Leo Club of University of Colombo

 Kruthaguna 5.0 - First Phase Manudam Mehewara Senior citizens are an integral part of a country. Sri Lanka is one of the fastest-ageing countries in the world. As a developing country, 12.3% of the population is aged 55 or older in Sri Lanka,  making it the country with the highest proportion of older adults in South Asia. Older people signify a more experienced community in a country. With ageing, their health deteriorates physically, psychologically, socially, and spiritually. Older people also contribute in many ways to their families and communities. Senior citizens are a valuable asset, mainly because they are the ones who have gained sound knowledge and also great experiences. But with ageing they lack awareness about their mental, physical and spiritual health. They lack knowledge about their nutritional needs. Most of them live in an extended family with their children and grandchildren. So, there can be many conflicts among them and income problems which highly affect their l

SINDU NALA RAKSHA 6.0 – PHASE I As one of the largest community service organizations in Sri Lanka, Leo Club of University of Colombo has accomplished a huge social service by fulfilling the need of mankind. As the scope of the club is not narrowed only to mankind; Project "Sindu Nala Raksha 6.0" is initiated to 'Be the voice for the voiceless'; innocent and threatened heirs of the earth. So in first phase we decided to focus on one special species; Elephants which are the largest existing land animal on earth. They are currently under a severe threat in Sri Lanka due to human-elephant conflict and continuous unexpected accidents. Hence we thought of planning an assistance program for those who take care about injured and helpless elephants. As a result we could successfully complete the first phase of Sindu Nala Raksha on 22nd of February 2023 as a volunteering program at the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage.  On that particular day a team consisting of 13 club members h

  Prarthana Phase 2  Leo Club of the University of Colombo has organized the project "Prarthana 5.0" under the project category of "Peace, Religious, and Cultural Activities" for the fifth consecutive year. The primary goal of this project is to provide the community with the necessary understanding to create and improve harmony and overcome communication barriers between different religions, cultures, customs, and communities by improving religious reconciliation and coexistence in society.  This project consists of three phases. The second phase of this project is known as "Sabediyawa." The main objectives of this project were fulfilled by conducting motivation and guiding sessions, group activities with an entertainment program, empowering self-employment of people living in rural areas, and promoting peace and unity among different nations for small and medium-scale entrepreneurs in Sinhasiripura, Maduruketiya, Akkara 7, Thalawa, Anapallawa, and the Oi

                                                       දෙසවන් අතරමං ය ගව් දුර බෝ ගණන්‍ ය තොල් පෙති අතරින් මුමුණන වචනය අල්ලා ගන්නේ ද ?? දෙනෙත් අතරමං ය නොපෙනෙන ලෝකය සිතින් දකින්නට වෑයම් කරන්නේ ද? කුමකට බාධා ඇති කරන් දිවි තුළ නොව එය එලෙසට විය යුතු මෙලසට යනු නොපමාව ඉදිරියට බාධක යනු පෙරුම් පුරන නොපෙනෙන නොඇසෙන පෙරු දම් පුරන ජයග්‍රාහී මාවතකි Leo N.W.භාවනා සෙහානි Faculty of Arts

  Happiness Ever wondered about the idea of true happiness? A bit too philosophical a question for the sake of everyday life but think about it. Every single aspect of human life shows our need to be happy. Happiness is both the drive and end goal of success. At the end of the day, everyone needs to feel happy. It is at the very core of human existence. All we ever want is to be happy But what does it mean to be happy? The tricky thing about happiness is it does not have an exact shape or texture, no one can quite capture or explain the essence of being happy. Happiness is entirely an internal feeling. The state of being optimistic comes from within. It is the ultimate purpose of human life.  Everyone has their definitions and opinions of happiness. This diversity of opinions makes happiness an interesting concept. In my point of view, happiness is all about freedom, simplicity and acceptance. My most recent happy memory is when I was riding my scooter around the neighbourhood as fast

