Donation of a Wheelchair

Leo club of university of Colombo was offered with the privilege of donating a wheelchair for a needy person with the sponsorship of Oruwala Lions club. Lions club of Oruwala provided us the wheelchair and wanted us to find a person who was in need of it.

            In the search we found out about a boy who was in need of a new wheel chair in Modara area. He was diagnosed with a genetic disease at the age of 9 which ultimately made him unable to walk by his own. While he was getting ready for his scholarship exam in Grade 5 he experienced this unfortunate situation. His parents and elder siblings were taking care of him and his wheelchair was wrecked over the last 11 years. In the visit we had a friendly chat with them and encourage him to work hard on his studies.

We felt so blessed about being able to help them with a brand new wheelchair on the time he needed it the most. On 28th of October with the participation of Leo migara, President of the Leo club of University of Colombo we donated the wheel chair to him. Helping the right person at the right time with the humble motive of helping to uplift the quality of a life as a Leo was one of the greatest pleasures. The gratitude and the happiness on their faces enlightened our souls and also was an empowerment to continue further projects as such.

Envirolove’16

“Envirolove’16” was the first environmental project conducted by Leo Club of University of Colombo which was held on 21st October 2016. The project was implemented in Boralesgmuwa, near the Weras Ganga Park. The main intension of this project is to lend a hand to save the environment for the future.

As the foremost step we decided to conduct a tree plantation project at Boralesgamuwa near the Weras Ganga Park as the idea of Leo Neranga Bamunuarachchi. All of the members agreed with that place because it is easy to maintain as well as it is an area which most of the people selected to spend their leisure time. We started this project by sending a letter to the Road Development Authority to get the permission for planting trees near the road. We were got huge support from Road Development Authority and Shop owners in Weras Ganga Park. Director of the RDA agreed to give the required plants for us as well as they promised to give some laborers as well. With the help of all these parties we were started our tree plantation project.

Mainly we were using social media as our primary tool of informing about our project to the general public because it was the best way for address the youth generation.

Day before the date of project, we were made all the plant protection cages. We used Pillawa temple premises for that work.

Then we were planting trees, adding fertilizer, watering and building cage around each and every plant with the contribution of the Leos, Officers of Road Development authority and workers of RDA.

“Envirolove‟16” was successfully implemented in boralesgamuwa with the courage and commitment of the all the Leos of Leo Club of university of Colombo. We were doing this project with the intension to protect the environment by planting trees and save the world for tomorrow. In today’s context of the world there is a huge environmental pollution and drastically increase global warming due to the human activities. Best solution for this is planting and maintain trees. As university undergraduates and as social workers, we started it from our club to be the guardians of nature by joining hand with „Envirolove‟16”.