“Akhankara ” is the signature community service project of the club conducted for the 7th consecutive year, and is focused on providing educational, infrastructural and motivational strength to under-developed schools, standing true to its meaning, ‘Aspirations’. The project is carried out in three phases, spanning through a period of nine months.

Phase I: of the project was successfully conducted in Illukkovita Vidyalaya, Avissawella and was primarily an O/L seminar workshop series but going beyond that at times. The seminar series was conducted on the subjects of Mathematics, Science and English through 11 consecutive weekends for O/L students.

Phase II: Donation of essential equipment (stationery, racks and paint) to develop infrastructure of Child Care Centre and Montessori, ensuring a wholesome education and pleasant atmosphere for the children.

Phase III: An underprivileged, rural school was selected as the location to develop the infrastructure facilities available to the students receiving education from the school. Renovating/ Refurbishing buildings and school equipment was mainly done in the project. The main objective of this session was to provide the students an insight to the outside world; one beyond their village. The power of education and various opportunities that awaited them in their future were focused during the discussion

‘Sevana’ Special School and Child Care Centre, located in Ethul Kotte is a place for children with special needs. Through the Project ‘Sevana’ which was organized by the club for the 6th consecutive time, we decided to be their support  to escape from the walls and wheelchairs they are confined to and enjoy a day out. In choosing a destination where children can come in contact with water for a considerable time we intended to help them in improving their health since it assists in decreasing muscle spasticity and also allows more efficient lung functioning which are common problems associated with the lack of movement in physically disabled children. Another main intention of the project was to raise public awareness on differently-abled children which is not given proper attention in most of the South Asian Countries including ours causing them to become isolated from rest of the society.

Future Challenge is the signature Professional Development project of the club which involves a series of activities, held with the prime objective of merging the local academic arena with the corporate world. Future challenge was successfully organized under the guidance of the Career Guidance Unit of Faculty of Science. It was conducted in two phases as follows;

Phase I – Werkstatt, a workshop with a series of interactive sessions conducted by few renowned individuals of the corporate sector.

Phase II- The Career Fair Day

“Danindri‟ was initiated with the aim of raising awareness on the importance and need for organ donation in Sri Lanka, as its current situation requires a change. Through “Danindri‟ it is intended to address the issues of lack of awareness and persistent misconceptions regarding the matter. The main focus is to give the public accurate information while dismissing myths and misconceptions in the society regarding organ donation. To ensure the standard and quality maintenance of this endeavor, we have partnered with the Organ Transplant Unit of the Sri Jayewardenepura Hospital; the premier institution in organ transplant in the country at the moment. In order to ensure the message reaching every Sri Lankan irrespective of culture and creed, the posts carry their messages in all three languages; Sinhala, Tamil and English. The project is currently under progress in social media platforms, mainly Facebook, through a series of influential videos and informative posts being published and shared on an official community based page created solely for this purpose.

A musical extravaganza held in collaboration with the Music Society of the University of Colombo is the main fund raising project in aid of Akhankara. Our main objective was to provide an opportunity to showcase the talents of our fellow undergraduates as well as the rotaractors of our club along with an entertaining evening with the participation of a renowned guest artist.

“Future Challenge 2020”, the official career fair of the University of Colombo, Faculty of Science, was held for the 15th consecutive year on the 11th and 12th of March at the faculty premises. Organized by the Rotaract Club of Faculty of Science, University of Colombo in collaboration with the Career Guidance Unit, “Future Challenge”- as its name deems is the highlight of every novice graduate and undergraduate stepping into the job market.

In line with the main event, a career development workshop, “WERKSTATT-2020” was conducted with the aim of sharpening the employ-ability skills of the participants. This three-part series workshop focused on 3 essentially crucial topics namely, “CV Creation and LinkedIn Guide” a session conducted by Unilever Sri Lanka, “Career Counseling”- a session on career prospects by Careerme.lk and “Personal Grooming and Corporate Behavior”- a session by Nestle Sri Lanka.

Opening doors to over a dozen corporate giants, “Future Challenge-2020” presented its participants an overwhelming amount of opportunities via a wide range of fields of interest.