Mahesh Abeywickrama Memorial Debate Competition

This project was organized to enhance eloquence of the school students in Western, Southern, Northwestern and Sabaragamuwa Provinces.

School students from grade 9 and above in Western, Southern, Northwestern and Sabaragamuwa provinces were the targeted community from this project.

We inaugurated first rounds by covering all the schools in the above mentioned four provinces conducting the debates at selected schools in every province. Semi-finals and finals were carried out with the participation of the province wise winners in every province at the University of Moratuwa. The grand finals were conducted by selecting the winners from the semi-finals. Awards, certificates and medals were distributed among the winners, semi-finalists, best looser team and all the participants with the main intention of encouraging and appreciating them. This valuable project made an opportunity to encourage the school debaters to improve their skills and personality development of them and the participated Leos and prospects.

The project was conducted in several places around Sri Lanka by covering four main provinces successfully. The support given by the principals in schools, teachers’ in charge for the debating teams of particular schools, the sponsors who allocated funds for the event together made the event a success. Help received by all the Leos and prospects should also be mentioned for this attempt.

Every year we launch the Mahesh Abeywickrama Memorial Debate competition under the purpose of building powerful debaters who uses words as a way of expressing powerful thoughts and uplifting the ability of listening to others.

We have created a stage and an opportunity to showcase their talent of using mighty words. The opportunity was given to evoke the spokesman within the school debaters.

We have already focused on building the personality, leadership, and organization and communication skills of the Leos and prospects that joined together in making this effort a success.

ORIENTATION PROGRAM

Hundreds of faces showed up with enthusiasm to be joined with us,

Hundreds of hearts were touched with the dew drops of humanity,

Hundreds of stories were told about the blessings of our doings,

Hundreds and hundreds of minds were inspired with what we are,

The orientation program was another remarkable day for the UOM Leos. We were blessed with the unexpected participation of those who willing to be the future leaders. 19th December 2016 was a turning point for the LEO club of University of Moratuwa which faith has built within us as we realized that the future of the LEOs within the club is assured with these new faces. All of them were enthusiastic to grab this opportunity to serve the nation as a LEO with their kind hearts.

Those novices were guided towards the path to find the excellence in everything we do as LEOs. They will probably be the next landmark to hoist the eminence of Leo club of University of Moratuwa and will be ahead of the pack at every turn.

RAGASUN MANAKAL

Orphans are easier to ignore

before you know their names…

They are easier to ignore

before you see their faces…

It’s easier to pretend they’re not real

before you hold them in your arms…

but once you do,

everything changes...

Children are priceless treasures and gifts in the world. It is everyone’s conviction that the physical, psychological and spiritual needs of children should be amply and competently met. But children who live lonely in children homes with no affection of beloved family members may be lack of these needs. They also need love and affection in their lives even though we cannot give them the exact love from their own parents.  As Leos we always try to do the best for those children’s happiness and welfare. This time we were able to bring smile to the innocent little faces at Buddhist Girls’ Children’s Home, Kamil Pedesa, Nupe, Matara. 

It was 26th of November 2016. UoM Leos went to the Buddhist Girls’ Children’s Home to spend the time with those little children. Since their chances to enjoy their lives are very few, we had a small movie time with them, letting them watch a very interesting and exemplary movie that make them both happy and educated. And also we treated them with a tea party and presented them some gifts. Then we spent some time with them witnessing their hidden talents. At last we could see the success of our project by their happy faces.

NIGHT WATCH 2K16

Most of us go through life looking straight ahead. But when we reach some point, the stress we gain from it can tear us down. So it is good for us to stop once in a while and look up, because you’ve got to look up to see stars. The magical scenery they create will surely sooth all your pain and stress and then it will allow you to relax, enjoy and get amused by the little things in life that you didn’t see earlier.   In order to get away from the busy stressful lives, four outstanding Leo clubs of 306A2 Leo Club of University of Moratuwa, Leo Club of Godigamuwa, Leo Club of Katuwawala and Leo Club of Sri Lanka Technological Campus together with the Astronomical Association of University of Moratuwa and the Subhodi Institute, Piliyandala organized a stargazing camp “NIGHT WATCH 2K16” presenting a new experience to all the Leos of Sri Lanka.  It was a Night Sky Observation Camp and an Astronomy Workshop held on 12th of November at Remuna Vidyalaya, Horana from 6PM onwards. Many Leos who are curious about mysteries of the universe and love stargazing took part in this amazing event.

Even though we gathered to admire the beauty of the night sky, she concealed her beauty with heavy showers like a pretty princess hides her beauty with pride. But the organizers did not let her ruin the whole unforgettable cosmic experience which was planned to go till sunrise. First Astronomical Association of University of Moratuwa gave a basic idea on astronomy which gave everyone a light to follow the stargazing path. The telescope which was brought by the Subhodi Institute, Piliyandala was the most exciting thing in this whole event. They explained every part of the telescope, how to focus it and how to use it. Although we could not see the stars the organizers made it sure to make it an unforgettable memory for every Leo who participated. So the NIGHT WATCH for the year 2016 ended with style. 

Surakimu Mawuwaru

Taking care of the elders is considered as a mark of honor to them. Every mother has done a great sacrifice to create this society to this extent. Therefore, it is our responsibility to take care of them as they took care of us when we were children. However, there are some old people who are put in elder care homes and forgotten by their children. Our aim of this project was to help them as much as possible to forget their pain and loneliness and be happy even for a moment.

Surakimu Mawuwaru Elder Care Foundation is one such place. This time we visited them on 29th of October 2016. In order to make the event a success we distributed the workload among each other. As a result, we prepared the evening tea for them, cleaned the place and elders properly, distributed the donations among elders and donated the books to the coordinator of the elders’ home as decided before. Everything was done on time according to the pre-defined schedule. While working we had a chat with those elder mothers and it gave them a chance to express their feelings and erase even a little
bit of their loneliness. 

This program was successfully conducted with the help of our club members, prospects, some university students and the coordinator of the elders’ home. All of us were happy after this project   as we had done a great service. The main objective of this project was to make those elder mothers happy even for little moment. At the end the success of our project was depicted by their happy faces.