Welcome To Inner Wheel -Sri Lanka

 
 
 

Dear Inner Wheel Sisters,
My greetings to all of you.  Our IW District 322 came into being in 1985 and we have successfully reached the mile-stone of  twenty-five (25) years of service to the community. 
IIW President Anne Fryer has given us a wonderful theme for the IW year 2009-2010. This theme is timely and  appropriate.  It  is “HELP bring HOPE.”  Our motto is “Service and Friendship.”  Service means helping others.  The world is facing numerous problems.  When people are in a hopeless situation, they need HELP.  Only HELP will bring them HOPE.  Aims of all our service activities are the amelioration of the living conditions of the community and to raise their quality of life.  In other words, it is helping them and   bringing  Hope to them. 

 

There is a lot more to do. We must remember the poem of the  great American poet, Robert Frost  :  

 

“  The woods are lovely, dark , and deep
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
Miles to go before I sleep.”

 

Let us, together, work hard and with greater enthusiasm to serve the needy and the under-privileged.
Sincerely,
In Friendship,
Mangales Pathmanathan
National Representative 2009-2010
 
  Deputy National Representative
Priyanthie Perera		  
   
 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

Dear Friends,

 

I feel proud and honoured to be at the helm of our organization for the year 2009/2010, as this happens to be the 25th anniversary year of District 322. Our 25th District Conference scheduled for the 23rd of January 2010, will be graced by our IIW President Mrs. Anne Fryer as the Chief Guest.

 

Our theme for the year given by the IIW President, HELP bring HOPE is most appropriate at a time, when Sri Lanka is going through a difficult period and many of our less fortunate sisters and their families need moral and financial support. We have planned a District Project together with our 18 Inner Wheel Clubs in District 322 to adopt 18 widows with school going children and to rehabilitate them. The funding is done by the District and the Clubs have chosen their recipients. Our aim is to help the mothers to find employment, and assist the children financially with their education. Our Clubs will monitor their progress so that, the children of these families will have the advantage of a good education and attain freedom from poverty so that they can live with dignity in our society. As a women’s organization we are most concerned about the plight of the down trodden women and girl children and most of our Club Projects are centred on this theme.

 

In October, 2009 two teams of Inner Wheel members from Malaysia and Pakistan will be visiting Sri Lanka and we will be meeting them at two functions planned by District 322. At present we have 434 members in 18 Clubs and during the year we hope to increase our membership and the number of our Clubs. This year a new set of dynamic Club Presidents and their equally active teams have organized projects and fund raisers, so that at the end of June 2010 we can look back and say we have certainly given HOPE through HELP.

 

Swarna Soysa , District Chairman 2009-2010