It's Us - September 2013

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ITS USTHE OFFICIAL NEWS LETTER

LEO CLUB OF UNIVE RSIT Y OF MORATUWA

VOLUME 10 ISSUE 03 SEPTEMBER 2013

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ROBOTICS WORKSHOP2013

LIGHT A CANDLE TO

LIGHT THE WORLD

GET TO KNOW &PUT A FULL STOP

STOP

MAHESH ABEYWICKRAMAMEMORIAL CHAMPIONSHIP

AIDS

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The number of AIDS patients have increased

resent past. To prevent this, better informing

and attitudinal change is needed and also there

is negligence and cornering for people who

have AIDS. That is because people do not have

the knowledge, how this disease spreading,

how to prevent it and so on.

To protect people from AIDS by education, the

Leo club of university of Moratuwa organized

an AIDS awareness programme in Electronic

department auditorium. It was held on 5th ofSeptember at 11.15 a.m. onwards.

A doctor from Kalubowila hospital conducted a

lecture and pointed out fundamental ways to

cure AIDS such as changing the attitude, protec-

tion by education, financial security and safe

sex. It was a good project conducted with dif-

ferent theme.

It is a great pleasure to address you in the third

edition of the ITS US as the newly appointed Vice

President. At the beginning it was really a challenging

task for me to take the vice presidency of a well reputed

club in Sri Lanka. That is a huge opportunity for my life

and it is one of the great milestones in my life. I learnt

so many good things from the Leoistic vision. Everything

has a passion and pattern to happen. I got Lots of experi-

ences from the Leo vision.

Planning & conducting various kinds of projects

while giving our maximum contribution to 306 A2 fam-

ily as well as to the multiple was not really an easy task.

Meanwhile as university students we have to balance

our academic lives with all the extra-curricular activities.

All the time I have to help to my clubs president. The

president guides us to the correct direction every time.

In my point of view I will briefly describe about what is

Leoism and definition of a Leo club.Leoism

Leoism is a movement to generate good qualities

among the youths and to make them responsive to good

social needs so that they can provide the nation with

perfect leadership.

Leos have put on records many instances of dedi-

catory services for the cause of distressed humanity. It

is believed and hoped that the Leos will uphold their

tradition of services through fellowship and friendship.

Leos are an institution of hope to the helpless and willbe round the clock.

Definition of Leo Club

Leo Club is an official program of the interna-

tional association of Lions club to promote and encour-

age service activities among the youths of the commu-

nity, to serve others in the community and around the

world that will develop leadership quality. Every Leo club

formed must be sponsored by Lions club.

I request from you all to share this newsletter

among your friends and spread the Leoism all over thecountry. From that we can help to create this country a

better place.

Thank you.

STOP AIDSAIDS AWARENESS PROGRAMME

Leo ShehanMadusankaVice President

Department of Computer Science &

Engineering

University of Moratuwa

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Debating is a

way of arise

our voices

with argu-

ments in front

of others in

an organized

manner. So as a club UoM Leos decided to encour-

age debating talent of school children by organizing

such a tournament.

The main objective of this project was memorizing

Leo Mahesh Abeywickrama, who was the president

of the UoM Leo club in 2004/2005 leoistic year. He

was a beloved brother and an undergraduate of

University of Moratuwa but with an unexpected man-ner he has passed

away. Encourage

school children for

debating, encour-

age their parents

to motivate their

children on debat-

ing, Celebrating

Literacy month,

improving theeducational level

with the theme

of Together for

Education were

other objectives.

This was a well

organized, big proj-

ect held on 28th September 2013. The chief guest

for the morning session was Leo district president

for district 306A2 Leo Kaneel Maddumage. A popu-lar media icon, Mr. Chandana Sooriyabandara was

invited as the chief guest for the final session and the

presentation ceremony. Mr. Sooriyabandara encour-

aged and congratulated teams and also appreciated

the work done by the Leo Club of UoM. Mr. Sumith

Basnayaka, Producer of the The Debater island

wide debate tournament organized by Sirasa TV also

arrived to glamour the occasion.

