Are you wondering what all these remarkable
personalities have in common ?
All of these personalities are LIONS !
These are some of the world-renowned prodigious Lion
personalities who have served the world and have created a
remarkable impact for the betterment of the world they live in.
Lion club is the world’s largest service club organization
with over 1.4 million members in more than 46 000
clubs worldwide. Lions strive to empower volunteers
to serve their communities, meet humanitarian needs,
encourage peace and promote international
understanding. The fact that there are lions serving
the human kind in more than 200 countries under the
motto “we serve”, is empowering.
Following the footsteps of the lions are the benevolent and
enthusiastic Leos. Leo club is an integral part of the lions family,
with a global network of over 6500 leo clubs in more than 140
nations. As the youngest members of Lions Clubs International
( LCI ), Leos and lions have formed a powerful partnership with
mutual respect for each other.
Leo, having been established in 1957, has been
serving the world for over 60 years by providing young
people with an opportunity for development and
contribution,individually and collectively, as respon-
sible members of the local, national and international
community.
In 1969 the first ever Leo Club in Sri Lanka was
inaugurated at Wattala. The Leo club at the University of
Kelaniya was inaugurated in 2014. It was
founded in 2014 under the leadership of Leo Sandun
Adikari with the anticipation of striving for excellence and
changing the lives of driven young blood in the university. It
has been thriving and empowering the members to do
greater good under the guidance of remarkable
presidents such as Leo Pasan Thilakarathne, Leo Hasitha
Umesh, Leo Chamath Vidumina and Leo Yasas Jayasooriya .
The members and the officials of the Leo club of
university of Kelaniya have been constantly
preserving to make a remarkable change in the
lives of the communities and in themselves. These
young leaders look up to the exemplary prodigious
personalities and aim to lead the equally driven
fellow young people to experience multiple opportunities to
enhance their potential in changing the world. The
impeccable and praiseworthy journey of the club is
shown through the multiple impactful projects that were
held throughout the years and the countless awards.
The honorable efforts of the inspiring and enthusiastic
Leo family of UOK for the enhancement of the quality
of life styles of the community is often awarded and
applauded. The Inspiring and buoyant Leo family of UOK live
truly upto the saying
Leo“ Where there’s a need, there’s a “
During the splendid year 2019/2020, under the extraordi-
nary presidency of Leo Yasas Jayasooriya, the Leo Club of
University of Kelaniya thrived in keeping their mark once again
among the Leo community in Sri Lanka. The enthusiastic and
courageous Leos continued to strive for excellence and achieve
the set goals at the outset of the year.
The Leos commitment to enhance the lives of the communities
and thus make the world a better place, was contagious. Despite
all the unexpected hardships, the Leos demonstrated their resil-
ience in their act of conduct through their faithful commitment
to the club.
These resilient heroes who’ve been through multitudinous ebb
and flow of the year 2019/2020, managed to continue their hon-
orable work of fulfilling the requirements of the people in need
with the assistance of driven young individuals. The undying
passion and enthusiasm of each and every member of the Leo
family thus paved the way for the club and the membership to be
winners and runners up in multiple categories. This is a glimpse
to the treasures that were bestowed upon the club for the ser-
vice in the year 2019/2020. Along with it we leave the feelings of
gratefulness and appreciation for the resilient and ardent young
leaders who were immensely motivated in the betterment of
humankind and in doing greater good.
To transform potential into reality
Leadership is primarily a matter of removing barriers so that
people can act with freedom and independence. The essence of
leadership lies in accomplishing worthy goals through the com-
bined efforts of every individual in a team. Great leaders have
the power and ability to bring about positive change in society
and inspire their followers to be the best versions of themselves.
Presenting to you the Executive Committee and the Board of
Directors of the LEO Club of University of Kelaniya for the fiscal
year 2020/2021, who will carry out the legacy of great and exem-
plary LEOs who have been transforming potential into reality
since 2014, with a passion to dream more and do more towards
the wellbeing of the society while inspiring and directing the
membership to be the future advocates of change.
