First Investiture program of Centenary Sea Scoutship Negombo The inaugural investiture program of the Centenary Sea Scout ship was held on the 8th of June at Gateway College Auditorium ,Negombo. The Chief Guest for the event was Dr. Harsha Allas who was welcomed by the Principal of Gateway College Negombo Mrs. Devika Heinrich. Present also were dignitaries of the Negombo scouting community headed by District Commissioner Mr. Elmo Rowel. Dr. Thilak Siyambalapitiya also graced the occasion. Four Sea scouts were invested under the tutelage of Mr.Lakshan Perera, Sea Scout Leader and five Sea Rovers under the guidance of Mr.P.Meththananda. The Centenary Sea Scoutship was launched to commemorate 100 years of the Scout movement in Sri Lanka. It was launched under guidance of Group Scout Leader Rear Admiral Rohan Amarasinghe. The Centenary Sea Scout troop is an open scout troop which focuses on expanding its scope by introducing the program to many other eager individuals in the Negombo Area and aid the community as a whole, whilst moulding responsible and diligent individuals for a better future. මාතලේ දිසාවේ සිංහළ හා හින්දු අලුත් අවුරුදු උළේල මාතලේ දිසා බාලදක්ෂ සංගමය මගින් සංවිධානය කළ සිංහළ හා හින්දු අලුත් අවුරුදු උළේල 2013 අප්රේල් 26 වන දින දිසාවේ බාලදක්ෂයින්ගේ හා නායකයින්ගේ සහභාගීත්වයෙන් දිසා බාලදක්ෂ මූලස්ථානයේදී සාර්ථකව පැවැත්වින. බාලදක්ෂයින් පෝතක බාලදක්ෂයන් මෙන්ම කාන්තා බාලදක්ෂයින් විශාල පිරිසක් දැඩි උද්යෝගයකින් විවිධාකාර වූ අවුරුදු ක්රිඩාවන් සදහා සහභාගී වීම දක්නට ලැබින. වත්මන් දිසා කොමසාරිස් ඊ.ඩබ්ලිව්. මැදිවක මහතා සහ දිසාවේ සහය දිසා කොමසාරිස් වරුන්ගේ නායකත්වයෙන් පැවති මෙම අවුරුදු උත්සවයට අභිනවයෙන් පත්වූ දිසා සංගමයෙන්ද විශාල සහයක් ලැබින. නව දිසා සංගමයේ ලේකම් දර්ශ චන්ද්රසිරි මහතා ඇතුලු විශාල පිරිසක් මෙම අවස්ථාවට තම සහයෝගය ලබාදෙන ලදි. කොට්ට පොර, කනා මුට්ටී, අලියාට ඇස තැබීම, කඹ ඇදීම සහ ගැමි හෙළ අවුරුදු ක්රිඩා රැසක් සංවිධානය කර තිබුණු අතර බාලදක්ෂයන් මෙන්ම නායකයන්ද සහභාගීවීම විශේෂිත විය. විල්ෂයර් ක්ලයිම්බර් ඇඩ්වෙන්චර් කැම්පරි 2013 සාන්ත තෝමස් බාලදක්ෂ සංගමය හා සාන්ත තෝමස් ආදී බාලදක්ෂ සංගමය විසින් විසින් වාර්ෂිකව සංවිධානය කරන විල්ෂයර් ක්ලයිම්බර් ඇඩ්වෙන්චර් කැම්පරි 2013 අප්රේල් මස 06 වන දින සිට 09 වන දින දක්වා මාතලේ විල්ෂයර් රක්ෂිතයේදී වනගත බාලදක්ෂ කදවුරක් ලෙස දිවයිනේ තෝරාගත් බාලදක්ෂ කණ්ඩායම් 10කගේ සහභාගීත්වයෙන් සාර්ථකව අවසන් විය. ශ්රි ලංකා බාලදක්ෂ සංගමයේ නියෝජ්ය ප්රධාන කොමසාරිස් සරත් මාතරආරච්චි මහතාගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් මාතලේ දිසා කොමසාරිස් මැදිවක මහතා සහ සාන්ත තෝමස් විදුහල්පති දම්පිය වනසිංහ මහතාගේ සහභාගිත්වයෙන් විල්ෂයර් ක්ලයිම්බර් ඇඩ්වෙන්චර් කැම්පරි සමාරම්භක උළේල පැවැත්වින. සහභාගී වූ බාලදක්ෂයන් හට බාලදක්ෂ ධීර ක්රියාකාරකම් රැසක් අත්විදින්නට අවස්ථාව ලබා දීමද විශේෂ කරුණකි. දිවයිනේ බාලදක්ෂ කදවුරක ප්රථම වරට සංවිධානය වූ වනගත පාපැදි චාරිකාව (Off Road Cycling) ඉසව්ව හා රාත්රි ගවේෂණ චාරිකාව බාලදක්ෂයන්ගේ පැසසුමට ලක්විය. විල්ෂයර් ක්ලයිම්බර් ඇඩ්වෙන්චර් කැම්පරි සමාප්ති උළේල සදහා මාතලේ සහය පුහුණු කිරීමේ නායක රෙජිනෝල්ඩ් විල්සන් මහතා