Entertainment Educational Book Donation

Lions International District 306 C2, United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and Lions Club of Colombo Millennium Leo jointly organized a major and continuous project on donating library books to the Children & Adolescent via Lions Clubs to mark the United Nations (UN) Day in 2006. In 1945 when the UN Charter was signed, Lions were present to witness that historic day. Since then that long outstanding partnership with the United Nations continues todate as we strive to meet the humanitarian needs of the world.
One million rupees worth of Meena comic were donated by UNICEF to effectively disseminate the Meena programme in Sri Lanka. The Meena comic books are well tested in all South Asian countries and targeted the Children and Adolescents in the world to educate them on Life Skill Based Education (LSBE) and child rights. It is an Entertainment Education package as a supplementary reading material which can be used in all educational points like schools, libraries etc. This project was officially launched at Lions Club of Hatton by Vice District Governor during his official visit. During the Lionsitic year 2007/08 we have donated 1 million rupees worth of books, animated films and entertainment materials were given to various Lions Clubs in all over the part of Sri Lanka including the following Lions Clubs
• Leo District Council 306C2 - 25 set of Library books donated to Children homes, children libraries and schools
• Lions Club of Thalapathpitiya - 750 Educational books donated to Children homes, children libraries and schools in an affected area of Seruwila (Trincomalee District, Eastern Province)
• Lions Club of Colombo Mid City - 250 Educational books donated to distribute among children in Panandura during their multi service project and Lion Wasantha Wettasinghe was coordinated this project
• Lion Tony Dharmawardena- 150 books donated
• Lions Club of Hatton – 250 sets of books, 100 animated videos and entertainment educational materials
• Lion Gamini Jayasinghe – 100 books
• Lion Thilak Perera – 100 books
• Ratmalana Hindu College/Sakthy children home – 250 books
These books are available in all South Asian countries and sale value of each book is US$ 10. We have already distributed more than 1 million worth of books in all over the part of Sri Lanka in all three languages.