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QUARANTINE DONATION

Date March 2021

Project Type Club Project

Rtr. Tharindra Koralegedara and

Chairpersons

Rtr. IPP Lahiru Dissanayake

Secondary Avenue Covid 19 Prevention

Quarantine Donations was initiated in order to provide assistance to first year undergraduates in the

hour of need. It was brought to notice that an entire batch of students had been quarantined in their

hostels due to an outbreak of the pandemic. They were facing certain difficulties due to not being

prepared for a long stay in the hostel and also under pressure as they were pending examinations.

The club raised funds in order to donate essential rations to the students and also to uplift their

spirits during dismal times.

LIFE FOR LEOPARDS

Date 17th March 2021

Project Type Joint Project

Chairpersons Rtr. Tharana Wasala-arachchi

Secondary Avenue Environment service

We are partners of a community who has forgotten that humans do not own the earth yet are the

caretakers. The fact that many endemic species have faced the threat of endangerment is tragic, and

we hold the responsibility of reversing this negative equilibrium. Rotaract Club of UOP, along with the

Wildlife Conservation Society, Galle shepherded the project "Life for leopards" to identify and

emphasize the dramatic decline of the Sri Lankan leopard population due to human leopard conflict

while elucidating on counteractions. It's never too late to initiate something worthwhile, something

beyond typical boundaries.

Having understood that discussions won't provide real solutions to this particular problem, we

contributed to establishing a leopard research and conservation Center in Morningside on the

eastern boundary of the Sinharaja rain forest. This unit will serve as a center of excellence in

formulating short term-long term solutions for the human leopard conflict while providing related

research and development assistance.

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