Leo Club of University of Colombo

  Project “Miles of Smiles 3.0” is conducted by Leo Club of University of Colombo under the category of “Spotlight on children”. The project comes under “Sustainable Development Goal - Number 4 - Quality Education” and mainly focusing the subgoals as Target 4.1- free Primary and Secondary Education, Target 4.5 - Eliminate all discrimination in education and Target 4.A - build and upgrade inclusive and safe schools. The third phase of the project is conducted aligned with Target 4.5 - ensure equal access to education for the children in vulnerable situations. It was conducted in 2 places as a book donation for the underprivileged children for the school year 2022 which will begin in March. The venues were Sri Susila Kanishta Vidyalaya- Urapola and Thalpawila Central College - Dondra. By coordination of the academic staff of the respective schools, we identified the kids who are facing the highest financial difficulties. We were able to benefit more than 30 underprivileged kids under

  “Diabcure 4.0” is a project that was established for the fourth consecutive time by the Leo Club of University with the goal of providing medical assistance the people who have been diagnosed with diabetes and to educate individuals on how to avoid becoming diabetic patients in the future. Diabetes is a long-term condition marked by high blood sugar levels. Once you're diagnosed with diabetes, you will need to keep a track of your blood sugar levels and control the disease through food and exercises. Many diabetics might not realize they have the disease until their blood sugar levels are checked. So, in order to offer early check-ups, Diabcure team thought of implementing a medical checkup camp as the second phase of Diabcure 4.0 under the name “Suwajeewa”. So, according to the guidance given by the chief thero of the temple and the contribution council, the programme was held on 5th December 2021 from 9.00 a.m. to 12.00 p.m. at Sri Dumindaramaya temple in Negombo. Our team made

Based on the concept of 'Tomorrow without Cancer', the Leo Club of University of Colombo was able to successfully complete the project Alert 5.0 in three phases. The Leo members would like to acknowledge that the large number of sponsors who were there from the beginning to the end has been a major factor in its success.S G Actuarial Consultancy ( Pvt) ltd, was the main sponsor and it is a company which offer Risk management consulting services and training courses. Astron Pharmacy was the co-sponsor of this event.   Today's society is primarily prone to many diseases due to the lack of awareness among the people about the disease.   An awareness program was successfully completed on 30th October 2021 with the participation of over 200 people via zoom platform. The zoom session was conducted by Dr. Sanjeewa Gunasekara, a Paediatric Oncologist at Maharagama National Cancer Hospital. The Leo members would like to thank him for his unconditional support.   With the success

  The Alert 5.0 project, organized by the Leo Club of the University of Colombo, which operates under District 306 C1 in Colombo District, is planned to be implemented in three phases, striving to add a sense of purpose to life.   Accordingly, with the successful completion of the first phase of the project, 'Prana Suraksha’, the Leo members prepared for the second phase of the project. You all know how tragic childhood cancer is and that it is spreading rapidly in the society at present. The number of childhood cancer patients diagnosed day by day is increasing. The second phase of the project was named 'Apeksha' with the aim of adding another day to the fate of those little flower buds who are the owners of tomorrow.   A program to donate toothpaste, face masks and other essential items and to donate essential medicines required for those pediatric wards was held on 23rd December 2021 with the participation of members of the Leo Club of University of Colombo.   We are ple

Blindness is a major cause of concern around the world today, and it is mostly caused by corneal impairments. Just like any other body organ, the cornea of the eye can also be donated after death, which will give vision to the blind, and these donated eyes are used to restore vision in people suffering from corneal blindness. Most of these impairments are curable, especially through eye donation, which refers to donating one’s eyes after death. The main objective of this phase was to restore vision in people suffering from corneal blindness. Apart from that donors were able to donate tissues and full body parts as well. These eye donor registration programmes were conducted both online and onsite. The online programme was conducted through google forms, while the onsite programme was conducted on National Eye Donation Day (18 th December 2021) at Bellanvila Raja Maha Viharaya from 9am onwards. The main reason behind conducting two programmes online and onsite was that we needed to rea

The project, "Miles of Smiles 3.0" is being implemented by Leo Club of University of Colombo with the noble aim of empowering the little ones who are striving to conquer the world in the face of various obstacles. As our first phase, we executed a social security programme for Isura child development center in Siyabalape and Mawpiya Sevana child development center in Gonapala through Zoom platform, which was successfully concluded on 13th November 2021 with the support of Mrs. H. Renuka Hemamali (Chief Inspector of Women, Officer in Charge of the Women and Children's Bureau in Kalutara). We organized this social security programme to educate those children about society and to pave the way for them to contribute to the betterment of the society as good citizens. The second phase of this project was launched on Saturday, 4th December 2021 with the objective of empowering sixty-five children with special needs at the Wellassa Saubhagya Orphanage, which is an underprivileg

  “Diabetes is an all-too-personal time bomb which can go off today, tomorrow, next year, or 10 years from now – a time bomb affecting millions like me and the children here today.” - Mary Tyler Moore. Non communicable diseases are spreading at an alarming rate over the world. Over 18 million people die each year from cardiovascular disease, with diabetes and hypertension being major risk factors. As a result, diabetes is rapidly becoming a global health-care problem that threatens to become pandemic by 2030. So in order to subsidize in killing this silent killer, Diabcure team of Leo club of university of Colombo came up with the project Diabcure 4.0 which was implemented for the 4 th consecutive year. This was to be executed in three phases, where's the first phase has already been implemented on 21st of October, 2021 from 6 .30 pm to 7.pm virtually via zoom and Facebook live platform due to the restrictions imposed by government due to the prevailing condition of the count