THE FAMILY PROTECTS YOU

WORLD CHILDRENS DAY 2013 This year, World Childrens Day program was organized commemorating world Childrens Day 2013 under the theme The Family Protects You. Children from 3 schools namely Madapatha,Philp Attigala Vidyalaya,Batakaththra Vidyalaya and Dampe Vidyalaya participated the event. Ceremony was held at the Ground of Philip Att i ga l a V i d ya l aya . Decorations at the premises were done at the previous dayby Lions and Leos together. Opening ceremony was inaugurated with in the morning with a warm welcome to the Chief Guest by school Eastern Band. Welcome address was done by Lion lady Nayana. Entertainment items and talents were showed by school children and teachers. Events and competitions were carried out grade wise. Different activities, fun games, team activities were organized for all the grades.Balloon blasting and hat passing games for children were also amongst them.All children were having exciting fun during the whole program as leos expected. District Governor Lion Asanga Samarasekara, IPDG Lion Duminda Munasingha and many Lion leaders graced the occasion. Program was terminated successfully with the closing ceremony. Winners of the games were appreciated with certificates and prizes. All the participated children were awarded with gift pack and a certificate. We are thankful to the Leo Club of Piliyandala for joining with us to make this task a success.

PROUD TO BE A U O M L E O
Leo Oshan Lakmal Walakuluge
Vice Secretary
Department of Chemical & Process Engineering

University of Moratuwa

Im glad to get a chance to address you all as the newly appointed Assistant secretary of the Leo Club of University of Moratuwa. With the awards it got it has become the best club. Not only that but also as one of the live clubs. So I feel lot of happy to be the Assistant secretary. LEO stands for. L- Leadership E-Experience O-Opportunity With the activities of the club we get the opportunity to participate many events to improve our leadership and experience. And also we get the opportunity to do community projects and serve the people. As the Meaning the word LEO express I feel great as the member in UOM club because it helps me lot to build up my own skills not only as the adolescent, But also as the volunteer to the society. So with this opportunity I get I will do my best to serve for my country .As Wesley Snipes says, My sign is Leo. A Leo has to walk with pride. When he takes a step, he has to put his foot down. You walk into a room and you want people to know your presence, without you doing anything.

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A STEP TO THE NEAR FUTURE....

LEO MASS INDUCTION
Leo Mass Induction was held on 27th October 2013 from 9.00 onwards at National Museum, Colombo. Nearly 25 Leos from the Leo club of University of Moratuwa have participated for the induction programme and 20 Leos have newly appointed. Names of newly appointed Leos Leo Buddhika Kumarage Leo Naleendra Kularatne Leo Wathsala Samanmali Leo Kasun Kodithuwakku Leo Prasad Ranaweera Leo Sachith Senanayaka Leo Yasas Kawinda Leo Piyumi Vidana Gamage Leo Melani Warunika Leo Deshantha Pradeep Kumara Leo Chamika Kasun Leo Shalika Asangani Leo Gihan Buddhika Leo Lahiru Buddhika Leo Ruwan Prasanga Leo Umesh Eshantha Leo Oshan Walakuluge Leo Chathurika Jayani Leo Ivan Udakara Leo Chathuranga Buddhika

A big activity,

WITH THE UNIQUENESS AND IDENTITY | T-SHIRT PROJECT

ect on behalf of our club we decided to print T shirts for the year. Social projects to be conducted in the coming months are in a requirement of funding. Therefore we, the leos of University of Moratuwa decided to fulfill required funds via T shirts. Anyone who would buy a t-shirt will be contributing to many social services like environmental protection, public awareness of health problems, caring for elders, helping students in rural areas and etc. in an indirect way. This concept acted as a boost for many people to buy the t-shirt.

As a fund raising proj-

With the Leoism we hope that they will do number of great things while shaping their future with leadership qualities.

With the approval of university administration, the design for the T shirt was exposed to all our members for any changes and suggestions and later a design was finalized with the consent of the members. After agreements on the price we ordered to print 193 t-shirts for the price Rs.660/= each. By considering our financial requirements to carry out the upcoming events and also after considering our remaining assets we decided on the price of a t-shirt. The decided price was Rs. 900/=. As we had previous experience in doing similar projects as Leos within the university we did not have to put much effort to sell those t-shirts. Most of the t-shirts could be sold during the lunch breaks in the canteens and we were successful in selling all the t-shirts. Happy to say that with the contribution, talent and commitment of all our Leos, we could successfully complete our project and could reach our expected profit targets. With the progress of this event our future missions could
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LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAMME

LEOS LEARN TO LEAD

The Leadership Development Programme for school prefects of Godauda Maha Vidyalaya , conducted by the Leo Club of University of Moraruwa took place at Godauda Maha Vidyala premises on 21st of March 2013. 32 school prefects participated for the event.Through the project we intended to enhance leadership skills of the prefects as well as the social responsibility of leos. This was a result of what is discussed at our monthly meeting on future projects. project date ,events were then discussed and finally we arranged a date and agenda for the program.21st of September we conducted the leadership training program.With the active participation of the prefects of the school, we could finish our program successfully than expected.Participants were offered a certificate at the end of the program.

We must be thankful to the principal of the school Mr.T.H.NelsonChandrasiri for his kind cooperation to make this task useful and a success.

