With the support of Youth a beautiful crib was made at the YMCA. Maleesha, Hirusha and Shinesh who are senior scouts worked a full day to make it. After making the crib, children of YMCA went from home to home share the good news of the birth of our saviour Jesus Christ.
During the visit they sang carols and shared gifts with the children of families they visited.
With the support of a Christian Group from Australia (Help Orphans Now) YMCA distributed gift boxes to the the children of the Pamunugama Girls Home and the children who attend different YMCA programmes (Pre-School, Makalause Dream School, Scout Group).
Pre-school kids and the children with disabilities of Makalause Dream School received their gifts on 20 December. Scouts received their gifts at their year end gathering held on 23 December and the gifts for the girls home were distributed on 24the December.
This event brought a lot of joy to the children in Pamunugama as the boxes were filled with valuable and interesting gifts including clothing, stationery, toys and sanitory items. YMCA of Pamunugama extend its gratitude to Help Orphans Now for carrying this generous act annually.
Exhibition of handicrafts made by the students of Makalause Dream School "YMCA school for the children with disabilities" was held on 20, December 2022 at the school premises.
Children prepared for this exibition for last several months with the support of teachers and parents. This event was also an opportunity showcase the outcome of the knowledge provided through the livelihood training programme.
Danuka Jayamanne, Preesident of Pamunugama YMCA and the pries of Delathura Church graced the occasion as guests. Several villagers, members of Pamunugama YMCA, pre-school children visited the exhibition.
A group of young street musicians arrived in the island for a short visit from 15 - 18 December during their world tour. Three months prior, this group connected to the YMCA of Pamunugama and together with Negombo and Moratuwa YMCAs, 3 shows were organized covering 3 areas.
First show was held at Reality Plaza shopping Center Ja-Ela on 17 December 2022. Show went on for over 1 hour. There were an audience over 150 and many hundreds of customers who visited the shopping mall was able to witness this international musical experience. At the end of the show a lunch was hosted by the YMCA of Pamunugama for the Musical group and the core-group who supported the event.
Born to Win Institution, Headway School of Languages and Nikon Studio at Reality Plaza gave an immense support to cordinate the show at the venue. YMCA expresses it gratitude to all those who assisted the event, Musical and management group from Singapore and Mr. Lesli Karunaratne who has coordinated the visitors with YMCA.
Investiture ceremony of New Scouts was held on 10 December at the YMCA of Pamunugama. 15 Scouts of the YMCA Pamunugama gave oath as scouts and received their membership badges. 7 out of 15 new scouts were from the Makalause Dream School which is the YMCA of Pamunugama school for the children with disabilities.
Parents, scout leaders and staff of the YMCA attended the ceremony. YMCA wish all the new scouts a great scout life and looking forward to their company in upcoming scout activities.
Year End Concert of the YMCA of Pamunugama was held on 04 December 2022 at the YMCA Main Hall. Due to the prevailed crisis situation in the country, the concert was not held physically last year. Instead YMCA produced a YouTube video to present the skills of the children attending various programmes of the YMCA of Pamunugama.
Over 70 Children from YMCA Scouts Group, Pre-School, Dancing Class and Makalause Dream School performed number of acts, dances and ballet dance in front of a large crowd of over 500 invitees, parents an villagers. Rev Fr. Mahesh Krishn Fernando o Kepungoda St. Antony's Church and Mr. Jayathilake the Community Police Officer of Dungalpitiya Police Station attended as special guests of the event.
YMCA extend the gratitude to all who were present, parents, teachers who trained students and members who have helped in various means to make the event a successful and a memorable one.
Parents get-together and the evaluation meeting of the Makalause Dream School was held on 30 November, 2022. Programme held at Crabs Cove Restaurent was attended by 9 parents, 2 teachers and General Secretary.
During the programme, an evaluation on schools activities for the year 2022 was held. Number of learnings and areas to be improved was discussed. Based on the findings, the year 2023 will be planned. Programme was facilitated by Mr. Aruna Shantha Nonis, Chairman of the Makalause Dream Task Committee.
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