The Sri Lanka Unites Chapters of Trinity College and Ladies’ College organized and held YOUNIFY, a talent show and music festival for charity on the 18th of December 2018. This is the third such event jointly organized by the two schools, preceded by “Stride to Ride” and “Vibrance” held in previous years. The prize for first place was won by the group UNISON, winning by the largest amount of votes cast by the audience. The event returned a large profit, which was divided between the Differently Abled Hospital in Digana and providing relief to the victims of flooding in Jaffna.
The Sri Lanka Unites (SLU) Chapters of Trinity College Kandy and Ladies’ College Colombo has once again organized their combined event for this year. ‘Younify’ will take place on 18th December, 6.30pm at the Ladies’ College Hall. The event will consist of young talented artists performing music and dance. The event day performances will feature FUSION, YESHAYA, SHERAYA, UNISON, ISHANKA, DISOWNED and CHOCOLATE! Following are few captures of our last year’s event ‘VIBRANCE 2017‘: Being the third of a sequence of combined charity programmes organized by the SLU Chapters of Trinity and Ladies’ College in the past two years, ‘Younify’ this year is in aid of the differently-abled community hospital in Digana. Funds will be collected to provide wheelchairs, walking aids and many much needed equipment that would assist those in the hospital. Contributions and donations are welcome! Email us via srilankaunites@trinitycollege.lk for more information.
The Sri Lanka Unites Organization was first founded 10 years ago, with Mr. Jayantha Dhanapala at the helm, influencing people to move along and learn from the mistakes we made in the past, and not attempt to re-live them. The Sri Lanka Unites Movement has strived to unite the youth of Sri Lanka, who hail from different ethnicities or religions, teaching them to look past the tiny differences people cling on to; which has sparked so many wars and atrocities around the world, by capitalizing on the window of opportunity provided to us by the conclusion of the civil war which haunted the people of this serene island for more than three decades. Future Leaders’ Conference Season 8 The 8th season of the Future Leaders’ Conference which is the flagship event organized by the Sri lanka Unites Movement was held from the 19th to the 23rd of August 2016 at the Y.Gro Campsite, Madampe. Four students took part in this event representing the Sri Lanka Unites Chapter of Trinity College. S. Yohaan A. Nawas J. Wijesinghe A. Malik Zaheer Two students from Trinity were chosen to be mentors to lead the specific teams at the Future Leaders Conference. Shihan Maharoof – Team Kandy Denver Wedamuttu – Team Ampara The core motive of the event was to provide the future leaders from different parts of Sri Lanka the exposure to affiliate with their fellow brothers and sisters who belong to different regions, schools, cultures and communities of the island, through various activities which reveals the true identity of our nation and that develops and unleashes the leader within every single Sri Lankan. The event was a successful one which enabled the students who took part in the conference to transform as future leaders and to live with co-existence despite the so called divisive boundaries that we belong to. Achievements A member of the Sri Lanka Unites Chapter of Trinity College, Master Shihan Maharoof was chosen to be the Mentor of Team Kandy at the Conference and successfully mentored his team to win the Runners Up title from amongst 24 other teams. Sri Lanka Unites Chapter of Trinity College Kandy at the Future Leaders’ Conference season 8 Master Shihan Maharoof – Mentor Team Kandy (Runners Up at FLC 8) Stride To Ride “Stride to Ride” is a joint project organized by the Sri Lanka Unites Chapters of Trinity College, Kandy and Ladies’ College, Colombo. The main objective of this project was to raise funds in order to donate bicycles to the students of the Reconciliation Centers, maintained by the Sri Lanka Unites Organization, whose main obstacle to receiving education is the distance the students are compelled to walk daily in order to get to the Centers. The project was executed in two phases; Phase One: the fundraiser, dubbed as “Stride to Ride”, and Phase Two: the donation of the bicycles to the students of the Reconciliation Centers. “Stride to Ride” was held on the 17th of December, 2016 at the Thurstan College Rugby Grounds. It consisted of a charity run, with 300-400 participants, and a fair, through which the Sri Lanka Unites Chapters were able to raise sufficient funds to proceed with Phase Two of the project. The committee members are as follows: Chairperson : Master Shihan Maharoof Secretary : Master Bilaal Marikar Treasurer : Master Sasmitha R. Waidyatilleke Vice-Chairperson : Master Yohaan Sivaneshan Board of Directors: Master Sandeepthya Bandara Master Abdullah Nawas Master Abeysinghe K. R. Master Fernando Y. E. Master Gajaprasanth R. Master Lachitha Kulatunga Master Rajapakse V. G. M. Master Sangeeth Kesavan Master Tharika Liyanage Master Shannon Thrimavithana Master Nivin Illangaratne Achievements The Sri Lanka Unites Chapter of Trinity College, Kandy has been nominated for the “Most Promising Sri Lanka Unites Chapter of the Year” at the Awarding Ceremony which will be taking place connected to the SLU 10th Anniversary Celebrations on the 28th of January 2017, for their outstanding service ever since the initiation of the organization. The Sri Lanka Unites Chapter of Trinity College, Kandy and the Sri Lanka Unites Chapter of Ladies’ College Colombo have been awarded the “Best Students’ Project of the Year”. (Stride to Ride’16) Starting of the run Runners Stride to Ride Committee During the fair The Committee Photograph Seated (Right to Left) – Mr.Shane de Silva(SLU Adbisor), Mas. Y.Sivaneshan(Vice President), Mas. B. Marikar(Secretay), Mr. Andrew Fowler-watt(Principal), Mas. Shihan Maharoof(President), Mas. S.R. Waidyatilake(Treasurer), Mrs. E.C.W. Jayawardane(Staff Advisor).