SQUADRON
EXECUTIVE BOARD 20/21
DIRECTOR BOARD 20/21
DIRECTOR BOARD 20/21
“Its great honor a nd p leasure for me to deliver t his m essage to t he first m agazine as the
n ewly elected club p resident f or t he term 2 0/21.
“The b est w ay to find y ourself is to l ose yourself in t he s ervice o f others”
- MahathmaG andhi-
Being a Leo m ade m e w ho I am today. B ecause t he b est way to find y ourself i s t o l ose
y ourself i n the s ervice o f others. By d oing s mall a cts t o s pread k indness, to s pread
l ove, t o g ive h opes, and t o s ave l ives can m ake s omeone’s day b etter, It’s the b est feel-
ing that a ny L eo can e ver gain. T hat’s w hy I a m still want t o c ontinue my Leo journey.
D uring m y Leo journey, All the experience that I have got, All the p eople that I have
m et, A ll the M emories that I have m ade and all t he s kills t hat I h ave developed i s the
m ost important p art of m y l ife. A s t he President of the Leo Club of U niversity o f Ke-
laniya, I n eed y ou a ll to be a part of t his v aluable
journey w here you w ill b e a ble t o go through once in your l ifetime. D uring your Leo
j ourney, y ou w ill d evelop y ourself and y our s kills b y m aking a p ositive impact o n
s ociety. Spend your time creating y ourself t hat y ou w ill b e p roud of. T hen you w ill
f ind yourself. A s the president o f t he Leo C lub o f U niversity of K elaniya, I would
e xpress my heartfelt gratitude t o all m y previous p residents, o fficers, and members
w ho have p ut tremendous e ffort t o b ring our c lub t o a greater h igh. And I w ish a ll
t he v ery b est for t he n ewly a ppointed b oard m embers a nd all t he L eos. L et’s keep
c ontinue the legacy and b ring o ur club to t he next level. F inally, I w ould love t o add
m y h eartfelt g ratitude to “ The A urora” t eam f or t heir effort t o bring t his m agazine t o
o ur h ands.
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Everybody has their own story. Could do have some personality traits that I consider as
inspirational. For example, if you take Nikola Tes-
Qyou tell us what your story is? la, he is one of the most amazing human beings in
the world. He was so innovative, so generous but
The most significant aspect with regard to my story he ultimately died a beggar because Thomas Ed-
is, for the longest part of my life I did not know ison stole all his ideas and commercialized them.
what I wanted to do. So to begin with, I did sev- However, Tesla was a futuristic thinker, someone
eral things. I did things that my parents told me who tried new things and shared his ideas with the
to do like following CIMA and then I did things world. Then if you take someone like Muhammad
that I considered as ‘cool’ at that time like work- Ali, the fact that his personality was just bigger
ing in a radio station as a newsreader for five years. than anything else: he was smart and unbeatable
But I never really knew what I wanted to do exact- not only in boxing but also in speaking and that
ly with my life. Then I was fired from my job as a was such a big inspiration for me. Also, from the
radio news presenter because I took a news story band Queen, Freddie Mercury is such an inspi-
on a political issue. Then I worked at an advertis- ration because he dared to go against convention
ing agency.I was a bit nervous at the beginning as when the entire world was looking the other way
I haven’t done any proper internship in relation and used his platform to just completely be himself.
to that. I was just floating around until I fell acci- For me all these people are the ones who decided
dentally into this field of training, public speaking, that there is the standard way and then there is “my
and coaching. Once I came into this field, it was way”.So I am just going to do it “my way”. They did
like finding my passion, like accidentally finding not care about what the world and its conventions
something that clicked for me. Anyway, it was not expected them to be. That would be what I look for
a reputed job and my parents always wanted me to as inspiration.
work in a big company and have a good position.
This was not one of those things. But the story is
that slowly with time, I discovered that this is my QYou have become a life coach and you
purpose and passion and I can make an actual dif- are really happy with the profession
ference through this. That is my story in a nutshell. that you are doing. However, when you
It was not something I walked into, it was some- found out that this is what you wanted to
thing I knew. do, did you ever struggle? Especially when
you are trying to capitalize on your passion?
