“Vandana’’ worship program was held on 2020-07-12 from 1.00 to 5.00 pm. It was organized by the Leos to get the blessings for the new leoistic year 2020/21 of Leo Club of UOC Alumni. The Pastor of the church Chaminda Rathnayake prayed for a successful year ahead for the club. A Bhodi puja was held at the temple and discourse was held by the Mahinda Thero for a great Leolistic year.

Leos Lead Orientation 2020 was
initiated to provide a basis for inspiring, educating, and encouraging new members as well as existing members to become motivated and committed members towards Leoism. A clear understanding of its history, its
functionality, traditions, and their role as a Leo help to build an active Leo with a larger picture in their mind of their district and association. The program was conducted in two phases and many Leos of our club were actively involved in the two main areas.
The first phase of the project called Leos Lead – Orientation 2020, is organized to provide the basic
principles of a Leo club to whom
interested in tasting what Leo is.
In the second phase, the project was
named Leos Lead 2.0, which explained how social activism takes place within our club and the implementation process of a project from the date of Implementation to the termination.

“Noel Spirit” is a project organized by the Leo Club of UOC Alumni to celebrate the real spirit of Christmas with the children in
“Mawpiya Sewana” children’s home,
Kumbuka. It’s a children’s home situated in a rural area and 13 small girls in the age between 6 to 16 years are living there. This
glamorous event was held on the 25th of December 2020 with a limited number of participants due to COVID-19 health concerns in the country. The main objective of this project was to spread the message of love and sharing among the children who have lost their parents. Handmade greeting
cards with warm wishes, prepared by the members of the club sent through the post to the children with the aim of making them happy, to remind them that they are
valuable assets to society, and to make them feel that they are not alone. Apart from that, gift packs including all the stationary items, toys and girls’ accessories
were distributed among them. To make those blooming flowers happy, several activities including games, a tea party, and interactive sessions were held on that day.
It was truly a memorable, well-spent Christmas evening that remains satisfactory of loving and giving within our hearts.

As the sports avenue of Leo Club of
UOC Alumni ,we thought of a way to
encourage the community to stay
healthy and maintain fitness while
staying at home due to the second
wave of covid-19 currently spreading
through the country. Leo fitness
challenge was introduced to motivate
everyone to engage in a physical
activity that can revitalize mind and
strengthen the immune system of the
body. Also we have used social media
platforms to help people avoid
boredom and engage in a fun activity
with their friends while staying at home.

Project DANENDRI was held on the Navam
Full Moon Poya Day at Purana Rajamaha
Wiharaya Kurunegala, by following all
Covid-19 rules. It is organized by the Leo
Club of UOC AlumnI which aimed to sign
agreements to donate our eyes and tissues
when we die to those in need which
signifies the meaning of the project name.
We thought that donating our organs when
we are leaving after we have fulfilled our
duty on the earth would be one of the best
things we can decide on a poya day as
human beings.After finishing the project,
we handed over these filled papers to the
eye donation society.

Breath to Breath is a great project initiated by Leo Club of UOC.Alumni in order to strengthen the link between nature and human beings. One of the leading community organizations “Gammadda” of Sirasa TV joined with this great initiative. The 3 phases of the project were completed. During the prevailing situation of Covid 19, Leos and lions were motivated to plant long-lasting plants to get rid of their monotonous lifestyle.
As the first phase, volunteers were invited to join with “Husmatahusmak” in order to enhance the connectivity among nature and the human. Participants were monitored by sharing knowledge and guidance on how to plant and how to take care of plants individually. While the project is going on, a video series of participants of husmata husmak was published via social media as an appreciation for leos who contributed. As the second phase of the project, 50+ plants were distributed to newborn babies at Kethumathi MaternityHospital, Panadura.

