හෙට දවස පෑනෙන් or Pen a life, organized
by Without Borders(the creators of The Colombo Classroom; a Non-Profit Org.)
was held during the course of the Colombo International Book Fair 2015 at BMICH.
This was a "crowd writing" project where
the participants or the writers got a chance to add a sentence to 3 stories
that were based on characters of “3
youngsters from the grassroots of Deraniyagala”. A chance for those who were
not able to attend this event was given through an online platform on the
website, www.withoutborderslk.org. For those who wished to take part in this
Crowd-writing project were also given an opportunity to contribute by Tweeting
their ideas. The completed stories will be auctioned where the proceedings will
be expended for a worthy cause.
The Rotaract Club of University of Sri Jayawardenepura and the
Sri Lanka Girl Guides Association were given a chance to partner with Without
Borders for this worthy cause. Members of the club and the association volunteered
to host the stall at the event venue where the stories of Daham, Yohana and
Tharushi were penned. The project “Pen a life” was also graced by the Gracien
award winner and The Nation’s editor, Malinda Seneviratne.
The Rotaract Club of University of Sri Jayawardenepura would
like to congratulate Without Borders for initiating this project at the Colombo
Book Exhibition 2015 which brought the attention of many to the insignificant
lives of the less fortunate enabling them to brighten the futures of these
people.
