Leo Club of University of Colombo

  Ensuring and uplifting the physical and mental status of senior citizens should be paid more attention where the population is rapidly aging. By taking this into consideration Leos of University of Colombo has organized the project “Kruthaguna 4.0” for the fourth consecutive year under the category of “Senior Citizen Development”.  From the overall population of Sri Lanka around 2.3 Mn is represented by the senior citizens who are above 55 years. Senior citizens are a valuable asset mainly because they are the ones who have gained a sound knowledge and great experience. A country can make use of these knowledge and experience in a more productive way for the development of a country. Therefore, it is our responsibility to protect them and ensure that they are secured. The physical health of them should be maintained in a good manner and enough attention should be paid on having regular medical check ups and recognizing whether there are any diseases in their bodies or not. Due to var

  Be Their Vision is a project executed under the Category of Vision by the Leo Club of University Colombo for the sixth consecutive year. After successfully completing the first two phases, the third step, which involved an equipment donation to the National Eye Hospital's Vision Therapy Unit, was completed on February 3, 2022. Vision therapy is a progressive program of vision procedures, customized to fit the visual needs of each patient, and it may be used to treat problems such as amblyopia (lazy eye), eye alignment, and coordination problems (including turned eyes or squints), poor focus, and inadequate eye-hand coordination. Although the Department of Optometry of National Eye Hospital of Sri Lanka currently conducts clinical refraction to address eye-related issues, there are identified gaps in some cases, and appropriate analysis and differential diagnosis do not take place due to the existing setup, where it should come under vision therapy. However, due to a lack of equip

  Project නිසාගිනි of Leo Club of the University of Colombo focuses on relieving hunger and promoting health. Following its original aim in contributing to these Sustainable Development Goals, නිසාගිනි 4.0 is organized as a three-phased project. The first phase, “පළමු කට #The First Bite” was successfully completed on 16th of January via Zoom platform and the session was also live-streamed via Facebook. The session was conducted on these online platforms enabling the public to be able to access the session comfortably, and effectively without facing any difficulty. This session was conducted bilingually on the theme “Food Patterns and Healthy Eating” from 6.30 P.M onwards, with the collaboration of Dr. Himalee De Silva, Senior Lecturer, Institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo. Our guest speaker delivered a session in a friendly manner, where any layman can understand every subjective matter. The session commenced by referring to ayurvedic guidelines on healthy food and f