Debating teams of twelve schools has participated

for the competition and among them Panadura

Sumangala boys school and Mathugama C.W.W.

Kannangara College won the chance to the final

round. Final judge panel consisted of 5 distinguished

people including Mr.Sooriyabandara, the chief

guest, Leo Isuru Senadheera, the IPDP of Leo dis-

trict 306A2, Leo Chaturanga Gunasekara, IPCP ofLeo Club of UoM, Mr. Hasitha Sandeepa, a for-

mer school debate team captain and Mr.Sajeewan

Basuru, who is also a former school debate team

captain.

After a huge battle of voices between the debat-

ers, Panadura Sumangala College emerged as the

winners of Mahesh Abeywickrama Championship.

Sasindu Tharaka who was from Panadura Sumangala

boys school has won the prize for the best debater.

CIMA Sri Lanka and Asian Alliance PLC sponsored

and TV Derana gave the media support. Many Leos

and Lions participated for the event and it was

ended up with a great success.

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With the purpose of guiding Dhamma school children

how to study effectively, how to improve their talents

and to shape up their future through their hidden

and never shown talents a project was conducted inSri Wijayarama temple, Weligama. The date was 8th

September from 8.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.

The students in the Dhammaschool were getting ready

to face a knowledge competition at zonal level and the

project was beneficial for facing those exams too. A

pre-examination was also held by UoM Leos and prizes

were given to winners. The function was successful with

the participation of more than 200 students and UoM

The date was 15th September and the place

was Mount Lavinia beach. A beach cleaning

programme was conducted by UoM Leos at

8.00 a.m. onwards with the purposes of Clean the sea area

Inform to people and explain about

value of nature.

Working with the members very coop-

eratively as a family.

Enhancing the inter-relationship

between the other LEO clubs.

This project was done with the participation

of Program officers of National post-consum-

er plastic waste management project central

environment authority and the Leo club of

Mathugama. UoM Leos have cleaned the beachalong 4-5 kms, while collecting garbage, to

bags. Those garbage bags were handed over to

the waste cleaning centre of the Mount Lavinia.

Leaflets were distributed among public to make

aware them not to put garbage to the sea. The

Immediate Past District President - Leo Isuru

Senadheera also joined to this environmen-

tal friendly programme and it was successful

though there was a rainy weather.

SEA, SAND, SHOREKAKULU SITHATA SADAHAMA MOVE TO SAVEDHAMMA SCHOOL PROJECT

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Leos. Special thanks should go to the Chief Monk of the

temple,teachers and students.



ROBOTICS WORKSHOP 2013

Robotics.. It is afield that is technically

improving and getting the popularity. With the

purpose of enhancing the theoretical and most

importantly the practical knowledge of thestudents on a field that would be highly valu-

able in the future and motivate the students

to make their future career in such a field, a

robotics workshop was carried out for school

children from Galle and Matara districts.UoM

Leos had the hope that it would be helpful to

the students who are intended to participate

for the robotics competition which would be

held in December.

The workshop was conducted by some talented and experienced undergraduates from the Departmentof electronics and telecommunication of university of Moratuwa and the chief guest was Dr. Nirod N.

Samarawickrama who is the senior training director of IJSE Galle. This was held on 20th September in the

auditorium of Institute of Java and Software engineering, Galle.

Electronic, programming and mechanical parts

were covered not only by lectures but also with practical ses-

sions. With the presence of 60 school children the event was

very much successful. As engineering students, UoM Leos

were able to increase the curiosity about new technologies

in future generation and do a service with their engineering

knowledge.

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Cover Page

Mahesh Abeywickrama MemorialDebate Competition 2013

Cast : Leo wasantha Kumara

Photograph : Leo Pramodh



ARE YOU QUALIFIED?BY JAYANI SUDUSINGHE

If you see me for the first time, how would you see me?

It will depend on the situation as people say first impression is the last impression. In other words you will

simply judge people.