QWhen you were figuring out all these
things, did you come across a certain Of course yes! Let us take, for example, someone
situation or a person that inspired you to be who is working in a bank. The path is very clear
who you are today? for him/ her. You are at this position now, then
you work and get promoted. However, when you
Well, it is like this. Personally, I don’t look for in- are working on your own and running your own
spiration from the people in my field because let us business the path is not always clear and there is
take for example a kid who plays cricket. He will no framework for you to prove yourself. In a tradi-
simply get inspired by a cricketer. I’m not like that. tional job when you perform well, you get your rec-
Instead, I look at various personality traits and ognition and you go up on the professional ladder.
get inspired. Therefore, I don’t have any coaches But when you are doing this by yourself, trying to
or speakers or trainers who are inspirational but I find that space to establish yourself and then show
that you are above the others or you are different You have been privileged and you
is very difficult. The only way you can do this is by
trying to market yourself and finding different and Qhave worked really hard to make your
unique ways to reach out to people. But with all of
it what I realized was that you have to be authentic. passion into your profession. So to the ones
For example, when I started this at a really young out there who have problems with regard to
age (about 8 years ago), I was looking at famous capitalizing on their passions, do you have
trainers and trying to be like them. I used to wear any advice ?
very formal outfits and be very stiff. Then I discov-
ered that people will connect with your authentic Everything in this world is feeding you the idea of
self more than when you try to be like someone “find your passion, live your passion, do your pas-
else. I just embraced that: how I speak, how I act, sion”. Some people don’t have the framework even
how I dress and the words I use are just me. Then thoughthey have the passion. Maybe their father
only I could add value to myself. is sick or maybe they have to support their moth-
er and their brothers and sisters are small. Their
QAny advice for the youngsters out passion is to do one thing, but they have to priori-
there who want to create a brand for tize finding money. Privilege is really important to
themselves or to market themselves? assess how difficult something is. For example for
me, I am lucky enough to speak considerably okay
I have only one thing that I want anybody to fo- English, I am lucky enough to be able to market
cus on in this regard and this is something that I myself and sell myself and I am lucky enough to
have discovered. When we think of a brand, first have had the opportunities that open those doors
we look at certain idols and then we model our set for me. However, for people who know their pas-
up based on what that idol is doing. In the short sion and who are stuck because of circumstances,
run, that is fine because it gives you a place to start. I would like to say, do not beat yourself up! At the
However, along the way, you got to figure out your same time, do not let go! You need to be rational.
own unique characteristic. Also, you need to fig- A privileged person will have a quicker path to get
ure out how these characteristics look when you there. Your path might be slower and longer but
speak? How do these characteristics look when that does not mean you need to stop. Let me take
you post? How do these characteristics look when an example. There are two people and both want to
somebody meets you or when they see you? How be public speaking trainers or just corporate train-
do these characteristics look professionally, per- ers. The person who has his financial backup from
sonally, and then model your branding approach his parents can at once take the risk. That is a cer-
based on that. It is basically the difference that ex- tain privilege. In contrast, the other person has to
ists between “who am I?” and “how do I show a do a job to support himself and is not in a position
certain image to the world?”. These are to leave his job. Then these types of people also
two very critical aspects we need to identify be- break up into two parts. One part is the ones who
cause over the years what we have been taught will easily get discouraged and give up. The other
about personal branding is the opposite of it. We part is the ones who would say “I will work on my
have been taught to dress properly, to shake hands job from 9 AM - 5 PM but at night, I will work
properly, etc. Those things are important but that on realizing my true passion. Here I am not saying
is never going to create a brand. You are not going that the person who said he is tired and he can-
to recognize, let’s say, for example, Otara because not, is not wrong because it is natural that people
of her handshake right? But there are various other get tired. However, the one who is capable, willing,
things: the fact that she likes dogs or she is an en- able to push and sacrifice something will also get
trepreneur. Therefore you need to figure out what there. Therefore, the privilege does not mean you
unique traits that you have with you and market cannot, it just makes things easier for someone
them. else. Also, do not beat yourself up by comparing
yourself with others since it is the system’s fault.