ඇතුලු පිරිසක් සහභාගී වූ අතර ඔවුන් විසින් කැම්පරිය ආදික්ෂනය කරන ලදි. විල්ෂයර් ක්ලයිම්බර් ඇඩ්වෙන්චර් කැම්පරි 2013 සමස්ථ ජයග්රහයනය කොළඹ ශාන්ත බෙනඩික් විද්යාලීය කණ්ඩායම දිනාගන්නා ලදි. News --> Krishan Wasalage - IT Unit - NHQ SLSA Siyane Jamboree 2013Photos --> PRASANJANA RAJAPAKSHA - Headquarters Commissioner - Media NHQ SLSA Panadura- Horana District Scout AssociationPanadura- Horana District Scout Association has organized an Aurudu Uthsawaya on 28-04-2013 at Bandaragama MMV. There were lots of traditional games plus some innovation games. around 750 scouts, cub scouts,girl scouts participated for this event. Surath Vimukthi Panadura- Horana =============================================================================
RISGO Centennial 2013 - Kandy District
WATTALA JAELA DISTRICT
සියවස සපුරන ධර්මරාජ විද්යාලයීය බාලදක්ෂ කඳවුර වෙනුවෙන්,
වත්තල ජා-ඇල බාලදක්ෂයින්ගෙන් උණුසුම් සුභ පැතුම්......................! NEWS-->Mr.THILINA DANTHASINGHE (WATTALA/JAELA DISTRICT) =============================================================== ලියන ලද්දී 24 Feb 2013 03:20 PM | Copyright © 2011 Sri Lanka Scout Association. ===============================================================෴ කැලණිය දම්ලෝ බාලදක්ෂයින්ගේ BP දින සැමරැම ෴
දිනය - 2013/02/22 ස්ථානය - කැලණිය, ශ්රි ධර්මාලෝක විද්යාල භූමිය වත්තල ජා-ඇල දිස්ත්රික්කය වර්ෂික BP දින සැමරැම
ස්ථානය - මත්තුමගල කරැණාරත්න විද්යාලය දිනය - 2013/02/22 NEWS-->Mr.THILINA DANTHASINGHE (WATTALA/JAELA DISTRICT) =============================================================== ලියන ලද්දී 22 Feb 2013 08:22 PM | Copyright © 2011 Sri Lanka Scout Association. ===============================================================National Day
වාර්ෂික නිදහස් සැමරැම් උෙළල - වත්තල ජා අැල දිසාව 2013/02/04 ස්ථානය - මත්තුමගල කරැණාරත්න විද්යාලය NEWS-->Mr.THILINA DANTHASINGHE(WATTALA/JAELA DISTRICT) =============================================================== ලියන ලද්දී 07 Feb 2013 03:22 PM | Copyright © 2011 Sri Lanka Scout Association. ===============================================================
වත්තල ජා අැල දිසාෙව් වාර්ශිකව සංවිධානය කරනු ලබන BP දින සැමරැම අළලා
පවත්වනු ලබන BP තරග පසුගිය නිදහස් දිනදී මත්තමගල කරැණාරත්න විද්යාලෙය් දී
පැවැත් විණ
සටහන තිළිණ අාර් දන්තසිංහ NEWS-->Mr.THILINA DANTHASINGHE(WATTALA/JAELA DISTRICT) =============================================================== ලියන ලද්දී 06 feb 2013 10:22 AM | Copyright © 2011 Sri Lanka Scout Association. ===============================================================
Sri Lanka Scouts Association and the Colombo District Branch to help promotion Super 8 to prevent Non Communicable Diseases DiseasesThe Sri Lanka Scouts Association Colombo District Branch partnered The College of Community Physicians in Sri Lanka to introduce eight simple targets to prevent the increasing number of non-communicable diseases including heart diseases and diabetics.The Presidential Secretariat for Nutrition, Ministry of