Leo Club of University of Colombo

Phase 6 of "Sandhwani 2019/20" was held in FGS Auditorium in College House on 26th of February 2020 ,with the aim of providing mental relaxation to the cleaning staff of University of Colombo. We would like to confer our sincere appreciation to Mrs.Shyamalee Perera, Visharada Harshana Dissanayake and to all the committee members of sandhwani who committed to make the event a success.

Elation 2020 is a talent search initiated for Leos of Sri Lanka for the second consecutive time with the prime motive of creating the perfect platform for Leos to showcase their talents. The Preliminary round of Elation 2020 was held on 25th of January 2020 from 8.00 a.m. onwards at D. S. Senanayake College, Colombo. Two judge panels consisting of experts on various fields namely, Mrs. kalpana Kavindi, Mr. Sachinda Dulanja, Mrs. W. A. D. G. S. Dissanayake, Ms. Krishadi Ranathunge, Mrs. Ruchira Dissanayake, and Mrs. Padmini Gamage were present to evaluate the performances of Leos. After an unbiased decision given by the judge panels, top 15 performances out of a total 78 participants were selected to the Finals. The Grand Finale will be held during the month of March where best of the best will be crowned as the Elation 2020 champion.

Alert 3.0, අපේක්ෂා was held with the aim of giving the children of the pediatric cancer unit of the Apeksha Hospital,  a different experience apart from their daily routine of treatments and therapies. Cancer is not just a physical illness, it can have a profound psychological impact and people expect to receive both physical and emotional support when they need it. The researches show that too often people are left in the dark about cancer’s impact on mental health. But if people are given the right support at the right time they would have greater control over their emotional well-being as they go through cancer. Therefore phase one was executed on 28th of January 2020 at 2.00 pm. First we slightly decorated the auditorium and every child was offered a balloon at the entrance. After welcoming all the children at the hospital, their parents and the club members by the chairperson the event was started. As the first item, our music team played songs for their requests. The children

The project ‘Sahurda Yathra’ organized by the Leo Club of University of Colombo was initiated under the category of Helping hand to Differently Abled. The project was implemented in three phases by aiming the needs like provide enjoyment, develop facilities of the surrounding, enhance the living style of the differently abled community, avoid discrimination, change the perception of employers and provide medical incentives of different types of differently abled people. Phase 1 The first phase of the project was conducted on 07 th of January 2020 at Diri Daru Piyasa, Panadura premises. The programme was started with a cleanup of the surrounding. Thereafter a crafts competition was held with the aim of enhancing the lifestyle of the children in Diri Daru Piyasa.   Moreover, we arranged an opportunity to have face painting for the children. Finally, an entertainment programme and a DJ session were held by the collaboration of the singing crew of Faculty of Management and

The fifth phase of Sandhwani was held at Parakrama Vidyala, Panagoda on 28th of January with the aim of enhancing mental health and providing an entertaining musical hour for the students. Due to the competitiveness in the education system in Sri Lanka children are suffering from mental pressure. Music is an efective medicine which can give a mental relaxation and to identify their skills and abilities. Through Sandhwani we were able to identify hidden talents and personalities of children and to develop their mental health. Also we encouraged them to balance their studies and other leisure activities.We would like to grant our sincere gratitude to Mrs.Shyamalee Perera who conducted music therapy program and to all the committee members of sandhwani who gave their immense support to make the event successful .

Kruthaguna is the project under the category of Senior Citizens Development. The main aim of this project is to enrich the lives of senior citizens in Sri Lanka by way of developing their mental, physical & social wellbeing. Kruthguna was conducted under 3 phases during the month of December 2019.  As the 1st phase of the project, elderly in an elder home in Colombo was taken to worship the Temple of Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy to help them gain mental happiness and spiritual wellness. A dhamma sermon and chanting of pirith was also held to enable them to gain inner peace and mental relaxation. Overall this phase was held successfully which helped the elderly to improve their social interaction, and thus gain happiness by bonding with Loes of University of Colombo. With the continuous increasing of elderly population, social security needed for them during their retirement life is also important. As a solution for this, under the 2nd phase of Kruthaguna, an aw

Phase 4 of “Sandhwani 2019/20” was organized by the Leo Club of University of Colombo. This was conducted in the Welikada Prison on 27th December 2019. Ultimate objective of the event was to provide a mental relaxation to the prisoners who have being isolated and branded by the society . Although they are marginalized as criminals, they are often repentant of their crimes. They have become emotionally weak due to alienation and wrongdoing. We identified the mentality of those people and tried to heal their hearts with music . We successfully executed a music therapy program and gee rasa windana program with the collaboration of Mr.Kasun Muramudali and Mr.Aththanayaka M.Herath. We were able to give them a mental relaxation through different music therapy exercises. Regardless of the effort we put our intention is to make a better world with beautiful souls who can spread love and peace.