Rich parents will have rich kids and rich kids will
receive bigger opportunities and bigger pools.
That is something we already deal with. When it
comes to me, I know what it is like to eat one meal
a day, wear other people’s shoes, and have holes in
my clothes. Therefore, I know what type of life I
want and what I am willing to do for that. There are them to learn and it takes time. However, with stu-
things I am willing to sacrifice to make up for the dents, the unlearning process is almost very min-
privilege. So the privileged person will work for 2 imal. They are open and eager to learn. They also
hours and sleep for 8 hours whereas I will work for have a different energy and that is something that
8 hours and sleep for 2 hours to try to get to the I really love. Unless you are someone who is able
same place. In fact, the world is so unfair and you to grab their attention, they are not going to listen
cannot spend time expecting it to be fair. Instead, to you. You have to work to catch their attention
we need to try and make up for that gap with the and that is a different challenge. I like it very much
things that we can do. because I can see that instant shift in them after
I have done or said something that could change
QSince your profession is very unique their perspectives. Immediately after I do student
and it is something that is very differ- sessions, the messages that I get and all the people
ent from other professions when you are who come and talk to me, even the ones who ask
doing life coaching to different industries for a selfie prove to me that they have felt some-
how do you make changes according to thing and therefore, they want to connect. How-
those fields? ever, for me, it is not about the number of people
I have influenced. Even if one person says it, I feel
One really important thing is that, when you are like I have managed to change one life out of the
in this profession or any other profession, you get seven billion in the world. It is actually a big deal
to study what you are doing. Therefore, when I am for me.
going with the banking industry, I will learn about
that industry, and I will talk to the client and learn. QThere are good experiences as well as
If I am doing something for telecom, I will try to bad experiences when it comes to any
learn about the industry and learn about the cli- profession. Can you share with us a situa-
ent. I will always find ways to learn about indus- tion that you faced which is not so good?
tries which is part of what I have to do. More than
that, something that is important to understand When it comes to me, at home we speak in English.
is, across industries the ones who are working are At school, up to my O/L exam, I studied in Sinhala,
people and largely the problems associated with and then for the A/L exam, I did London A/Ls. For
people are common. They have thinking problems, me, Sinhala was used only to study and not to talk
behavior problems, or perception problems. While with people. However, when I came to the training
there are certain industry technicalities that you world, the ability to speak in Sinhala was required,
need to deal with, there is also a common line that especially to connect with people. That was very
is going across and that is people’s behaviors, at- difficult for me because I had to think in English,
titudes, and perceptions. Therefore, sometimes translate in real-time, and then speak in Sinhala
I spend time to learn about industries, and other which took some time. Therefore, I always used to
times I spend time to learn about people and both miss things and I realized that this cannot contin-
contribute to managing situation to situation. ue. I started to observe and learn every single thing.
For example, when I see a road sign, I trained my
QWhen you conduct programs as a life brain to first look at the name in Sinhala and not
coach, you might have had moments the one in English. Finally, I learned how to think
where the audiences had felt it and connect- in Sinhala and talk properly in Sinhala.
ed to it. So can you share with us a moment
or situation where you felt that your moti- QFor life coaching you need to have
vational talk has made the audience really the skill of public speaking. So for the
connected to you? youngsters who have a fear of speaking in
front of an audience or any fear for that
My favorite audiences to speak to are student au- matter, do you have any advice?
diences because with adults we have to always go
through a process of unlearning before you help Well there are two answers to the question. Let’s
say one is afraid of public speaking. Usually, we get
advice from the ones who are good at it. But the called “ Kadda Maramu” ( Let’s talk in English ) .
challenges we have can be different. So for exaple, a After a while I got tired of it and I abandoned it.
person who is afraid of public speaking, shouldn’t Also, I started to write a book and it is ¼ complete.