ම‍ගෙන් අම්මාට ලියුමක්.. හීන දාහක් පොදි බැඳන් ආවෙ මං දුර රටකට, පවුලෙ බර කරට ගෙන සොච්චමක් හොයන්නට, තරහ නෑ නේ ද මගෙ අම්මෙ මට කියනවද, සමාවෙනවද අම්මෙ නොකිය මං ආ එකට. මුල් දවස් ටිකේනම් මෙහේ අය ආදරෙයි, ඒත් මගෙ අම්මෙ දැන් එයාලා හරි සැරයි, ගහනවා, බනිනවා ඇඟට හරි අමාරුයි, කමක් නෑ මට අම්මෙ දුක් විඳින එක හුරුයි. බෝරිච්චි දිග ගවුම් මම මෙහෙදි අඳින්නෑ, අත් කපපු කොට ගවුම් මෙහෙට අඩු පාඩු නෑ, ඔහෙ වගේ ලස්සනක් මෙහෙදි මං දැක්කෙ නෑ, පිරිමි අය අමුතුවට බලන එක පුරුදු නෑ. වයින් විස්කියි බ්‍රැන්ඩි හැමදාම උන් බොනව, දෙගොල්ලොම එක වගේ සාජ්ජෙට සෙට් වෙනව, මේව මම දකිනකොට ගෙදර සිහියට එනව, රෑට මං හීනෙනුත් උඹේ තුරුලට එනව. මේ ලියුම ලියන්නට වෙලාවක් හොය හොයා, ඇඟිලි ගැන ගැන උන්නෙ මේ මොහොත එන තුරා, වෙලාවක් නෑ අම්මෙ කියන්නට හැම දේම, අම්මෙ උඹ දන්නවද උඹෙ රූපෙ දකිනකොට, කඳුලු බිඳු උනනවා මගේ මේ ඇස් දෙකට, වැඩත් අද හරි වැඩී නවතිනව අම්මෙ මම, මේ චූටි දූ එක්ක තරහ නෑ නේද උඹ.... Rasara Priyani Liyange Faculty of Arts University of Colombo

  ALPHABETZ – " Learn Today for Better Tomorrow " As Kofi Annan once said, literacy is the path to human progress and the means by which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential. Literacy in the English language has grown to be crucial in today's society. This is due to the fact that the present framework for English and literacy encourages the development of critical and creative thinking as well as the personal, interpersonal, and collaborative skills that are essential in both life and the workplace. As LEOs, we have chosen to resume the path of young children's English learning, which has stagnated as a result of a number of social and economic problems that have previously existed in Sri Lanka. We as the  Leo Club of University of Colombo Leo District 306 C1 , have selected St. Thomas’ College, Kotte for this action, where children with economic difficulties study. In this way we did our third phrase of continuous project series ALPAHBET

 Love and Law Throughout the history of mankind, love has played a major role in a common person’s life. From procreation and sexuality to masturbation and adultery to rape and sodomy, the philosophy of Sexuality has played both a conceptual and a normative role in determining one of the most basic and common desires that drive us to do what we do. These are all connected in different ways to the expansive field of human sexuality. They therefore have a connection to both human actions and wants that include the production of new human beings as well as human behaviors and desires that involve the pursuit of sexual pleasure or fulfillment. Because it is an inherent characteristic of humans that particular actions and biological parts can be used for either pleasure or reproduction, or for both. Therefore it is an unarguable fact of life that the law which is made for the reasonable citizen be heavily influenced by the concept of sexuality and love in not just the legal drafting but als

 P roject Sahurdha Yathra 4.0 P hase 02  Physical fitness is the foremost requisite to happiness. Adapting to a life with a disability is never easy, support must be lent to cope with limitations, overcome challenges and build up a rewarding life. “Sahurdha Manudhama”, the phase two of the project Sahurdha Yathra 4.0 was an anchor for the children with down syndrome at Diri Daru Piyasa situated in Kindelpitiya and to the whole community. The phase was enriched with 3 segments; a physical fitness session, an art and craft exhibition and a YouTube video series to raise awareness among the community The team Sahurdha Yathra lighted up their lives on 21 st of December 2022 and 22 nd of December 2022 by encouraging them to outstand with their own capabilities and hidden talents. The physical fitness session triggered the children at “Diri Daru Piyasa” to accept themselves and drive through their disabilities. The physiotherapy session and the occupational therapy session conducted was a

  PROJECT NISAGINI 5.0 – PHASE 01   “Better Tomorrow” the first phase of the project NISAGINI 5.0 was an awareness session on “Food Safety and Healthy Life Style”. This was conducted targeting school children with the aim of relieving hunger and malnutrition among different   age group or community. The majority of the participants were not aware of hunger and malnutrition and they were not used to be in a healthy life style. By considering the specific needs and perspectives of different age groups it was identified that the teenagers were   the most suitable age category to raise awareness about hunger and malnutrition, food safety and healthy life style. We believe that such programs are very important for the   future of the country as to be healthy and aware about good healthy practices and encourage them to maintain healthy diet routine.  “Better Tomorrow” was successfully completed at St. Peter’s College, Negombo for grade 8 students with the participation of 260+ students phy