Health, Department of Agriculture, College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka, The Colombo Municipal Council and SKYLU Entertainment sponsored the event which opened for the public on 17th of November at Viharamaha Devi Park.This program was titled “Suwothsavaya” and the objective was to inform the public on the importance of maintenance of body mass index between 18.5 – 24.9,1) To consume add at least 400 gms of vegetables and fruits for a day,2) Refrain from alcohol and tobacco smoking,3) Maintenance of blood pressure less than 140/904) Avoidance of excess added sugar – not more than 6 tsp of sugar per non-diabetic person per day,5) Reduce salt consumption limitation to one tsp per day6) Limiting of Trans Fats found in some commercially baked and fried food such as short eats, pastries, cakes and re-heated food.7) And actively work out for at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity per day for at least 5 days a weekThe Food and Drug Control Unit has requested the Food Vendors Committee to make available healthy and natural food to the public to prevent the consumers falling sick of non-communicable diseases, said Dr. Anil Samaranayake, the Director of the Medical Research Institute.According to him the Food Vendors Committee has decided to open Healthy Food Outlets at leading food outlets soon.The medical statistics show that one in every ten persons suffers from diabetes and one in every five from hypertension. Dr. Samaranayake said, “By nature man is herbivorous. Over eating too has to be avoided if we are to remain healthy.” He said.Dr. Susi Perera, Director, was the chairperson of the project. The event was officially declared open by his excellency the President Mahinda Rajapaksha who was offered a guard of honor by the cub scouts of Colombo. Cubs, Scouts and Rovers participated in this event.
Sea ScoutsUnder the guidance of the National Programme Commissioner Mr. Sarath Godakandaarachchi, Commander Suresh De Silva(Hq. Commissioner for Sea Scouts) and Mr. Ruwan Ariyaratne (Hq. Commissioner for Programmes) conducted a special training session for the Sea Scouts at the “Rangala” Navy Hq. in Colombo. Mr. Ruwan Nanayakkara who is the Scout Leader of Lumbini College participated as an observer. We do hope that he too would start Sea Scouting in his scout Group. Mr. Sudarshana Rodrigo, the head of the Colombo Hq Sea Scouts, too was there. About 100 Sea Scouts from Colombo and Wattala Ja-Ela Districts participated. A Scout leader from Royal College with over 40 Royal College Sea Scouts too participated. We are grateful to Mr. Sarath Godakandaarachchi and Cmdr Suresh De Silva for taking the initiative.
Health Fest - ColomboSri Lanka Scouts Association Colombo District Branch partners College of
Community Physicians to launch "Supper 8" . Eight healthy targets to
achieve to prevent non communicable diseases. 
