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“Thirasara 4.0” - “දිරිමත් මිනිසුන් සවිමත් කරන්නට”

When it comes to the unemployment and lower income level rate in Sri Lanka, there is a significant impact on each individual's life because of the current situation.

They are struggling a lot to survive every day. Orson Scott Card once said, “Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden.”

As Leos, due to such economic setbacks in the country, we are aiming to overcome the deficiencies of unemployed or low-income families and direct them to a path of employment or self-employment to bring about a revival and raise them above where they are.

Our project "Thirasara 4.0", is based on uplifting the lives of poor family units by creating a way of self employment for them. Therefore we introduced beekeeping as a self-sourced income opportunity. This project was commenced and completed on 11th March 2023 at Udatenna, Balangoda, which is located in the Rathnapura district.

In this project, we provided all the types of basic equipment related to beekeeping to a selected low-income family. At the same time, an awareness program related to beekeeping was organized for the selected family and some low-income households in the area with the support of the Village Officer and the Samurdhi Officer. The session was conducted by an Agriculture Institute Officer. The participating families were also provided with a guidebook on beekeeping as an aid to improving their knowledge and continuing their practice.

 “Thirasara 4.0" achieved remarkable success because of the contributions of club members and officers. I would like to sincerely thank you all for your hard work and diligence, without which it would not have been possible.







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