Sports meets are the most looked out event of the school calendar for you and me. But did you realise there are certain group of kid for whom, a sports meet is a dream?
We, The Rotaract Club of Kandy decided make a dream come true for the school children of Kadugannawa c/c tamil Vidyalaya for their sports meet for the year 2016.
The project chairs tapped their contacts and were able to find a sponsor for the certificates, medals and trophies. Accordingly 36 medals and 90 certificates were sponsored.
 
We arranged the Peradeniya University grounds to carry out the sports meet and on the day of the project the members of the club attended the function and also hosted a few sporting events.
The Rotaract Club of Kandy was able to fulfil a dream of these young girls and boys for whom an annual sports meet is rare event. We were happy as we could boost the spirit of these children.

Give a little bit of speech and presentation.

The project “Give a little bit of speech and presentation” was held at café Aroma Inn, on 12th of March 2016, in celebration of Rotaract week. The project was chaired by Rtr. Rehan, which was done under the avenue of Professional Development. All the arrangements for the project was done by Rtr. Rehan.

The project was conducted by Rtn. Tanya on how to do a speech/presentation successfully. She gave so many important tips on that. Also she made audience to do some spontaneous presentations too. She taught us on how to mold ourselves into our own style and on how to stand and protect our image.

There was a considerable gathering for the project which comprised from members of the Rotaract Clubs of Kandy, Neptune Edification and University of Peradeniya.

Through this project it paved the path to develop members skills as in; communication skills, presentation skills, and public speaking. Also through this project it helped to build up a good fellowship and rapport between the members of the three Rotaract Clubs. The project was indeed a challenge and a new learning experience for all of us.