The phrase “Buon Natale” means Merry Christmas to you. The game night organized by Leo Club of UOC FOS, Leo club UOC FOA & Leo club of UOC Alumni which was held on 30th of December 2020 via zoom with more than 100 participants. Since the pandemic made our lives trapped into homes, we may not able to enjoy the Christmas season like in past years and this causes stress to many people. For relief, this game night was organized. BUON NATALE was organized with lots of games, entertaining activities and gifts were also given to winners. Especially it is needed to mention, Leo Multiple
District President (2020/21) of Leo Multiple District 305, Pakistan was kind enough to participate in the event. Lots of positive feedbacks were given by the participants and they mentioned they have really enjoyed this event. If we can
stay happy even during the tough times it would help us to keep ourselves alive and fresh, so the Boun Natale organizers have accomplished that task successfully.

Project “NETHRA” is an initiative of Leo Club
of Moratuwa, with several other clubs.
especially to care about the visual perception
problems and diseases related to eyesight.
Generally, several serious eye conditions do
not have any apparent early warning systems.
Therefore a regular eye check is of immense
benefit. In phase 01 of Project “NETHRA”, we
did research to check the knowledge of
people, especially to check how much they
were aware. As an important part of this
phase, we distributed Consent forms to find
Eyes and Tissue Donations with Eye Bank, Sri
Lanka. Braille papers and several other
donations were made to the blind and halfblind people. We organized an Eye Checkup
for the students at Sri Sunandopanadaya
Madhya Vidyalaya, on the 22nd of April in the
school hours and gave our service to all the
students and identified the ones who have
vision problems with the contribution of Lions
Gift of Sight hospital and we are ready to
offer them treatments and vision equipment
they need, free of charge after the pandemic
situation prevailing in the country.

SANHITHAJANA, an intra-district project
organized by a number of clubs.
The first phase involves sharing knowledge
and educating the community by using
social media platforms. All our members
actively posted all the gathered
information in means of articles, pictures,
photographs, and also as videos. The
hugest, challenging, and key part of the
project was the second phase which was
the multicultural event that took place on
the 7th of March 2021 at Pinnaduwa
Kaduru Camp, with the participation
having a district-wise representation by
the Leos. It was based on a theme of a
village surrounding and focusing rather
than only on religious activities we had
focused on cultural activities, foods,
dresses, celebrations, and other cultural
events. Entertainment, as well as
knowledge and experience in various
aspects, were successfully gained by the
members who participated. The final
phase was carried out to overcome the
language barrier since communication is
the easiest way to resolve things. We
donated language packs to several
Kindergartens around the Galle area.
Because of the Corona Pandemic
Situation, we couldn’t get the chance to
interact with the kids.

“Pivithuru Siripa” is a joint effort of Leos of
Sri Lanka to stage waste disposal
checkpoints along main 3 trail paths in
Adams Peak due to the huge amount of
waste piles gathered due to ignorant
waste disposal methods used by the high
frequency of pilgrims per year. Project
was conducted with the join effort of
about 15 Leo clubs around Sri Lanka. First
a survey was conducted on the garbage
treat of Sripada area and conducted an
public awareness on the issue. Then the
trail paths were cleaned by Leos and
garbage collecting points were planted
in key points. The project was greatly
supported and appreciated by the Public
health authorities, police, Monks, pilgrims
and media.

The mangroves of Sri Lanka are a part of
the diverse brackish water plant wildlife
of Sri Lanka. In the 1st phase of the
project awareness posts and a video on
the importance of mangrove planting
were shared via Facebook and Youtube
platforms. Phase 2 of the project
Mangrove Restore program was held
near Kathduwa Island, Koggala on 3rd
April 2021 with more than 30
participants. This program was jointly
organized with Wildlife & Ocean
Resource Conservation Organization.
Commercial Bank of Ceylon sponsored
this mangrove restoration program by
providing the funds for the plants and
barrels. We were able to plant more
than 150 plants using 30 barrels (5 plants
for each barrel) including Kirala, Mal
Kadol, Rathu Kadol & Madan. Restoration
of the mangrove ecosystem was a
difficult task. But we have completed this
project successfully with the help of the
Wildlife & Ocean resource Conservation
Organization. We all have a
responsibility to protect this mangrove
Ecosystem.