Grim Period

One should indicate that Rotaract is indeed the ideal method for a youngster to involve him/herself in social service. However, its always second to your work and family. President Shan was indeed into a difficult time in his life with the new marriage, new work and changes in his life plan. This had made him to request Benjamin to take over for his short leave. It was indeed the right moment for Benjamin to prove himself as a worthy candidate to be president.

The year progressed with just a few projects and regular informal meetings and gatherings.

Benji, is about to take the club ....... off!

K!

The Second Installation

It was time for Karthik to give up his reign to the incoming president, Shan Jayasekera. One, well planned evening at the Russian Cultural centre, amongst the Rotaractors and the presence of Senior Rotarians the new board for the year 2004/05 got itself installed in grand style. Shan, at that time, lecturing at Mercury, had taken a good stand and pledged to get the club to its next level.
The second year began just after the Tsunami, and was expected to be a Tsunami for the Rotaract District.

K!

The First Community service project

While all the other clubs were looking at a fabulous, mind boggling project to take up the club, we though very simple plain and down to earth. Just looked out of our fairy god mother aunt "Sulo's" house at the beach and figured out as to what a dirty place it was. It was immediately decided to clean a small portion of it.

The date was set. Time was set. Things such as gloves, garbage bags purchased and the beach was in the process of being cleaned. Astonishingly, looking at us cleaning our own mess, the passers by also chipped their efforts by helping us pick a few things.

Within just 2 hours, we had filled 17 bags of garbage, exclusive of sand, and had it all dumped at Sulo's for collection by the garbage truck the next day.

What astonished us the most is that it just takes a few people to clean the beach, to begin the chain reaction that brings out the cleanliness within us.

We should do this quite often....else there would be no beach for the future generations to enjoy...!

Looking to see you at the beach to offer a helping hand...!

K!

Eye Camp - Thalawakela

It is indeed an asset to have an optometrist within our club, with whose assistance, one could work on a project to correct vision of those who may not even know that there could be a problem with their sight. Such was the case when we were in Thalawakale, where a project of Eye correction was attempted on a twin phase method, using the help of an uncle of our Rotaractor Shreapathy Attanayake of MPL Plantations.

Rtr Benjamin Yoga, planned this out so well that during the first phase, the eyes were tested and after a period of 5 weeks the vision corrective spectacles were given. We also had assistance of our Rotary Club of Colombo Uptown, who had given us frames for the same.

It indeed had given us great pleasure to see a whole plantation in Thalawakale, where nearly 125 pairs of spectacles were given to thos who were in need of eye correction.

A mission to correct someone's vision succeeded in grand fashion...!

Rgds
K!