HOPE Christmas Party

In one of the Civil Engineering company at Kaduvela, internally displaced students are trained on civil engineering. A leo of our club was a trainer there and via him we came to know that they were looking for funds to celebrate Christmas with that less fortunate children. Many of our friends too came forward in contributing for this project

Our Leos went to the venue in the morning and decorated the place with the help of others who were there. The program started at 10 am, with a huge gathering of students and staff. Our Leos coordinated the event very successfully. There were many programs done by the students. We provided them lunch and the events continued after the lunch too. The students sang songs, performed drama and did some dance too. Our leos also joined them in singing songs. Then in the evening we served them cake, eats and tea.

The event culminated with Christmas gifts being presented for the students, which of course would have been an unforgettable gift for them. This event was certainly an unforgettable project for all our Leos, as they made <<30>> unfortunate students smile and enjoy the day. We went home with great satisfaction and happiness.

HOPE November Birthday Blast

As we are continuously celebrating the monthly birthdays with less fortunate, this time we planned to celebrate it at Arun Shanthi Nivas Wathala

All of our club members went to the home around 2.45 pm as planned. We took cake, some short eats and goods for tea for them. Then we served the children the food. At the mean time the warden and helpers prepared the tea for them. Then we served them tea also. Then we had fun activities for the children. We had games for children and the winners were given chocolates. As per to the request of the management during our last vist, we also donated uniforms for the children. The children were very happy to receive their new uniforms from us and thanked us too. Then before we left the place we also participated in their evening prayers. It was a memorable evening for all our members.

Leo walk 2010

Multiple Leo districts 306 organized a walk in Colombo for the betterment of Leoism, to make the public aware of Leoism.

Hundreds of Leos from many Leo clubs in Sri Lanka joined hands to mark this event. Unfortunately weather cheated us. Due to heavy rain we couldn’t start the walk. Then we moved to the lions avtivity center and had several progeams there. The main intention of this walk was to commemorate international Leo day, give publicity for Leoism and make the public aware of the strength of Leoism in Sri Lanka. This time the theme for the walk was “Green Together”. The reason for choosing this theme was to make the people aware of the importance of green and trees.

We, as the organizers of this project took care of the refreshments and made sure all the Leos actively participated in the event. As we moved to the Lions activity centre we had camp fire there. Each district presented an event. It was very interesting and enjoyable. Then at the end of the camp fire the club with the highest participation and the district with the highest participation were given tokens of appreciation. After the camp fire DJ night and dinner continued till about 11.00 pm. All the leos had a fantastic time on that day.

HOPE Smiling Navarathri

Navarathri is one of the holy days which Hindus follows
continuously for nine days by fasting in the belief of getting
Braveness, prosperity and skills. Since students of all religions study at Ratmalane Hindu College, we decided to celebrate Navaraathri with those kids to build up unity among all religions.

The club gathered the information and decided to sponsor a special Pooja and cultural event for this Navarathri. Leos of our club bought all the food needed for the pooja and some of our Leos prepared food from their houses also. Pooja started at 7am, Leos, Teachers and hundreds of students gathered. Special Pooja was done by a holy priest at the school temple and the Prasatham (special foods) was offered to the sun god. After Pooja, students, Teachers and Leos gathered in main hall. Some religious rituals were carried out and the cultural events continued. Many talented students showed their talents in the form of songs, Dramas and speeches. Finally Prasatham and other food were distributed among to the students by our Leos. Teachers thanked our Leos for their wonderful effort and support.

HOPE helping hands for blind school

One of our member came to know about a blind school at jaffna. There were about 100 blind students currently being educated at that home. They were in need of DVD players for their educational purposes. As we came to know this our board members decided to donate a DVD player for the home.

Our past club president Leo Mathu agreed to go there and give them as he was familiar with the place. During mid October he visited the home and handed over the player to the children. We also sponsored the lunch for that day. The students and the administration was very happy and they have sent us a thanking letter too.

HOPE October Birthday Blast

One of the board member suggested that we could have a monthly birthday celebration in an elders home or a children’s home at the end of every month. Our members willingly agreed on this and they suggested that the members who are having birthdays on the relevant month would sponsor the birthday celebration. All our members willingly agreed upon on this suggestion too.

All of our club members went to the home around 3.00 pm as planned. We took cake, some short eats and good for tea for them. Then we served the elders the food. At the mean time the warden and helpers prepared the tea for them. Then we served them tea also. Then we had fun activities for the elder. We had musical chair, miming etc to entertain the elders. We were very happy to see them actively and happily participating in the events. After having many fun activities we left the place around 6.00 pm. That evening all was a lovely and happiest one not only for the elders but also for our Leos too

HOPE Leadership Seminar

On the request of Ramanathan Hindu Ladies College prefects guild, we had a leadership seminar for the prefects on the 22nd of October, 2010 at their Prefects day. Our past club president Leo Mayuran conducted the session very effectively. The students were given guidance and tip on how to become effective leaders. About 150 prefects from various parts of the island, including the North participated in this seminar

HOPE 19th Birthday

This year our club is successfully completing 19 years of service for those who are in need. Our members came up with the suggestion to celebrate this event by having a Leos get together. As this the last teen year for the club all were suggesting to celebrate it.
As planned earlier we started the event at 5.00 pm. The event started with the Pledge of allegiance and Leo pledge. Then the president gave a warm welcome to all the Leos who have happily joined to celebrate the 19th birthday of the club. After that we cut the birthday cake while singing the birthday song.