LEO QUOTE

LEOS DONT ASK FOR PERMISSION,THEY ARE THE ONECE GIVING PERMISSION
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BY LEO KASUN KODITHUWAKKU

UNDERSTAND THE LEADERSHIP .. BE A LEADER..

What is leadership? Leadership has been described as a process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task, also leadership can be defined as organizing a group of people to achieve a common goal. How to develop leadership skills? Understanding your current leadership style is essential. What are your strengths? Which areas need some improvement? One way to start assessing your skills is to take this leadership style quiz to get a general idea of how you lead. Once you have completed the quiz, read about the major characteristics of your dominant style. Are these qualities helping or hindering your leadership? Once youve determine which areas need some work, you can begin looking for ways to improve your leadership abilities. Would you look to someone for guidance and leadership if they did not truly care about the goals of the group? Of course not! Great leaders are not just focused on getting group members to finish tasks; they have a genuine passion and enthusiasm for the projects they work on. Start by thinking of different ways that you can express your zeal. Let people know that you care about their progress. When one person shares something with the rest of the group, be sure to tell them how much you appreciate such contributions. Transformational leaders have an upbeat, optimistic attitude that serves as a source of inspiration for followers. If leaders seem discouraged or apathetic, members of the group are likely to also become uninspired. Even when things look bleak and your followers start to feel disheartened, try to stay positive. This does not mean viewing things through rose-colored glasses. It simply means maintaining a sense of optimism and hope in the face of challenges. Who says leadership is a one-way relationship? As you work toward honing your leadership skills, dont forget to look to your followers for feedback an inspiration. Pay attention to the things that have been effective in the past and always be on the lookout for new ways to inspire, motivate and reward group members. It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership. -Nelson Mandela

THE PHOTO STORY The view of the local scene through the eyes of a native participant in that scene is a different window.
Photograph

Leo Pramodh Senanayake

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AWARENESS CAMPAIGN 3

GET TO KNOW AND PUT A FULLSTOP

Leo Club of University of Moratuwaproceeds the continuous project Get To Know & Put A Full Stop for the 3rd time with the hope of conducting an awareness campaign on mouth cancers by circulating an email. As the previous versions of the project, this email contains all the necessary & important information about the particular type of the cancer. Main purpose of this project is improving the public health condition of Sri Lanka. As leos we always try to give our maximum effort & abilities to serve the society, we live. So this project is one of our biggest social services in the leostic year 2014. Creative and innovative ideas of our members were collected and the interface of the article was made. Later the poster was designed to successfully convey our message to the society. Initially, we sent this email only to lions &leos in Sri Lanka. Next time we are trying to extend the recipients in order to spread our message among huge number of people. We also try our best to make any changes and to be flexible as possible to the replies that we receive to our emails. With great pleasure we remark thatour emails had successful number of replies. Most of them are congratulations for us on behalf of the club& asking to keep it throughout the year. As UOM leos , we always highly appreciate these replies & always try to serve the society in most possible ways.

Cover Page Leo Badge

Photograph : Leo Pramodh

Cast : Leo Yasendra

WRONG EMAIL ADDRESS... A couple going on vacation but his wife was on a business trip so he went to the destination first and his wife would meet him the next day. When he reached his hotel, he decided to send his wife a quick email. Unfortunately, when typing her address, he mistyped a letter and his note was directed instead to an elderly preachers wife whose husband had passed away only the day before. When the grieving widow checked her email, she took one look at the monitor, let out a piercing scream, and fell to the floor in a dead faint. At the sound, her family rushed into the room and saw this note on the screen: Dearest Wife, Just got checked in. Everything prepared for your arrival tomorrow. P.S. Sure is hot down here.
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SWEET MEMORIES

SNAPS OF THE MONTH

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Tree Planting Day Celebration - 15th November Jeewana Yathra 2013 Board Meeting - 17th November - 24th November

Public Awareness Campaign - 25th November Api Akurata Meli Novemu - 28th November
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BY LEO CHAPA SIRITHUNGE

EDITORS NOTE .

As the editor of the October Newsletter I welcome all the readers and contributors, many of them who are personally known to me, our dear club members and many others with whom I now wish to make an ongoing acquaintance as a result of wide coverage achieved by Leo newsletter recently. Few months ago, at the monthly meeting we decided to expand the number of receivers of the newsletter and with pleasure I mention that we have achieved that target by now. Other than these, the Newsletter carries information and news about ongoing and upcoming activities in the leisure field in the future. To increase the productivity of reading we always tried to supply only important points for the readers and Leos in simple and imaginative means. Leos of the university are welcome to share their ideas through an article by making a simple e-mail. Through the publication of the newsletter I always expected to carry the talents and determination of Leos in front of the general public as well as to express their mind blowing and revolutionary ideas To make the world a better place which the Leos always stand for. I believe the most interesting facet of the newsletter is this. Ideas and comments of voluntarily Leos are always welcome to future editions of the newsletter as well. We rely heavily on electronic distribution of our newsletter to the community. Hope to expose interactive social work of the club furthermore in coming editions as well.Anyone interested in activities of the club or supplying an article can contact the editors of this Newsletter or even approach the club directly through e mail. We would like to hear from you.
Editorial Team Design

Leo Sasiri

Leo Piyumi

Leo Demini

Leo Chapa

Leo Pramodh

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