Miles of Smiles - Phase 03 ❤
Project “Miles of Smiles 3.0” is conducted by Leo Club of University of Colombo under the category of “Spotlight on children”. The project comes under “Sustainable Development Goal - Number 4 - Quality Education” and mainly focusing the subgoals as Target 4.1- free Primary and Secondary Education, Target 4.5 - Eliminate all discrimination in education and Target 4.A - build and upgrade inclusive and safe schools. The third phase of the project is conducted aligned with Target 4.5 - ensure equal access to education for the children in vulnerable situations. It was conducted in 2 places as a book donation for the underprivileged children for the school year 2022 which will begin in March. The venues were Sri Susila Kanishta Vidyalaya- Urapola and Thalpawila Central College - Dondra. By coordination of the academic staff of the respective schools, we identified the kids who are facing the highest financial difficulties. We were able to benefit more than 30 underprivileged kids under