Suhastha – 2019

A person's most useful asset is not a head full of knowledge, but a heart full of love, an ear ready to listen and a hand willing to help others. The students and the staff of the Department of Civil Engineering of University of Moratuwa launched "Suhastha-2019", expanding their helpful hands and hearts to those in need.

Suhastha is annually organized with the objective of uplifting the quality standards of the underprivileged schools in Sri Lanka while strengthening the bond among the students of the civil engineering department. Suhastha is a lesson for the emerging civil engineers to know their responsibilities and enlighten the future of rural societies.

Suhastha-2019 was organized by level 2 students of the Civil Engineering Department with the guidance and contribution of senior batches and the academic staff. The monetary and materialistic donations of the lecturers and the well-wishers strengthened Suhastha-2019 and lead the event towards success. Since a week prior to the Suhastha launching day, a donations stall was maintained at the department entrance which gets filled with books and other stationery items, day by day.

Suhastha-2019 ran for three days marking golden pages in the diary of Civil Engineering Society.

On Friday, 29^th November 2019 Civil ’17 batch left the university for MR/Siyambalagoda Maha Vidyalaya and MR/Hulandawa Tamil Maha Vidyalaya in Pitabeddara with hands full of gifts bought by the donations of the helping hands.

All three days were spent with the kids of MR/Siyambalagoda M.V. with O/Level seminars, motivational sessions and interactive games. Meanwhile, school renovation programs were carried on. On the second day of Suhastha, half of the batch went for Hulandawa Tamil Maha Vidyalaya and an O/level seminar and desks and chairs painting program were conducted.

Everyone engaged in work enthusiastically despite the rain or shine, day or night – happily, together, as a family. Everyone’s dedication made the school buildings nicely color-washed, the incomplete class-blocks plastered.

The meals were prepared by the parents of Siyambalagoda M.V. Though we had discussed to provide groceries needed, the school afforded the expenses as a payment of gratitude.

The closing session was done at Siyambalagoda Maha Vidyalaya on the last day, 1^st of December 2019 with the participation of school children, principal, staff and the parents. The school was gifted fictions and workbooks for the library, sporting equipment, stationaries, a printer, and other cleaning utensils. Every the kid was given a small gift and special gifts were presented for grade 9 and 10 students as well.

                     

The emotional speeches of the principal, teachers and the students reflected how much value did Suhastha add to their lives.

Suhastha-2019 marked a successful ending bringing hopes of an enlightened future for all those, who the civil '17s spent those three days with. Every participant was too satisfied for words as there is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.

Civil ’17 batch extend their wholehearted gratitude to the academic staff and all the well-wishers for their guidance, contribution, and commitment in making Suhastha-2019 a massive success.