Chunnakam Rotaractors give life to a Covid casualty
View(s):Chunnakam a town located 9.7 km north of Jaffna is an important commercial centres in the north of Sri Lanka is more popularly called Mayilani. Chunnakam is only second to Jaffna in terms of population density and commercial activities in and around its neighborhoods.Yoga who is living in the Resettlement area around Chunnakam, lost his job due to COVID19 and his biggest issue was how to cover his family expenses, mother’s medical expenses and the child’s education cost.
As a solution, the Rotaract Club of Chunnakam built and donated a retail shop that can cater to hundred households around the area voiced Kasun Segera who heads Rotaract Sri Lanka & Maldives. The Retail outlet has products that are wanted by a household- washing soap, confectionary products is equipped by electricity and water. The President Rotaract Club Chunnakam said ‘ Life is about making a difference to a person so that it can be multiplied. The First Lady Governor of Rotary and Rotary International member Gowri Rajan went for the opening to demonstrate the values of Rotary on the ethos ‘ Rotary does not leave any one behind’. The Project Director of Rotary Dr Rohantha Athukorala said ‘ we must support the country on livelihood development so that we can ensure that poverty will not loom again which has spiked up from 4.6% to 5.7% in the last three months.
First Lady Governor of Rotary in Discussion at the retail out in Chunnakan