NEWS-->Mr.DARSHANA RANATUNGA(ADC-COLOMBO) =============================================================== ලියන ලද්දී 06 November 2012 10:22 AM | Copyright © 2011 Sri Lanka Scout Association. ===============================================================
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කොළඹ දිස්ත්රික් බාලදක්ෂ සංගමය සංවිදානය කරන බාලදක්ෂ පිහිනුම් තරගාවලිය 09 වන වරටත් පෙවෙටුණු අතර මෙවර එය සංවිදානය කරන ලද්ධේ නාලන්ද විද්යාලයීය බාලදක්ෂ සමුහය හා ආදී නාලන්දීය බාලදක්ෂ සංගමය විසිනි. බාලදක්ෂ කණ්ඩායම් 25ක් පමණ සහබාගීඋ මෙම තරගවලියී බාලදක්ෂ බලිකවන්ගී සහබගිත්වය ඉතා ඉහල මට්ටමක පෙවති අතර බලදක්ෂින්ට වැඩි අවස්ථාවක් ලබාදීම සදහා පිහිනුම් ඉසඋ වැඩි සන්ක්යාවක් අඑතුලත් කර තිබුණි. කොලබ දිසාව වෙනුවෙන් දිසකොමසරිස් රිසා අසුර් මහතා හා ස දී කෝ දර්ශන රණතුංග මහතා සමග මානවක බලදක්ෂින් සංවිදාන කටයුතු වලට සහයවිය. තරග ප්රතිපල .........
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===============================================================Panadura-Horana Panadura-Horana District Scout branch has successfully organized a Phase II Scout/Cub Scout Leaders course on 14th – 17th September 2012 at Pinwatta Primary School (District Head Quarters) There were three courses altogether 80 participants from 7 Scout Districts have completed their 2nd step as a scout/Cub Scout leader. Mr. Padmalal Perera (LT) was the Course Leader for Cub Scout Section and Mr. Nalin Nayanacantha (ALT) was the Deputy Course Leader. There were two Scout Sections headed by Mr. Ananda Kulasiri (LT) and Mr. Terance Perera (LT) and Mr. Terance Perera (LT) and Mr. H.D. Gunathilaka (LT) were Deputies. Mr.Surath Vimukthi Edurapola (CALT) was the Course Organizer. Lecture Panel Mr. Padmalal Perera Mr. Sirisena Silva (LT) Mr. Ananda Kulasiri (LT) Mr. Terance Perera (LT) Mr. Terance Perera (LT) Mr. H.D. Gunathilaka (LT) Mrs.Renuka De Silva (LT) Mrs. Geetha Kanthi Perera (ALT) Mr. Nalin Nayanacantha (ALT) Mr. Wilmot Perera (CALT) Mr. Surath Vimukthi Edurapola (CALT) Suppot Staff Mr. Buddika Udayanga Mr. Gayan Ranjula Mr.H.K.Somasiri Mr.Thushara Jayaneththi Mr.Ranil Chanaka Mrs.Danawathi Perera Mrs.W.S.R.Malkanthi Mrs. Yamuna Jayanthi |
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40th Scout Camporee at Viharamahadevi Park
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40th Scout Camporee at Viharamahadevi Park
The Sri Lanka Scout Association, Colombo District branch will hold its 40th annual Scout Camporee from 2nd September to 4th, 2011 at the Vihara Maha Devi Park Colombo 7.
by Rohan Wirasekara (Former District Commissioner Colombo)
Camporee time is here again. For those of us old hands, it rekindles the pleasant memories of bygone era. Of Camp Fires, Camp cooking, old friendships and so many adventures, that we had as little children. For the present generation of Scouts, it is just unadulterated fun, enjoyment, and excitement. As I write this essay, thousands of children from Colombo would be counting the days to join this great event. Getting their kit ready, having a few extra batteries for the torch, marking their name on all things to be taken to camp, hiding a few slabs of chocolates or a packet of biscuits deep in the kit bag (to be shared later by the members of the Patrol) would be going on.
This excitement of one little boy would soon pervade the whole household. The father, the mother, the grandfather, the grandmother, and all brothers and sisters (may or may not be fortunate enough to be Scouts or Guides). For any Scout in Colombo, the Camporee is synonymous with Scouting in Colombo, for, who is the Scout who has not taken part in a Camporee, and still calls himself a Scout? If so, it has to be due to some great misfortune.
