Suhastha - 2017

“Suhastha 2017” was successfully concluded on the 16^th and 17^th of September 2017 which is an altruistic initiative conducted by the 15^th batch of the Department of Civil Engineering of University of Moratuwa in the Welimada area, targeting grade 10/11 students.

This year, the beneficiaries of this humane program were the students from the Uduhawara Maha Vidayalaya and the Welimada Tamil School. This was a collective effort of 55 students. They conducted seminars and paper discussions in the foretold schools followed by the funds raised by both 15^th and 16^th batches of the Civil Engineering Department.

The seminars were conducted group-wise in order to be effective and selected students were rewarded for their outstanding performances during the seminars. Around 113 Sinhala students and 46 Tamil students participated in the seminars.

The program commenced by the opening ceremony with the participation of the academic staff and the students followed by the welcome speech by Mrs. M.M. Somawathee, the Vice Principal  of Uduhawara Maha Vidyalaya. The seminars were conducted from 8.30am to 3pm along with refreshments, tea and lunch breaks. Great assistance was provided by the academic staff of the school and the parents and residents in the vicinity of the school for meals, accommodation and other various activities.

The program was concluded by the closing ceremony where Mr. S.M. Lalith Samarakoon, the principal of the Uduhawara Maha Vidyalaya delivered a speech of appreciation. He also highlighted how helpful and effective the seminars were and appreciated the immense effort of us. One of the best performing students of the section also went on thanking and appreciating the initiative followed by presents given to the students and other contributions and donations provided to the school by us
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The gathering was encouraged by a speech of Bathiya Patabandige, followed by the vote of thanks delivered by Nalaka Jayantha. So, expected task was completed successfully, bringing joy to everyone who participated.