Then we started the fun events. We had many games for our Leos. We had miming, the 7 ups game, musical chair and a talents event in which some of our Leos who were talented sang and danced. The fun events continued till about 7.00 pm. Then the secretary thanked the Leos for joining hands to celebrate the great event. After that the dinner was served for all the Leos. The event came to an end around 8.00 pm. All the Leos had a great time went back home with wonderful sweet memories.

HOPE Helping Hands at Ramboda

We came to know that there is an ashrama at Ramboda in which many children are educated. They were in need of exercise books and a computer. We came to know this through the guruji who is incharge of that ashrama. We planned to help the children with the help of our leos

On the 3rd of October our Leos left to Ramboda in the early morning and they reached the place around 10 in the morning. As they went to the ashrama they met the guruji and spoke to him. Then they met the children and participated in the prayers with the children. After that our members had a chat with those kids.
Then the members gave them the exercise books and the two computers for the school. After having a long chat and spending some time with the kids our members returned to Colombo with fulfillment and wonderful memories.

HOPE Day of Love 2010

Sri Lankathara Elders home is a place where we do our annual projects and it provides shelter for around 35 elders. We do a continuous project at the home every year to do a shramadhana at the home. The elders home needed man power to clean the premises and the old generation certainly longs for love and affection. So as Leos we were up to the task.

Our Leos gathered at around 9am in the home premises, divided our work force and started to clean the premises. We cleaned the rooms, shrine room and the garden of the elders’ home. The cleaning session culminated successfully at 12 pm.

At 3pm we started the entertainment session. We arranged all necessary things for it. Our Leos entertained the inhabitants of the home with their singing talents and dramas. Elders also staged a stunning drama and sang songs. Many games such as Musical chair, miming, etc were organized for the elders, in which our Leos also took part. We served the short eats, which our Leos brought for them. The event culminated with a DJ, in which the elders and Leos had a very good time.

HOPE September B'Day Blast

One of the board member suggested that we could have a monthly birthday celebration in an elders home or a children’s home at the end of every month. Our members willingly agreed on this and they suggested that the members who are having birthdays on the relevant month would sponsor the birthday celebration. All our members willingly agreed upon on this suggestion too.

All of our club members went to the home around 2.45 pm as planned. We took cake, some short eats and good for tea for them. Then we served the elders the food. At the mean time the warden and helpers prepared the tea for them. Then we served them tea also. Then we had fun activities for the elders and children. We had games for children and the winners were given chocolates. We had parcel passing game for them. Then our members played cricket with them for some time. The elders sang songs for us. They also performed a group dance for us which they had practiced previously. They elders, children and the Leos enjoyed the evening a lot. It was a memorable evening for all our members.

HOPE Smiling Faces

Prithipura Home for children is a home for mentally challenged children who need special care. Our club found out that the home is in need of many things. Especially the children there need love and care. Our members use to visit this home since 2009. As usual this year too our members planned to visit the home and spend some time with those children.

As planned previously our members got together and went to the home by 3.30 pm. We met the management staff and gave the cakes, biscuits, chocolates and good for tea which we took for them. Then we along with the staff helped in distributing them for several wards. Then along with the staff we visited the wards one by one. There were many differently able children with different capabilities. We were amazed to see a girl who has lost her two hands trying to draw pictures with having the pencil in her mouth. We all were speechless.

After the kids had the tea we went to all the wards and spend some time with the children. Then we returned carrying out so many memories with us.

HOPE August B'Day Blast

One of the board member suggested that we could have a monthly birthday celebration in an elders home or a children’s home at the end of every month. Our members willingly agreed on this and they suggested that the members who are having birthdays on the relevant month would sponsor the birthday celebration. All our members willingly agreed upon on this suggestion too.
Our club members went to the elders’ home around 3.00 pm as planned. We took cake and some short eats and good for tea for them. Then we served the elders the food. At the mean time the warden and helpers prepared the tea for them. Then we served them tea also. We stayed there for about an hour and had chats with those elders. They were really happy and they did enjoy that evening a lot.

HOPE IT Seminar

Information Technology is a newly introduced subject in the Sri Lankan GCE advanced level syllabus. Due to scarcity of trained teachers, many children find it very difficult to study the subject. As Leos we thought it is our duty to do our best for our younger brothers and sisters regarding this problem.

Our members went for various tuition centers and informed the students about the seminar. They displayed some notices in the notice boards of those institutes also. As there are many IT graduates and IT professional in our club itself, we planned to conduct the seminar using our resources. On the 22nd morning our members were came to tamil sanagam by 8.45 am. We were able to start the seminar by 9.30 am as there was some delay in the students’ attendance. As the GIT syllabus is very vast, selected only the key areas to give them an idea about the topics. We also provided them with some sample question and model answers. Then we also had a Q&A session in which our resource personals cleared the doubts of the students. We also prepared the tutorials by ourselves based on the Sri Lankan GCE advanced Level IT syllabus and issued them for the students free of charge.

This seminar helped the students to clarify their problems and get more knowledge on the subject areas. It was very much useful for them as it was conducted one week before their GIT exams. We are intending to continue doing this seminar in other areas of Colombo and also for GCE ordinary level students as well.

HOPE Move Green Project

Current life styles of people are not promising since the environment is heading to the disaster. As a club we were thinking of a way of giving a message of serving the nature to the society. Then our vice president came up with a nice idea of having a monthly tree planting campaign.

Club made the plans more sharply and clearly so as to do the tree planting campaign monthly. This was initiated from August onwards. On every last week of the month this project was carried out. We started the initial tree planting at Arun Shanthi Nivas Home.

The club members took some plats when visiting the home. With the help of the people who were in charge of the home gardening process we successfully planted few trees there. As we started this at children’s home, it also helped us make awareness among those children to save green.