SWYAA Sri Lanka bid farewell to Mr. Janak Bandaranayake

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 On 1st March 2019, the Cafe on the Fifth at Colombo echoed with the blessings of Swy Sri Lankan family who gathered to bid farewell to one of the outstanding personalities, Mr Janak Bandaranayake, senior Culture and Information Specialist of Embassy of Japan in Sri Lanka. The day was a fiesta devoted to the years spent together with Mr. Bandaranayake who was always a pillar of Nipponmaru journey of Sri Lankans. Mr. Bandaranayake retired from his service in January 2019 after serving the embassy for 33 long years. He was the coordinator for Swy programs from the very beginning. His involvement in Swy varies from selecting the National leader and PYs, receiving the representatives of Cabinet Office of Japan, arranging and guiding Port of Call activities with National Youth Services Council and advising each and every participant to be a good representative of Sri Lanka and to make the program a success. One the other hand, this event was a grand reunion for Swyers of SWY 14, 22
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A BOOK DONATION FOR FLOOD VICTIMS ON JUNE 2016

Due to a low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal, there was a huge rain fall causing heavy floods and landslides in Eastern, Southern and Western parts of Sri Lanka. Many parts of Colombo were also flooded as the water level of Kelani River peaked at 8 feet. beginning

Under this situation, my friends of SWY28 expressed their willingness to provide some assistance to the flood-victims. When I discussed the situation with SWYAA-Sri Lanka, they were very enthusiastic to do the project as a Post Program Activity. With thisencouraging commencement, I started to collect donations from my SWY friends. Our friends helped us in numerous ways, so that, I was able to buy 1300 exercise books, Ballpoint pens, pencils and some other stationaries.

My next task was to find a proper place to distribute them. By that time, there were hundreds of organizations greatly involved in providing assistance to the flood victims. Fortunately, with the help of one of my friends who is a Member of Provincial Council we identified a village called, Heenatiyana near Katunayake which was heavily damagedby floods. It was reported that on 15th May 2016, 137.7 mm of rain had been recorded in Katunayake. Moreover, two flights bounded for Katunayake Bandaranaike International Airport were transferred to Cochin International Airport. Therefore, Heenatiyana was the right place. On 26th of July, we went to Heenatiyana temple. Everything was arranged properly. We witnessed that there were more than 100 children gathered to receive donations. Once they received the books and other stationaries, their faces were lit up with happiness. The warmth we felt from their words, hugs and smiles would never be forgotten. Thus, the second Post Program Activity organized by SWYAA-SL was a great success too. 

Sachintha Abeysuriya 
Py-SWY28



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