But are you qualified? to judge others.Why do we judge people? We like to label others. We like to put them into boxes. Judging makes us feel

safe and comfortable because we have defined a person. So we can easily act according to that definition.

You see a boy and think hes lame. But he has to work every night to take care of his mom and dad. You call

a girl fat. She has a disease and shes starving herself. Theres a friend of yours whos smiling all the day

along helping each and everyone of you. But he is going through hardships which you can never imagine of.

Did you know any of these back stories? No. You just saw and judged.

Next time when you see a different person, who doesnt fit within your framework, please, dont label him.

Dont put him into that box of yours. If you really feel that you want to know that person, try to walk in his

or her shoes along the same paths they travel. Then you will know how to accept him or her.

Then only, you are qualified.Do we stop only by judging others? No. We judge ourselves as well.

When you get a brilliant idea, you think how you can achieve it, how you enjoy that glorious moment of

achievement. But when you are about to put it into action, theres this feeling or scream from the depth of

your mind, are you sure? Will this work?You remember all those failures where you fell on your face.

You have begun it. You are judging yourself.

Are you qualified? No.

When you were a child, if you wanted to do something, you simply did it. You didnt judge yourself. If you

wanted to climb a tree, you climbed it. You werent afraid that you would fall and get hurt. You simply made

it.

But now, you are afraid of falling and getting hurt, even before you climb the tree.

Judgement grows, as we grow. But we should watch our judging minds.

Dont judge, be curious and open.

Be creative and believe. Then you are qualified.

THE PHOTO STORY

Live as if you were to die tomorrow.Learn as if you were to live forever. Mahatma Gandhi

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LIGHT A CANDLE TO LIGHT THE WORLD

Although the students in rural schools are hav-

ing the talent and the resources, they are weak

in mathematics due to the lack of their interesttowards the subject. To make these students

interested in the subject and arouse their curiosity

to learn the subject keenly a project was organized

by the Leo club of university of Moratuwa on 23rd

of September in Deiyandara National School.

With the idea of Failing to plan is planning to fail first there was a lecture on how to plan the life. Therelation between mathematics and the nature is shown and mathematics was taught using fun games. This

aroused the curiosity of the students and they were motivated to learn mathematics.Practical mathemati-

cal question papers were provided and students were inspired for learning mathematics further to enter an

engineering faculty.

The principal and the teachers gave the maximum support to do this and about 250 students have partici-

pated. With the presence of about 15 Leos and prospects the project was successful.

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The second step of the sending e-mail description about a prevailing, avoidable disease in Sri Lanka in the

objective of informing people was done on 25th as usual. This time it was lung cancer which is a prevail-

ing & avoidable disease. In this project, we sent an email to over 500 lions & over 300 leos in Sri Lanka.It is better to prevent disease before it spreads. So better to have a knowledge about common health

problem in Sri Lanka and get rid of them.

GET TO KNOW & PUT A FULL STOP

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GO AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE; WHEN YOU GET THERE, YOULL BE ABLE TO SEE FURTHER.

LEO QUOTE

LETS FLY TOGETHERSTEP 3

In todays global world, English is very essential that is most common language spoken everywhere.

Therefore the Leo club of university of Moratuwa has decided to arrange a special workshop, an ice breakingsession to improve speaking ability of Leos and prospects after monthly club meeting.

With purposes of

Developing speaking skill in front of an audience

To facilitate set of undergraduates to discover speaking skills they already have and skills that need some

attention

improving their skills in Speaking English

This programme was held on 30th of September at 7pm onwards at the ENTC Auditorium in the University

and achieved a great success.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

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WORLD CHILDRENS DAY PROGRAMME- 01ST OCTOBER

GET TO KNOW AND PUT A FULLSTOP- MOUTH CANCER AWARENESS PROGRAMME 25TH OCTOBER

T SHIRT SELLING AND FUND RAISING PROGRAMME



SNAPS OF THE MONTHSWEET MEMORIES

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