be trying to make eye contact with the audience It is named ‘Personality marketing ‘ I also wasted
or walking around trying to have good body lan- a lot of time last quarantine. And I think it is okay,
guage. Because the challenges and fears are dif- because we were all very confused. Well the good
ferent, they should be trying to normalize it and thing is that I started doing certain new things like
ground themselves. They should be trying to find online webinars. I feel as if last quarantine was a
their trigger points. My first advice is figure out learning process or 1 month free trial. This time I
what your challenges are and address them rather think I am better geared emotionally and business
than taking advice for public speaking. So basically wise. But the biggest thing I learned is that we have
an introvert can’t take advices from extrovert since to learn to accumulate wealth. You need to have a
they are usually good at speaking. So you need to plan. Also, the fact that universities and schools
find someone who has had your challenges and don’t teach financial planning is sad. Instead we are
then overcome them. To answer your second ques- learning some irrelevant things. Nobody is teach-
tion about someone who is afraid of something, I ing you how to manage the Rs. 3000 that you are
recently read something and found this aspect real- earning. You need to build yourself a buffer and
ly interesting. Let’s take someone who has anxiety, it needs to be able to carry you for x amount of
you just can’t ask them to “get over it “, they need months. Some people say that I am earning Rs.10
to assess how deep this fear is.We can ask them to 000 but if I have Rs.15 000 I can save. Its nonsense.
see how can bad it can be. If it’s a far about get- Your lifestyle scales according to your salary. So I
ting bitten by a dog, imagine the possible situations saw this beautiful quote on internet ‘ If you couldn’t
like how they will need to get some injections and manage Rs.10 000 what makes you think that you’ll
how a dog might chase them. They need to see how be able to manage Rs.100 000 ? . You don’t lack
far this fear goes and get them to fully understand money you just lack financial discipline. So I think
the fear. Next ask them to come up with a ratio- we need to learn some amount of discipline; maybe
nal way of approaching this fear. Anxiety is based it is you discipline to restrict your expenses or cut
on ‘what-if ’ scenarios in your mind. So have some down on your data. Discipline is what is going to
options lined out for yourself and plan a response get you through and I think that is very important.
to those possible situations. So the article also said And also, I think this is a good time to relax. But
that there are two parts of your brain that kick in not too much. You should give your brain a time to
depending on the situation. Someone who has un- stop stressing, worrying and fretting because that is
derstood the extent this could go to and comes up also taking a toll. On final note, I would like to say
with a rational plan, is responding from the plan- that there is a set of people who has a great privi-
ning portion of their brain. The person who hasn’t lege in this pandemic situ tion automatically and
done that is responding from the fear portion of some people who create a privilege for themselves
the brain. I was quite intrigued when I read that. .Be it the people who cut down
So the short answer is instead of saying ‘get over it on their expenses or some people who try to think
‘, plan for the possible contingencies and line out and use the opportunity to create . We certain-
options for yourself. Then they are most likely to ly cannot change what is happening but we can
succeed and do stuff. change our response to it.
QLast but not least how did you cope up
with the whole pandemic situation ?
Do you have any advice to give to the un-
dergraduates that will be reading our mag-
azine?
So last time during the quarantine I learned to
make an app, I have no IT background at all. I
learnt on various platforms like YouTube and Goo-
gle, made it and published it also it was an app
“Superheroes are real, go and look in the mirror.”
Mr.Fahad Farook
“Diwiyata Sawiyak” was a project organized by the LEO club of
University of Kelaniya, to celebrate the nutrition week which
was from 1st September to 7th September 2020. In order to ful-
fill the soul purpose behind this, the LEOs of University of Ke-
laniya decided to help people who are really in need, people
who are low income earners in and around Kelaniya area.
The soul purpose behind this “Diwiyata Aruthak” project was
to provide with a bag of nutrition goods to the people as men-
tioned above.
Hence,the LEOs invited the people who are with a great heart
and people who are looking forward to being a refuge for the
ones who are really in need in the society, to join hands with
them to make this project a success. They collected goods such
as, Milk powder, Noodles, Green Gram, Canned Fish, Cowpea,
Chickpeas(Gram), Yogurt, Samaposha and Fresh Milk etc.
They were able to meet their expectations in collecting goods
and with that they were successful in the rest of the project. All
in hand, this emphasizes the fact that , Helping others is a fun-
damental part of humanity.