There are many veterans of these Camporees .They are vintage camporites who had been involved in Camporees for decades. I may not be able to name them all. Some are dead and gone, leaving behind many traditions for the following generations to carry on. The names of Maz. Mohideen,Lesley Sumanasekera, Felix Ranasinghe, R. Sri Krishnaraja. P.S.R. Rajamani are some officers who had made outstanding contributions in ideas and efforts to make Camporee a more enjoyable, & a very educative event. They are no more. Of those who are still with us today, H.S.Weerakoon, C,Batuwangala, M.S.F.Muheed, Boyd Rodrigo, Daniel Edirisinghe, Shiraz Salih, Newton Cooray, W. Pathmasiri, Janaprith Fernando, Riza Azoor, Nanda Fernando, Rohan Fernando, comes easily to my mind. But there were many others, and also thousands who worked silently behind the scenes. But more than all of them, it was the individual Scout Leader who was always the backbone of any Camporee. They are the real heroes of the Camporee. They will always be remembered with gratitude by their Scouts, long after the Hq. has forgotten them. But this year, the Camporee is a little special. The father of the Organizing Commissioner Mr. Firaz Muheed, too was an Organising Commissioner for a Camporee many years ago. So we do have here a father and the son combination! I cannot think of another situation where the father & the son both being Camporee organizing Commissioners! It was Mr. M.F.S.Muheed who organized a Camporee in 1991, 20 years ago, who is the father of the present Organizing Commissioner .
Of all the Scout Leaders I do clearly remember one person, who, year after year brings her band of little children to take part in the Camporee. Yes, it is a she. Rev. Sr. Jane Margaret of the St. Michael’s Scout Group Kollupitiya. With all difficulties, and all her other work, she will make sure that her little band of Scouts, though may not be the most affluent in Colombo, stands on equal terms with all other Scouts in Colombo. Despite the advancing age she is still full of youthful enthusiasm. She is generous and kind to a fault and anybody is welcomed to her camp site with a cheerful smile and a warm cup of tea. My Scouts from Royal College regularly go to her to do badges, for she is a badge examiner too! There are still a few others of that disposition. Mr.Erwin Waidyachandra fighting an uphill battle running the Rotary Scout Group is another. Although he rarely smiles (he has enough private troubles to remember each time he forgets to frown!)He is struggling hard to give Scouting to the under privileged children in Manning town, Narahenpita. It is a pity that not much people are there to help Erwin .Luckily the Rotary Club does help his Scout Group to a great extent. There are many other Scout Leaders too innumerable to mention who are sacrificing their time and money for the sake of the children of this little land of ours. Unseen and unsung, they do a marvelous job behind the scenes. They are fast becoming a rare breed.
But what is a Camporee? It is an annual camp, where thousands of Scouts in Colombo, camp together for the duration of the Camporee. But beyond the facade of that sentence lie a world of adventure, friendships, excitement and a multitude of learning experiences.
The first experimental Camporee was organised by Captain Vernon Halpe (Who was a teacher at Royal Primary School at that time)and Mr. Raymond ,at the Royal Primary Grounds in 1949, with just a few hundred Scouts. It has since grown to mammoth proportions giving the Scouts of Colombo an experience which one Scout from Colombo described as "our own Disney Land". It has thus captivated the imagination of the children of Colombo year after year, generation after generation.
In many ways the Camporee augments the training of "good citizenship” done by the Scout Leaders at the normal weekly Scout meetings. Planning; managing; leadership; teamwork; improvisation; determination; ability to accept victory or defeat in the correct spirit; are some of the practical learning experiences that a boy will get at a Camporee. You could also see children of Moor, Sinhala, Tamil, Malay and Burgher origins happily working and playing together, irrespective of caste, creed, race, or any other discrimination. Like the three famous Musketeers "One for all and all for one".
Hundreds of adults, male as well as female, sacrifice their money, time, energy and their skills to make this annual event a memorable experience for the children - the citizens of tomorrow. Though innumerable to mention ,the services rendered by many generations of these ladies and gentlemen had been immence. The smoky old “wood-fire” kitchens have given way to gas cookers (not only to protect the turf of the Viharamahadevi park, but also as a modern convenience). The old Hurricane lanterns have given way to electric lights and torches. The heavy canvas tents have given way to colourful polymer tents.
