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Uniting for a Common Cause
Interact Clubs
Nurturing Future Leaders
Engaging youth through 22 school-based Interact Clubs, fostering leadership and community service.
The Rotary Club of Kandy is the proud sponsor of twenty-two Interact clubs, each a testament to our commitment to nurturing future leaders. Our advisors, drawn from club members, provide invaluable guidance and support to these clubs, which are based in schools throughout Kandy. The roster of schools includes the pioneering Interact Club of Trinity College, chartered on 30th September 1978, and the newest member, Green Hill International School, established on 23rd October 2018. The full list of schools we partner with is as follows:
Rotaract Clubs
Empowering Young Adults
Supporting professional and personal development in two dynamic Rotaract Clubs.
We sponsor two Rotaract Clubs with a view to grooming the future leaders of our community. Interested club members are appointed as Rotary advisors to the clubs and provide guidance and support.
Rotaract Club of Kandy
The Rotaract Club of Kandy which was chartered in November 1986 is one of the oldest and most dynamic clubs in the District. It has won numerous awards for its projects and has received a District Citation for 9 consecutive years. A community based organization, its members pursue a range of callings and are able to bring their professional expertise to bear on their projects.
Rotaract Club of Peradeniya
The Rotaract Club of the University of Peradeniya is based at the oldest university in the country and draws its members from among the undergraduates of all nine faculties of the university. Chartered in 2002, it focuses mainly on community service and professional development projects and has won many awards for its activities. It has also been awarded a District citation for eleven consecutive years
Rotary Community Corps (RCC)
Extending Community Reach
Facilitating sustainable development with local leaders through several active RCCs, enhancing community well-being.
Over time the Club has set up several RCCs as a means of extending our reach and of supporting sustainable local development through the members of the corps. Club members look after various RCCs and keep in contact with local leaders. Projects carried out jointly with the RCCs have included water and sanitation for the community and the local schools, access roads, income generating activities, children’s libraries and community training centres. The RCCs are generally in the suburbs of the city or in the rural hinterland. They are:
Sister Clubs
Fostering Global Relationships
Strengthening international ties and collaborative projects with our valued Sister Clubs for greater humanitarian impact.
We have signed sister club agreements with fifteen clubs both within the District and overseas with a view to promoting friendship and understanding between members and working together to improve the lives of people around us. We also foster cordial relations with one another through family and youth exchanges. One of our more recent sister club agreements was signed with the Rotary Club of Adelaide (RID 9500) in January 2018 and we are working together to provide safe drinking water to villages in the North Central Province where contaminated ground water is thought to be responsible for a high incidence of chronic kidney disease. Our sister clubs are:
