Industry, innovation and infrastructure – SDG 9

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tourist destination due to its natural beauty, but it was plagued by a persistent problem – its infrastructure was outdated and inadequate.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…

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…

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…

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…

Sentier 2020: A holistic experience

As the great saying goes, “There’s no limit for learning’s and no boundaries for places to implement your knowledge”, so we the Rotaract club of SRMIST, Chennai, India did our first international project ‘Sentier 2020’ from 10th January, 2020 to 19th January, 2020 in Sri Lanka. We are extremely grateful to the Rotaract club of…

“Sentier- Creating Pathways, breaking Barriers”

Four Rotaractors of the Rotaract Club of SRM Kattankulathur of RID 3232, visited Sri Lanka on the 10th of January 2020, in completion of series of projects covering four main avenues visiting significant places in Sri Lanka organized by the Rotaract Club of SLIIT with the objective creating trails or creating pathways eliminating barriers, in…

Make them smile ’19

Children’s Day began on the second Sunday of June in 1857 by Reverend Dr. Charles Leonard, pastor of the Universalist Church of the Redeemer in Chelsea, Massachusetts: Leonard held a special service dedicated to, and for the children. Leonard named the day Rose Day, though it was later named Flower Sunday, and then named Children’s…