Active Citizens Programme

• Nathalie Dias
• Ravindi Perera
• Bimali Ruwanthika Munasinghe
• Dinusha Herath
• Nimasha Shehani

•  3 – Good Health and Well- Being.
•  8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth.
• 9 – Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure.
• 12 – Responsible Consumption and Production.
• 15 – Life on Land

1. Raise awareness among the parents about how the project will be implemented
2. Introduce the project to the members of the eco-club of Holy Cross College, Gampaha. (Via Microsoft Teams)
3. Maintain social media pages and upload posts on the progress of our project to educate and motivate the community in implementing the mechanisms of recycling.
4. Organize a series of webinars to educate the students on proper recycling mechanisms.
5. Arrange a competition to improve the creativity and the innovative thinking on effective recycling mechanisms of the students taking part in the project.
6. Evaluate the income gained by selling the products created by the students. The products will be sold through an online shop initiated by us
7. Give certificates to all the participants and prizes to the selected winners.

Prosperous future

• Paramie Gamage
• Kavindi Nayanathara
• Nethmi Mahesha
• Lakindu Lakmal
• Chethana Rupasinghe

To educate the children in SOS foster home about various career paths through webinars and facilitate them to apply for the jobs depending on their skills through the job bank.

Sustainable Development Goal(s) catered to

• Decent work and economic growth
  (8^th goal)

1. Organize a series of webinars on entrepreneurship, career opportunities, and military to educate students in the SOS Foster home. This will help them to take independent decisions regarding their selection of career when they grow up.
2. Creation of a job bank to facilitate them with the access to get information about the job opportunities.
3. Arrange a skills development programme to educate them regarding the specific skills necessary to obtain a secured job in the future.
4. Conduct pre and post-tests to assess the skills profile of each student
5. Award certificates of participation to the students taking part in the programme

• Sanuji Rabel
• Thamal Chanakya
• Samiddya Chandrasiri
• Keshala Dassanayake

• Goal 14: Life Below Water
• Goal 15: Life on The Land

1. Organize a series of webinars to make the community aware of the 3R waste management system and the eco-bricks concept to reuse polyethene they throw into the environment.
2. Maintain social media pages and upload posts on the progress of our project to motivate the community in implementing the mechanisms of recycling.
3. Collect the eco-bricks from the students and hand them over to the recycler.
4. Award certificates for the students who have taken part in the project.
5. Hand over flowerpots received by the recycling company to the environmental society of the school to maintain a garden.

• R.A. Thashmira Rajapaksha
• Y.D. Omali Wijekoon
• I.A. Nethmi Imesha
• J.K.A. Thanuli Damsuvi

• Sustainable Development Goal(s) catered to

• SDG 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions.
• SDG 10: Reduced inequalities

1. Create a series of videos and upload them on social media to minimize the cyber-harassment happening through social media platforms, primarily via Facebook.
2. Share posts and create groups on social media platforms to promote mutual respect, trust and understanding among the users.
3. Organize an Art competition to assess the perceptions of the people on the negative impacts of cyber-bullying.
4. Organize Q and A sessions through social media to provide psychological empowerment to the victims of cyberbullying to stand against their vulnerability.

• Supipi Mandakini Gamage
• Maneesha Malki
• Abheetha Dissanayake
• Aparna Kularathne

• Sustainable Development Goal(s) catered to

1. Organize a series of webinars to provide the students with the necessary guidance and motivation to identify and sharpen their talents and skills.
2. Organize a competition to select the best performance in various forms of extra-curricular activities (e.g., dancing, singing, drama and painting, etc.) to enhance the target population’s creativity and innovative thinking.
3. Announce the results of the competitions and give prizes to the winners
4. Establish a talent club to improve the physical, mental, and well-being of the students taking part in the projects.

• Anouk Perera
• Thilanka Kavinda
• Tharushima Senanayake
• Roshima Wijesekara

To provide the opportunity for the children to get engaged in reading which is a  productive means of entertainment. Moreover, it will keep them happy and free from stressful conditions during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Sustainable Development Goal(s) catered to

1. Organize a series of zoom sessions to narrate some stories to keep the children entertained and motivate them for the habit of reading.
2. Arrange zoom sessions to allow the children to talk and present their ideas on what they have gained by listening to the stories.
3. Organize an art competition where they will be asked to draw out their favourite scene from a book.
4. Award certificates for the winners of the competition
5. Donate some books to make a bookshelf

• C.K.B. Pihillanda
• H.P.R.L. Weerasinghe
• A.R.W.M.M.W.P. Amrakoon

Sustainable Development Goal(s) catered to

• SDG Goal 15 – Life on Land
• SDG Goal 03 – Good health and well-being
• SGD Goal 02 – Zero Hunger
• SGD Goal 08 – Decent work and economic growth

1. Organize a series of webinars to educate the target community, especially the young school children, in maintaining eco-friendly home gardens.
2. Upload videos and posts through social media platforms to give the necessary exposure in making organic fertilizer using the waste material.
3. Collect photos and videos to monitor the progress weekly.
4. Organize a competition to encourage the participants to get engaged in home gardening and enhance organic food consumption that promotes health and well-being.
5. Give awards and certificates for the winners and participants.

• P A Induwara Shakya
• R A Dewmi Dhananja Ranathunga
• Kaveesha Dwmini Jayasuriya
• S D Peththawadu.

Sustainable Development Goal(s) catered to

• SDG 03-   Good health and well-being

1. Organize a series of webinars and upload them on social media to educate the people and minimize the body-shaming happening through social media platforms, primarily via Facebook.
2. Share posts and create groups on social media platforms to promote mutual respect, trust and understanding among the users. Organize Q and A sessions through social media to provide psychological empowerment to the victims of body shaming to stand against their vulnerability.
3. Create a few video clips on the adverse outcomes of body shaming and upload that to social media.
4. Contact social media activists, influencers, those interested in voicing against the issue and those who have been body-shamed and share their experience through social media
5. Sell bookmarks, including messages on putting an end to body shaming to educate the public.

• Radmi Raleesha
• Tharushi Navoda
• Samoda Adikari
• Nipuna Senevirathne

Sustainable Development Goal(s) catered to

• SDG 03 – Good Health and Wellbeing
• SDG 04 – Quality education

1. Organize a series of webinars with the participation of a panel of experts and share them through social media to educate the teachers and parents about learning difficulties such as dyslexia and dysgraphia.
2. Upload videos and share posts on social media to make the target community aware of creating a supportive learning environment for children with learning difficulties.
3. Create social media groups via Whatsapp and Facebook to enhance the knowledge of the public on the mechanisms of motivating the students with learning difficulties. In addition, online posters and leaflets on identifying the students with learning difficulties will be shared in the groups to raise awareness.
4. Create Q/A Sessions for teachers and parents in the Facebook and Instagram community.
5. Provide answers to the questions given in Q/A sessions through the experts in the field.

• Buddhini Dinithika
• Oshadhi Jayakodi
• Sithumi Amaya
• Jayath Poojana

To educate and improve the knowledge of the government employees on the basic computer skills. This will help them to provide an efficient and quality service to the general public.

Sustainable Development Goal(s) catered to

• No 9 – Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure.

1. Organize a series of webinars to educate the government employees on basic computer literacy and train them to create a systematic database.
2. Create a social media page and upload the videos of our webinars, tutorials and leaflets to educate the public on basic computer skills.
3. Award certificates of participation to the government employees who have taken part in the project