Once upon a time, there was a small town nestled in a valley surrounded by beautiful hills and mountains. The town was a popular tourist destination due to its natural beauty, but it was plagued by a persistent problem – its infrastructure was outdated and inadequate. The town’s roads were narrow and winding, making it…
Category: SDG Awareness
Decent work and economic growth – SDG 8
Vivienne settled down in front of her sewing machine, mug of coffee in hand, trying hard to keep her eyelids from drooping shut. The glamour and excitement of the dazzling runways and the creative high from the past weeks was slowly starting to wear off and she was already feeling the pressure to churn out…
Clean and affordable energy – SDG 7
අඳුරෙන් එළියට… “අයියෝ අම්මා,, ආයිත් කරන්ට් එක ගියානේ.. මං කොහොමද දැන් ඔන්ලයින් ක්ලාස් යන්නේ අනිත් එක අද කරනව කිව්වෙත් ගොඩක්ම වැදගත් පාඩමක්” ඒ මැසිවිල්ල සෙව්මිණී ගෙනි. සෙව්මිණී මෙවර උසස් පෙළ විභාගය සඳහා සූදානම් වන ශිෂ්යාවකි. මේ දිනවල දිවයින පුරා වරින් වර සිදුකරන විදුලි සිඳලීම් නිසා අපහසුතාවයට පත් වන්නන් බොහෝ වන අතර පාසල් සිසුන් එහිදී විශේෂ…
Clean Water and Sanitation
It was a region of miseries, sighs and moans. “Saif, can I get some money to buy goods for the house?” Mariyam pleaded. “Money?? Saif gasped. I have no money to feed you. You just stay at home, eat and sleep, wake up once again, eat and sleep. How many mouths should I feed?” Saif…
Gender Equality
Inspired by the movie, Gentlemen prefer Blondes (1953) and the Novel: Storm and Silence by Robert Thier Post-Modern London – Clockwork City (Year – 3023) Revery jogged through the darkened underbelly of Clockwork City, stomping on puddles of rainwater littering the cobblestone pathways, Glader fluid tinging the crisp cold air as a flock of carbon-eaters…
A Ray of Hope
“It’s fine duwa, school is more important than anything else.” It is the beginning of the first day of the week. Amaya turns off the greasy stove as her mother prepares for a mediocre cup of tea. Amaya considers it a taste made in heaven, for her mother’s tea can surely give her the strength…
Good Health and Well-Being
Hey Jimmy! How are you doing? Tami inquired. Hey! I am okay. Where is Sarah? I want to meet her because my science book is with her. Oh! I think she is in the cafeteria with Rich. Jimmy chuckles “Oh early morning aha?” Yeah I guess some problem between them. “Richard and Sarah are not…
Let’s eliminate the hunger from the world
It is a field that is about to follow. Ramchandra looked at his fallow field and sighed, thinking of his two children and his wife. There is no rain in sight. He went to the forest to find some food to kill the hunger of his family. It’s his luck. He thought so. On the…
Maybe In the Next Life..
It is still dark outside, an owl hoots into the void of the night. Akith drags his eyes open and, with the greatest effort, manages to keep them open long enough to sit up from his bed on the floor. He rolls up his bed, a straw mat, and keeps it by the wall. He…
THINK SUSTAINABLE, ACT RESPONSIBLE
…because there’s no plan(et) B Do you think it’s possible to live in a world with zero poverty, equality, AND no climate change? Sounds like the ultimate Utopia. But according to the United Nations, the world can be a much better place by 2030. (Yeah, I know that by now we’re sceptical of all the…
Rotaract Club of SLIIT 