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SHALOM

17th December 2020 to the 13th
Date

February 2021

Rtr. Heshan Perera

Chairpersons

Rtr. M.N.F. Hilma

Secondary Avenue Peace and Reconciliation

The Rotaract Club of University of Peradeniya decided to

organize a Christmas celebration event in a unique way

to spread the joy of Christmas while giving a stage to

showcase the creative ideas of both Rotaractors and

Non-Rotaractors all around the world. Therefore, a

competition series was organized under the theme,

Christmas: The time of Sharing & Caring. The

competition had several categories: essay writing, digital

arts, hand-drawn arts, photography, poetry, and

hand-made crafts.

Rotaractors from Rotaract Clubs of University of

Peradeniya, Ghanshyamdas Saraf College-RID

3141, DPSRU- RID 3011, MCM DAV-RID 3080,

MCKVIE-RID 3291, Indira College of Commerce and

Science- RID 3131, Young Souvenirs-RID 3011 and

also Non-Rotaractors participated in the

competition. An E-certificate was given to all

winners from each category as an appreciation of

their tremendous effort.

Shalom's main objective was to celebrate Christmas by

giving the message, 'Christmas is all about sharing and

caring’. This project created an excellent platform to

provide worldwide participants with a chance to

showcase their creative skills and identify the individuals

with true potential within the club. We aimed to discover

the hidden talents of the participants and give them

recognition by conducting the project, Shalom.

Furthermore, this project helped spread the message

and encourage people to respect all the religious

festivals and religions without any religious or racial

bias. Lastly, this project was organized to give the

message that we can still celebrate our festivals without

always having physical events by adapting to the new

normal.

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