It was the time the war was ending. Hundreds and thousands of displaced civilians were coming out from where the LTTE kept them as hostages. We all used to watch the news those days and used to feel sorry for the poor people. Well… Is that all we can do? Just watching the news and feeling sorry for them?One fine day in May, while the vClub friends were having the usual lunch at the office, we discussed what our event for May should be. Ideas came up. One fine idea was a Dansela since it was the month of Wesak. Finally.. this brilliant idea came out from the brilliant minds of Anusha and Kalpa.. Then we decided that we should do something for the displaced people by war. First, it was a collection of cash among our club members. Then we thought that if we get more help from out friends, we could do something really impressive and useful. That’s when the ‘Arunalu’ program came to limelight.
Our friends helped us by providing cash. goods and clothing items. Gosh! We ended up having a total sum of Rs. 35,000/= in cash. The beauty of it was the teamwork. We all got involved and contributed as much as possible, making it the BEST vClub event so far. Anusha played a huge part throughout our campaign. I should mention that.
We bought so many essentials for them. The list consisted of toothpaste packets, Toothbrushes, Noodles packets, Slippers, mats, plastic cups, plastic plates, plastic jugs, glucose, biscuit packets, soap, mosquito coils, clothing items and milk powder. Everything was neatly packed and labeled. When the hard part was over, we contacted the creators of Swarnawahini’s ‘Janasarana’ program and handed over our contribution to them. It was a huge success!
It’s a very happy feeling we got in the end.. after the whole thing was over. We all felt really good.. satisfied and proud about ourselves cz of the good deed we involved in. See the wonders you can do when you get united as a team??
vClub… Together we made it..!! Three cheers my friends…!!
