Leo Club of University of Colombo

Be Their Vision 7.0  | Phase 02 |  In today’s context, Sri Lanka also commonly reports cases of vision impairment and it is stated that 9.3 million Sri Lankans have some form of vision impairment. Lack of proper awareness is one of the major reasons for this prevalence of eye diseases. In light of this, the second phase of the project, ‘’Be Their Vision 7.0’’ was carried out to enhance the Sri Lankan community's awareness of vision impairment and potential preventative measures. Accordingly, the eye awareness session was conducted on the 5th of March 2023 at Hunupitiya Wijesundararama Purana Viharaya with the presence of nearly 100 participants. On the 5th morning, the project committee members together with the teachers of the Sunday school of Hunupitiya Wijesundararama Purana Viharaya gathered at the temple. They did all the necessary arrangements in the Dharma Hall to accommodate the students and the keynote speaker to conduct the session. The support and hospitality p...

Plant a Hope 5.0 Phase 02   " Global Green", the second phase of the project “Plant a Hope” was completed as a tree planting campaign, and the main objective of the phase is to spread the awareness and to plant valuable trees for the environment. Sri Sudharmarama Maha Viharaya, Kaduwela and Viharamahadevi Child Development Centre, Kaduwela has been selected as the locations to conduct the tree planting program. The plants which are beneficial to the society and the environment like Guava, Mango, Pawpaw, Orange, Mee plant and teak are the trees planted in selected places.  And there were 150 variety of trees and the girls and the staff who are working in the child development center were asked to plant the trees we gave and to look after the plants for the rest of the time until they are harvested. After the plantation, the awareness session was held at Viharamahadevi Child Development Center mainly for the children. Mrs. Shamala Ruwanthi, who is the Environment Officer of...

 දියණි 6.0 - "දැයේ දියණියන් උදෙසා" තෙවන අදියර - ලිය සවිය "ඇගේ දිරියට සවියක් වනු වස්" Michelle Obama once remarked, "there is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish". Women business entrepreneurs have undoubtedly been recognized for their significant contributions to the development of most nations over the years. Yet, as it is difficult for women to get assistance to go beyond, the economic participation of women has decreased in Sri Lanka. Due to this, there is a need to encourage women to achieve their aspirations. As LEOs, we choose women who are involved in business, with the aim of inspiring and empowering them in addition to advocating them to responsible organizations to address their entrepreneurial needs. We, the Leo Club of University of Colombo, Leo District 306 C1, selected Watapuluwa village in the Kandy district for the third phase “Liya Saviya” of project Diyani 6.0 as self-employed women in this area were expecting assistance to exp...

 | Be Their Vision 7.0 | Phase 03 World Health Organization's data shows that at least 2.2 billion of the world's population have a near or distant vision impairment. Among those, there are at least 1 billion, which is almost half that could have been prevented or has yet to be addressed. Eye screening will direct to the easy detention of near or distant vision impairment and can be corrected through spectacles in most cases. But in many parts of the world, millions suffer from poor vision due to a lack of resources. This can significantly impact their quality of life, affecting everything from their ability to work to their overall well-being. The Leo club of the University of Colombo stepped forward with the project "Be Their Vision" for the 7th consecutive time to safeguard the vision of the Sri Lankan community. After successfully completing two phases, the third phase of the project; "Care first" was ready to be implemented. An eye screening program fol...

 Manusath Viyamana Phase 03  "There must be a better way to make the things we want, a way that doesn’t spoil the sky, or the rain or the land.” - Paul McCartney  The Sustainable Development Goals are currently the center of attention for the entire world. In Sri Lanka, numerous initiatives are being carried out to meet sustainable development targets by 2030. The Manusath Viyamana 23 initiative was developed by the University of Colombo's Leo club as a further step towards accomplishing sustainable development objectives. The Sustainable Development Goals are directly relevant to the Manusath Wiyamana initiative. The project's primary goal is to lay the groundwork needed to improve the level of living for those who are living in rural districts of Sri Lanka. This undertaking is carried out in three stages. Improvement of women entrepreneurs are the important requirement of modern development. The women entrepreneurs are experiencing insufficiency in monetary assets and w...

 Miles of Smiles 4.0 As Mother Teresa said, “It’s not about how much you do, but how much love you put into what you do that counts.” Volunteering is a wonderful way to give back good service to the community. Researchers demonstrate that they have positive effects on people of all ages by boosting emotions of self-worth, social connection, and well-being. See what you may do to assist any friends or neighbours who are now having difficulties. Children are valuable gifts given by God to the world. They are like flowers. They have a lot of dreams and their parents help to shade their dreams. Unfortunately, all children do not have their parents to paint their dreams in shade. As Leos, we thought we can support those children to shade their dreams. That little thought inspired us and we started to help the children to paint their dreams with wonderful colours. That was the first phase of our project. There were two segments of our project. As the first segment, we selected the Mawpiy...

 What became of the Dollar? Today, the economy of our country is an important topic. When talking about the economy these days, the first thing that comes to mind is the ‘dollar.’ Everyone knows about the situation with the dollar in Sri Lanka. The economy and the dollar are two things that are inextricably linked. The value of the dollar is a crucial element in this context of import, export, income, expenditure, and debt. The rise and fall of the dollar value is a normal economic phenomenon. But the sudden decrease in the dollar, which was continuously rising, is a significant situation. This situation is widely discussed among analysts. What could actually be the reason for this? Analysts present various types of reasons related to this. Let's talk about some of them. They say that the new income tax policy imposed by the government has led to a change in the dollar. Due to the imposition of income tax, the amount of money to be spent on household goods and services decreases to...