“ No one has ever become poor by giving ”
- Anne Frank,Diary of Anne Frank-
LEOs successfully completed the project by leaving the message,
“If you can’t feed the world,Feed one person” as well as, A favor
for a favor,Doing good feels good and Good publicity is the best
publicity.
Depletion of the Ozone layer is one of the major concerns in the
current society. Without the Ozone layer, we cannot survive on
the Earth.
“EARTH WITHOUT OZONE IS LIKE A HOUSE WITHOUT
A ROOF”
Ozone layer is a fragile shield of gas that protects us from
harmful portions of radiation coming to earth from the
sun. The Ozone layer is depleting mostly because of human ac-
tivities nowadays. As well as we must ban the use of substances
that deplete the ozone layer. In order to create awareness among
people regarding the Ozone layer. In order to create awareness
among people regarding the need of the Ozone layer for our
survival, Campaigns are being run all over the world.
Accordingly the LEO club of University of Kelaniya, held a
competition coincided with the Ozone day to create awareness
among young undergraduates and to leave a message on the
society. The way LEOs had chosen to celebrate the Ozone day
was indeed a success.
As to give the future generation a proper understanding, a proper
knowledge about the importance of the Ozone layer for our
survival was greatly transmitted through this Ozone day 2020
celebrations competition. Under this competition LEOs
collected videos, flyers, posters, poems, cartoons and videos etc
from the youth. The content was rich with wonderful ideas and
thoughts of the people who took part in this competition.
The board members of the club came into the final decision of
selecting the best content from each category. It was an
onerous duty for them. Nevertheless,the aim of this competition
which was commemorating the world Ozone day was smoothly
achieved, And the creative and artistic ideas and thoughts of the
youth were also brought out in an effective manner, by leaving
the message to protect the Ozone Layer.
“THE DESIRE TO CREATE IS ONE OF THE
DEEPEST YEARNINGS OF HUMAN SOUL”
Creativity is the act of turning new and imaginative ideas into
reality. Creativity is characterized by the ability to perceive the
world in new ways, to find hidden patterns, to make connec-
tions between seemingly unrelated phenomena and to generate
solutions. Working, one with another, cooperating, As on a lit-
erary work is Collaborating. Once you c ollaborate your creativ-
ity with the others it becomes a moment to c herish.
All the great and wonderful hard work of the participants of this
competition helped to bring this competition to a success.
Winners of the Ozone Day Competition
Winner of the Flyer Winner of the Art Winner of the Article Writing
K.Anuththara S.A.R.Sooriya Arachchi (Sinhala)
S.I.Ravihari
Winner of the Article Writing Winner of the Poem Writing Winner of the Poem Writing
(English) (Sinhala) (English)
M.P.Karunasinghe M.P.S.B.Kumara Sandali Chathurika
Winner of the Video Creation Winner of the Video Creation
K.M.Piyumal M.V.V.Perera
Request From The Ozone
Dear humans,
I’m the ozone,
Who fight with the sun in warzone.
You loved to sun
Go on a trip for fun
I protect you more than you wish
But you treated me like rubbish.
When you go by the car
I have a big scar.
You talk about warming.
Glaziers are melting.
Your skin will be damage
Can sunblock use for manage
I’m crying.. Do you hear?
You will not.... I’m swear..
Thanks for the virus
Now people are silence.
But soon you will get out from the yard.
I see my graveyard.
Stop hurting me.
Plant a tree.
Repair your car
It will cure my scar.
My beloved human,
Don’t act like inhuman.
Rubbish is not for burn.
When do you learn?
If you will not try
I will slowly die.
If you will not understand
No body will remain to stand.
In order for a movement of
young leaders who are com-
mitted to a cause that is bigger
than themselves to sustain, it is
mandatory to have a proper and
well-defined set of goals and fu-
ture plans. To turn their great-
er visions into a reality and to
spread out the message of pos-
itivity during these challeng-
ing as well as trying times, the
determined and enthusiastic
LEOs of University of Kelaniya
have taken some timely initia-
tives ensuring the well-being of
the society and its communities
Here is a glimpse into their fu-
ture expeditions which show-
case how young LEOs will be
taking responsibilities and
turning their future-forward vi-
sions into actions with positive
impacts to create a world that is
sustainable and peaceful.