Many generations of Scouts have given way to new and a younger generations of Scouts. But yet, the excitement, the joy, and the adventures of the Camporee remain. Whether it was little Shamil Mendis the Patrol Leader of the Elephant Patrol (now a Director at Delmage), trying to light the kitchen fire, or little Devinda Kalupahana the Patrol Leader of the Lion Patrol putting up a memorable watch tower (he retired as Major General in the army), or little Prathapa Abeywickrema the famous Patrol Leader of the Foxes (a sub lieutenant in the navy reported missing in action after a naval battle in the north sea) doing one of his notorious camp fire stunts, or little Charitha Ratwatte (Patrol Leader of the Wolves (who is now a Director of a company) racking his little head on how to keep his Patrol in control, or little Yuvin Amaradasa who still struggles to write his log book; They all have one thing in common. A dream and a vision common to thousands of children in Colombo;The Camporee!
Some of the old hands might feel that the old romance of the Camporees, with just a few lights, kitchens full of smoke, and little children blowing at the kitchen fire until tears come to their eyes, were the real thing. Yes., at times some of us do let the years roll away and take a walk down memory lane and dream of the Camporees of a bygone era. They were great Camporees , organised by great Organising Commissioners. I too once in a while dream of the Camporees of my young days. But I do remember two very special Camporees. They were organized & run by Scout of 16 -17 years age. Camporees by the youth for the youth. In my opinion they were two of the best Camporees. I do feel a little sorry, that for some reason, a very good reason no doubt, the adults have taken over again. Since 2005 or so, the Camporees were once again organized by the Adult Commissioners who of course had much more experience than the youth, in organising events.
My Camporee experiences go back to 1972, when R. Bodhinagoda (who later became the Chairman of the ANCL) as our District Commissioner. Mr. M.K.J.Cantlay had retired in 1969 and our Scout Leader then was Mr. K.C. Uduman ,who was then an A/L student at Royal College(now a very senior official at the Hong Kong Bank somewhere in a foreign country, far away). Those ancient smoky wood-fire kitchens, and the old Hurricane lanterns and the Petromaxes did give out a special mysterious and a romantic atmosphere. And we learnt. We learned to cook (though the meals were eternally late, quite often only half cooked, and rice always full of stones), we learned to work as team, we learned leadership qualities, we learned the importance of planning, we learned the importance of respecting the views of others(though we may disagree !) and many more things. "We learnt of books and learnt of men, and learnt to play the game.” "We never had everything that we wanted. Hence improvisation was the order of the day. That forced us to tap our limited brain capacity to the maximum. But didn't we enjoy it all? Yes, we did. I do feel sorry for the children who miss the Camporee for one reason or the other. They miss a thrill of a life time. As late Ralf Reader, in England wrote in his famous “Gang” song many years ago.
"...Get out and come in boys we're waiting for you,
And you'll be delighted you came.
To enjoy the joys of the Scouting boys it's a great, great game.
A thrill of a life time is waiting for you..."
And once again, on 1st September 2011, the Scouts in their thousands would come to the Viharamahadevi park for the 48th Camporee of the series. The opening ceremony would be held at the open air theatre at the park at 4.30 p.m. on the 2nd September, and H.E the High Commissioner for Australia is expected to be the Chief Guest..
The 2nd the 3rd and the 4th September would be full of activities for the Scouts. As the morning inspections would be held until about 9.30 a.m. ,the general public would not be allowed to come in until that time. On the 3rd, the Cub Scouts would be coming. The lads though would miss the Girl Guides this time, possibly due to some internal politics which has nothing to do with the children. A separate programme has been designed for the Cub Scouts. But I am sure that there are no restrictions to the Girl Guides visiting the Camporee in their private capacity.
Should you want to know what the Scouts do, should you want to show your little ones what the Scouts do, should you want to go back to the days when you were a little kid and doing Scouting, then, do come and see the Scouts in action on the 3rd and on the 4th of September at the Viharamahadevi Park. We are most grateful to Authorities of the Colombo municipal council and the Defence Secretary, who is keenly interested on the welfare of the children of Colombo and had once again allowed the Scouts to use the park from the 1st to the 5th of September. Yet another generation of children would go through this wonderful experience, and many, many years later, would still dream of the days spent at the Camporee, and would call them "The Good Old Days".
(The writer is a former District Commissioner of Colombo, and at present a Scout Leader of Royal College & The National Programme Commissioner of the Sri Lanka Scout Association)
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