The first and oldest club in Colombo - Chartered in 1929. Its members have and continue to serve the people of this beautiful Island in countless ways.
Kawanthissapura Maha Vidyalaya - Tissamaharama (Hambantota District)
We successfully completed and handed over a new school classrooms building of 100'x20' (comprising 5 class rooms).
Cost - Rs.19 million.
Handing over ceremony was on 22.08.2023
Turkish Rotarians prepare disaster relief committee for a Mobile Multi Clinic Hospital project for the heavily affected Adıyaman province. Where all hospitals have collapsed. They need $700,000. Pls help. Contact past RI Director Safak Alpay
1/3 President JJ visiting the Rotary Club/Colombo Cancer Prevention Centre to view details of the new Fully Digital Mammography system with 3D Tomosynthesis facility now being installed. The centre has thus far screened 80,000 women free of cost.
The entire Rotary community in Sri Lanka is delighted to welcome Rotary International President Jennifer Jones who arrived in Sri Lanka yesterday on a four-day visit. She is seen here being greeted by District Governor Pubudu De Soyza and other senior Rotarians. #imaginerotary
Great breakthrough at the Egypt climate conference concluding today. After 30 years of deadlock, a new U.N. climate agreement aims to pay developing countries for loss and damage caused by global warming. In line with our own Area of Focus — Protecting the Environment
“We are in the flight of our lives and we are
losing”
@Rotary listening to UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres at #COP27. “We are approaching a tipping. On a highway to climate hell.”
On World Polio Day — Oct 24th Rotarians registered 6500 events in 146 countries. They raised $700,000 online, matched by Gates by another $1.4m.
It was twice what we raised in the last year. Most grateful.
There were over 90 stories global main stream media with Rotary emphasis.
#townhall(colombo) will glow teal tonight for #CervicalCancer elimination. On November 17th, the @WHO will launch the global strategy to eliminate #CervicalCancer. Read https://t.co/X7nvn06UGo for more details
"The WHO Strategy to eliminate #cervicalcancer recognises that we need to join hands across borders, sectors, & economic divides to improve the lives of millions of women and girls around the world"-@DrTedros https://t.co/glqEyvjFn2