{"id":49438,"date":"2020-09-01T06:28:26","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T06:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=49438"},"modified":"2021-12-22T14:48:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T14:48:53","slug":"ys-men-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/ys-men-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Y\u2019S MEN SRI LANKA"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\">Y\u2019S MEN SRI LANKA<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.srilankaysmen.org\/home.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.srilankaysmen.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49439 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/MEN-SRI-LANKA-YS.jpg\" alt=\"MEN SRI LANKA YS\" width=\"600\" height=\"344\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800000;\">PRESS COMMUNIQUE \u2013 28 AUGUST 2020<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Sri Lanka Y\u2019dom\u2019s Regional Convention tomorrow<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">PHOTO:\u00a0<strong>28AUGYM.jpg<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Top left: Y\u2019s Men International logo, bottom left R. O. Buell, the first Sri Lankan General Secretary of the Colombo YMCA who introduced Y\u2019sdom to Sri Lanka, at centre is former Governor General of Ceylon and the first Charter President of Y\u2019s Mens Club of Colombo late Sir Oliver Goonetilleka, and at far right is the new Regional Director of Y&#8217;s Men International Sri Lanka (2020\/\u201921) V Rajendran (former banker, Bank of Ceylon).<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The premier association serving the Sri Lankan YMCA network and its communities will hold its triumphant 45th anniversary convention on Saturday August 29 in Colombo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u201cSri Lanka Y&#8217;s Men Region that now has a network of nine Clubs across the country, functions under Y&#8217;s Men International. Our mission is to strive through active service to develop, encourage and provide leadership to build a better world. Our movement\u2019s aim is very relevant-that is to acknowledge the duty that accompanies every right\u201d said YM V Rajendran, Sri Lanka Regional Director on 26 August. \u201cI invite all members of Y\u2019sdom to join us on 29 August at Kingsbury Hotel where we shall hold the convention with proper COVID19 protocols\u201d ex-banker YM Rajendran added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The Y\u2019s Men movement, one of the\u00a0earliest global community service\u00a0movements to commence in Sri Lanka, was introduced to the island (formerly Ceylon) by YM R. O. Buell, the then General Secretary of the Colombo YMCA, on his return to Sri Lanka after attending an International Convention in US in 1929.\u00a0R. O. Buell was the first Sri Lankan General Secretary of the Colombo YMCA after a line of European General Secretaries.\u00a0 The first Y\u2019s Men Club began functioning in 1929 in Colombo and was called Y\u2019s Men\u2019s Club of Colombo (YMCC, or popularly known as the Colombo Club). It still continues to function \u2013and grow. The Colombo Club (<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/ysmenscolombo.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/ysmenscolombo.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1599021445718000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGyHLrCrZb0ExOKFNeXKwqm2fHdlQ\">ysmenscolombo.com<\/a>) was chartered in December 1930 with former Governor General of Ceylon, late Sir Oliver Goonetilleka, as its Charter President with which Sri Lanka Y\u2019sdom saw its official genesis. It was through the Colombo Club that the Y\u2019sdom was introduced even to India.\u00a0 In India Y\u2019sdom took root rapidly and as a result, the India-Sri Lanka Region came into being in 1946. In 1970-71 Y\u2019s Man Kenneth Somanadar from YMCC became the Regional Director of the India\/Ceylon Region. With the chartering of 5 more clubs -Kandy (July 1962), Moratuwa (March 1964), Ampara (1964), Jaffna (October 1971) and Badulla (1974), representations were made to International Headquarters for Sri Lanka to become a separate, own Region. Accordingly, at the International Convention in Atami, Japan in 1975, Sri Lanka became a Region of its own with YM Kenneth Somanader from the as the first Regional Director of Sri Lanka Region. The first Regional Convention of the Sri Lanka Region was held in Kandy in September 1976 with a large gathering of over 200 present. A number of well-recognized individuals thereafter took over the mantle of leadership of Lankan Y\u2019sdom- Kenneth Somanader, Stanley Arnold, Wimsy Sinnathamby, Gladstone Thevadasan, Darrel Perera, Lanka Nesiah, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Devane Perera, Ercon Godlieb, George Chinnathamby, Joseph\u00a0 Antonirajah, Jackie Ratnam, Clifford Ratnavibhushana, Jean Godlieb, Noreen Chinnathamby, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hilary De Alwis, Elizabeth Dwight, Justin Perera, Rajinda Wijemanne, Ercon Godlieb, Darrel Perera, V. Manoharan, Ranjan Fernando, Lakshman Perera, Norman De Zilwa, Nilkantha Fernandopulle, Jayantha Fernando, Rita Hettiarachchi, Veraan de Mel,\u00a0 Felician Perera, Enrico Brown, Nihal Peiris, Michael Matthysz, Sarojini Nagendran, Rienzie Diaz, Anton Kandiah, Dushyanthi Latino, Prasantha de Silva, Ranaraj Serasinghe, and Godfrey Francis-some of whom have led the Sri Lanka region more than once. Sri Lanka Y\u2019sdom also hosted the ninth Asia Area Convention in Colombo in July 1981and is now bidding for\u00a0 Asia\u00a0 South\u00a0 Pacific\u00a0 Area\u00a0 Convention to be held in 2023,\u00a0 where\u00a0\u00a0 a large\u00a0 number\u00a0 of\u00a0 global delegates are\u00a0 expected\u00a0 to \u00a0take part. Previous conferences were held in many Asia Pacific cities including Sendai, Japan, and Chiangmai, Thailand. The 45th Convention will be graced by a very senior Y&#8217;s Men personality in Sri Lanka-PRD Anton Kandiah. Details on August 29\u2019s 45th Regional Convention can be obtained from the web at\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/srilankaysmen.org\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/srilankaysmen.org&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1599021445718000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGHiILvxFIYn2itUGu-PNg74OvGTg\">srilankaysmen.org<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Y\u2019S MEN SRI LANKA www.srilankaysmen.org PRESS COMMUNIQUE \u2013 28 AUGUST 2020 Sri Lanka Y\u2019dom\u2019s Regional Convention tomorrow PHOTO:\u00a028AUGYM.jpg Top left: Y\u2019s Men International logo, bottom left R. O. 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