Wildlife is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful compo-
nents of nature. Wild animals always add value to nature
while keeping it “alive”. However, the rapid increase of illegal
wildlife trade and the destruction of natural animal habitats
have threatened the existence of these magnificent creatures of
nature. Therefore, it is our responsibility to take actions to pre-
serve wildlife and thus preserve the planet earth.
Marking the World Animal Welfare Day, which is celebrated
annually on the 4th of October, the LEO Club of University
of Kelaniya has organized a photography and art competition
to raise the status of wild animals and improve animal welfare
standards. Moreover, it is expected to make the Sri Lankan so-
ciety aware of the importance of preserving wildlife and their
natural habitats. The creative forms of art will be used as an ef-
fective method to get the engagement of people to advocate the
better treatment of animals and work towards preserving these
wonderful creations of Mother Nature.
Presented by the Sustainable
Development and Interna-
tional Relations Avenue of the
LEO Club of University of Ke-
laniya, WHO AM I, is a You-
Tube interview series where
famous personalities repre-
senting different socio-cul-
tural backgrounds will be ex-
pressing their ideas regarding
gender equality, equal rights,
equal opportunities, and equal
responsibilities.
Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right but also
a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous, and sustain-
able world. In fact, there has been progress over the last decades:
more girls are going to school, fewer girls are forced into early
marriage, more women are serving in leadership positions, and
laws are being reformed to advance gender equality. Despite
these gains, many challenges remain intact: discriminatory laws
and social norms remain pervasive and women continue to be
underrepresented at all levels of political leadership. Therefore,
as a society, we still have a long journey ahead to create a world
where there are:
Do not let your curiosity frail away! Stay tuned. Await for an
insightful series of impactful sessions that will help you to
broaden your perspectives about a society where every
individualis bestowed with equal rights and opportunities.
EDITORS’ NOTE
It is with great pleasure and honour that we present to you the
first edition of “ AURORA ”; the official newsletter for the year
2020/2021. We, as the editors panel, aspired to capture all the
inspiring stories of brave and futuristic members of the LEO
Club of University of Kelaniya who, despite all the challenges
that they faced since the beginning of this year, tried to bring out
positive change towards nature, society and its communities.
This is also a testimonial of their unwavering commitment and
kindness blended with flourishing creativity and innovativeness
that illustrated the true potential and necessity of people who
are passionate about the well being of the society while adapting
to challenges caused by a crisis situation with optimism.
Therefore, we would like to welcome you all to witness the
journey and visions of our brave warriors throughout this new
leoistic year. Together let’s go on a journey of hope and positiv-
ity!
EEDDIITTOORR’SS’ NNOOTTEE
With humble pride, the three of us in the editor panel present
to you the first edition of the newsletter of the LEO club of Uni-
versity of Kelaniya for the year 2020 ; “ AURORA ” . This news-
letter is evidence of the stupendous commitment of the resilient
LEOs of our club who strived to achieve excellence amidst the
unexpected and uncertain circumstances.
We welcome you to witness the journey of the enthusiastic and
optimistic LEO warriors who are empowered to do greater good
to the community. Also, we extend our heartiest gratitude to
the inspiring and humble Mr.Fahad Farook for taking his time
for the “Passion into Profession” interview and thereby adding
much more value to the newsletter by his significant insights.
EDITORS’ NOTE
We as the editor panel, with great and enormous pleasure would
like to present you the first edition of “ AURORA ”,Official news-
letter of the University of Kelaniya for the year 2020/2021. It has
been a great opportunity for us to take part in bringing all the
hard work and dedications of the LEO members of our univer-
sity, into one place.All the projects,events and work members
have done show their creativity, dedication and enthusiasm to
be a change and to make a change in the society with the pre-
vailing situation.I would also like to remind of the team work
behind the editor panel, And the effort we put to make this a
success. Accordingly I warmly invite you all to have a look at
how the LEO journey of the LEOs of our university has been so
far.
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