Donation in Loolwatte
Donated a month’s worth of dry rations to 20 families in Loolwatte, in the Knuckles region.
Donation of school shoes and socks
Donated school shoes and socks to 74 school children in Meemure, a very remote village in the Central Province, for use in the new school year.
Donation to Meewathura School
Donated stationery worth and other school related items to 30 poor children in Meewathura school before the start of the new school term.
Donation to 611 school children
Joined with the “Sleeping Children Around the World” Association of Canada and the Rotary Club of Kelaniya to give 611 school children from 11 schools in the Hunasgiriya area bedding, as well as school shoes and socks, school bags and books. Biscuits and milk for all 611 children and snacks for helpers were also provided.
Celebrating the International Day of the Girl Child
Marking the International Day of the Girl Child an artificial limb is donated annually to a girl through the Center for Handicapped. The recipient of the limb this year was nine-year-old Dimalshi, who was born with a congenital deformity and who needs her artificial limb replaced each year as she outgrows the previous one.
IIW President visits the Centre for Handicapped
IIW President Trish Douglas presented a new artificial limb to Mrs. Devakumari, who lost a limb in an accident in 2013, met with new limb-users, currently staying at the Center while they become accustomed to their prostheses, and was entertained by members of the Jolly Youngster’s Club set up by the Centre for Children with…
Donation of a Limb on Charter Day
A prosthetic limb was donated on 14th February to a forty year old woman to commemorate the Club’s Charter Day. Based on an Endowment Fund, it will be gifted annually to a woman or a girl child.
Joint tree planting project
Participated in the tree planting project done jointly by the Inner Wheel District 322 and Inner Wheel Clubs of the Philippines, Inc. 50 pepper vines were planted at a Children’s Home in Kandy.
Celebration of International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day 2024 was celebrated by creating a 4th Endowment Fund at the Centre for Handicapped. The interest generated by the Endowment will be used to gift an artificial limb to a woman or a girl on the 8th of March every year from now on. This year’s limb was given to the young…
IIW Centennial Limb
A new Endowment Fund was set up during the visit of IIW President Trish Douglas to provide for a limb annually on 10th January to celebrate the establishment of International Inner Wheel. The first limb was gifted to a 16 year old school girl.