මතින් තොර හෙටක් Phase 3

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As the third step of the project, we organized an all-Island art competition covering the whole of Sri Lanka under the theme "මතින් තොර හෙටක්" to educate schoolchildren about the negative effects of drugs. From all the pictures that came to us, five pictures each from one age group were selected by Professor Chamini K. Hemachandra, head of the Department of Environmental Technology in the Faculty of Technology, and Dr. Nethmini, senior lecturer in the agricultural technology department. Then those drawings were chosen by Mr. Lion Danushka Sandanayake, who came as the chief guest at the February monthly meeting. We went to the school of the student who won first place in All Island in the 6–9th-grade section and organized an awareness program for the students of that school about the negative effects of drugs. This programme is on 19th March, 2024 at Prince of Wales College, Rawathawatta, Moratuwa. Dr. Indunil Jayasinghe of the Community Health Medical Unit of Lunawa Ayurveda Hospital was the resource person for the session.

More than 350 students in the 9th grade of the school participated in this awareness program held at The Prince of Wales College Rawathawatta, Moratuwa.  In the beginning, the resource person gave a rough explanation about drugs, modern drugs available in the current market, their adverse effects, how they are used in Sri Lanka, and how to protect themselves and the whole society from those drugs.  Then the doctor discussed how drug addiction affects his life, family, career, and mental health-related problems. He also shared some of his own bad professional experiences with the students about how to avoid these drugs and how social media promotes them. Sharing was explained in this session.

In the last part of the program, in the third phase of the "මතින් තොර හෙටක්" project, in the All Island Art Competition organized by the Leo Club of the University of Colombo, the student A.B. Sasmitha Dulnith, who won first place in the 6th–9th-grade section, was presented with a valuable certificate and prize presented by the Leo Club of the University of Colombo. Prizes and to issue the certificate to Dr. Indunil Jayasinghe of the Community Health Medical Unit of Lunawa Ayurveda Hospital, Mr. Nihal Francis, Chief Inspector of Police, Moratuwa Police Station, Mr. Saman Weerasinghe, Community Coordination Officer of Moratuwa Police Station, Mr.H. Kesara Wettamuni, the Principal of Prince of Wales’ College, Rawathawatta, and Mr.Jayalath Abeysinghe, Deputy Principal of Prince of Wales College, Rawathawatta, participated.

After the session, By Leo Kashmira Wijethilaka, Chairperson of the project "මතින් තොර හෙටක්" and Leo Isindu Chamikara, Secretary of the "මතින් තොර හෙටක්" Project, commemorative gifts were presented to Dr. Indunil Jayasinghe of the Community Health Medical Unit of Lunawa Ayurveda Hospital, Mr. Nihal Francis, Chief Inspector of Police, Moratuwa Police Station, Mr. Saman Weerasinghe, Community Coordination Officer of Moratuwa Police Station, and the Principal of Prince of Wales College, Rawatawatta Moratuwa. Then the principal of Prince of Wales College gave a speech about the program, and our secretary, Leo Isindu Chamikara, gave a vote of thanks. Then, we had the opportunity to spend time with the students studying at Prince of Wales College, Rawatawatta, Moratuwa, who participated in the program, and we had the opportunity to spend time with them. 

The members of the Leo Club who made this phase successful are appreciated for their support, and we express our thanks to the resource person, Dr. Indunil Jayasinghe. Also, we would like to express our respectful thanks to the police, principal, deputy principal, and all academic and non-academic staff for giving us this opportunity.


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Leo Isindu chamikara










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