BY Rtr. Nathali Karunathilake As Earvin Johnson once said, "All kids need is a little help, a little hope, and somebody who believes in them," and that is exactly what the Community Service Avenue of the Rotaract Club of the University of Colombo, Faculty of Arts set out to do with the project Happy Hour. It was no easy feat; there was so much thought to put into it and a comparatively short amount of time to execute our plans, not to mention that the Happy Hour Organizing Committee was put together with people whose schedules rarely seemed to align. And yet, after several online meetings, a week of selling cat stickers, and hours spent at the Greens gluing together…
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සිනහවක සුවඳ රැඳුණු මතක – Happy Hour
BY Rtr. M.V. Kawya සමාජ සේවය යනු අවශ්යතා ඇති පුද්ගලයන්ට උපකාර කිරීම පමණක් නොව, මනුෂ්යත්වය, සංවේදනය සහ එකමුතුකම අත්විඳින වටිනා ගමනකි. එම අර්ථය මනාව විදහා දැක්වූ ව්යාපෘතියක් ලෙස Happy Hour සාර්ථකව නිමාවට පත්විය. 2026 අගෝස්තු 1 වන දින, කොළඹ විශ්වවිද්යාලයේ ශාස්ත්ර පීඨයේ රොටරැක්ට් සමාජයේ ප්රජා සේවා අංශය විසින් Challenged Children's Aid Association of Sri Lanka හිදී විශේෂ අවශ්යතා සහිත දරුවන් වෙනුවෙන් මෙම වැඩසටහන සංවිධානය කරන ලදී. ඔවුන් සමඟ සතුට, සිනහව සහ ආදරය බෙදාගනිමින් අර්ථවත් කාලයක් ගත කිරීමට අපට අවස්ථාව හිමි විය. මෙම ව්යාපෘතිය සැලසුම් කිරීම සහ ක්රියාත්මක කිරීම සඳහා අපට ලැබුණේ සතියක පමණ කෙටි කාලයකි. එහෙත් සංවිධායක කමිටුවේ සාමාජිකයන්ගේ කැපවීම, සැලසුම්කරණය සහ කණ්ඩායම් සහයෝගීතාවය හේතුවෙන් එම කාලය තුළ සාර්ථක හා බලපෑමක් ඇති ව්යාපෘතියක් නිර්මාණය කිරීමට හැකි විය. Happy Hour ව්යාපෘතිය…
Happy Hour
BY Rtr. Raviduni Perera The project “Happy Hour" was a meaningful and uplifting project organized by the Community Service avenue of Rotaract Club of University of Colombo, Faculty of Arts. The main event was held on 1st of August, 2026 at the Challenged Children’s Aid Association in Kotte and the initiative aimed to bring joy, companionship and support to 22 children with disabilities. Featuring interactive activities, a tea party with the children and a distribution of souvenirs and educational supplies, not only did “Happy Hour” make itself a memorable afternoon for the children, but it also fostered a sense of compassion, inclusion and community service among the university student volunteers. During the event, the management of the Challenged Children’s Aid…
Annual Transition Meeting – 2026
The annual Transition Meeting of the Rotaract Club of University of Colombo, Faculty of Arts was held on 8 July 2026 in faculty premises. The event consisted of the Rotaract formalities, followed by the assumption of duties by the President for the RI year 2026/2027, Rtr. Anya Senadhira, along with the club's Executive Committee and the Board of Directors. During the event, the club’s President shared her aspirations to lead the club towards a successful and unforgettable year of service and fellowship under the motto ‘Service for tomorrow, legacy for a lifetime’.
World Study fair by PFEC Global: Third Edition
The third edition of the World Study Fair organised by PFEC Global in partnership with RID3220 took place on 25 July from 11.00 AM to 4.00 PM at Kingsbury Hotel, Colombo. Organised to assist Sri Lankan students hoping to study abroad, this event offered many facilities such as pre-counselling sessions, meetings with representatives of universities and agencies from over 5 countries, scholarship opportunities, visa guidance and assistance with the application process. Additionally, the event awarded a golden ticket to selected participants, which provided recipients with additional scholarships and other benefits provided by PFEC Global.
Orientation’26: RACUOCFOA welcomes new members
The Rotaract Club of University of Colombo, Faculty of Arts welcomed a new batch of general members for the RI year 2026/2027 on 7 July at the Faculty premises. The Orientation consisted of the Rotaract formalities, an introduction to the Executive Committee, Board of Directors and the Club Avenues and an icebreaking activity to build fellowship with the new members.
Month in Review (July ’25-Jan ’26)
Transition meeting The Rotaract year 25/26 commenced with the transition meeting held on the 1st of July, at the room number 45 at Faculty of Arts University of Colombo, marking the official handover of responsibilities to the new Executive Committee and Board of Directors for the Rotaract Year 2025/26. නව විධායක කමිටුවට සහ අධ්යක්ෂ මණ්ඩලයට නිල වශයෙන් වගකීම් භාරදීම සඳහා, ජූලි 1 වන දින කොළඹ විශ්වවිද්යාලීය කලා පීඨ 45 වන ශාලාවේදී පැවති රැස්වීම සමඟින් 25/26 රොටරැක්ට් වර්ෂය ආරම්භ විය. 2025/26 ரோட்டராக்ட் ஆண்டிற்கான புதிய நிர்வாகக் குழு மற்றும் இயக்குனர்கள் குழுவிற்கு அதிகாரப்பூர்வமாகப் பொறுப்புகளை ஒப்படைப்பதைக் குறிக்கும் வகையில், ஜூலை 1 ஆம் தேதி கொழும்பு பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் கலைப் பீடத்தின் 45 ஆம் இலக்க அறை வளாகத்தில் நடைபெற்ற மாற்றக் கூட்டத்துடன் ரோட்டராக்ட் ஆண்டான 25/26 ஆரம்பித்தது. Orientation The orientation session to engage new…
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