{"id":4656,"date":"2020-04-20T10:43:57","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T09:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/soroptimistcentenary2021\/?page_id=4656"},"modified":"2020-04-20T10:52:03","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T09:52:03","slug":"soroptimists-in-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/soroptimistcentenary2021\/sigbi-soroptimist-international-greatbritain-ireland-history\/soroptimists-in-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Soroptimists in Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Soroptimist International Colombo<\/h3>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4661\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/soroptimistcentenary2021\/files\/SI-Colombo-Sri-Lankd-300x280.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/soroptimistcentenary2021\/files\/SI-Colombo-Sri-Lankd-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/soroptimistcentenary2021\/files\/SI-Colombo-Sri-Lankd.jpg 763w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The formation of the Colombo club was due to the arrival there of Carmina de Livera, a member of the North London Club who had been requested to form a Club in Sri Lanka by Marion Collington,\u00a0Federation President 1969-70<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly afterwards\u00a0<strong>Ruth Harris SIGBI President 1974 &#8211; 75 a<\/strong>rrived in Colombo to help. Potential members met at the home of Olga de Livera in February 1973 and the Petition to form a Club was signed. The first meeting was held in March 1973 when Carmina de Livera was elected Charter President.<\/p>\n<p>The highlight of the Club when in its infancy was the visit of\u00a0<strong>Soroptimist International President Hilda Richardson<\/strong>\u00a0to present the Charter.<\/p>\n<p>From the beginning the Colombo Club concentrated a great deal of time and energy on service to the community, and its first project centred round children with mental health problems. Orphanages, hospitals and women&#8217;s prisons were also the concern of the club members.<\/p>\n<p>In 1974 the President of the Colombo Cub, Malina Weerapperuma, attended the SIGBI Federation Annual Conference in Bristol, and\u00a0<strong>Dorothea Mackenzie &#8211; Whyte Federation President 1970 &#8211; 71 visited the Colombo Club.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A second Club in Sri Lanka, Colombo South was Chartered by President Margaret Hutchings on 29th July 1984 and later closed, leaving SI Colombo as the only club in Sri Lanka<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/soroptimistcentenary2021\/soroptimist-international-colombo-history\/\"><strong>Click here to Read more about SI Colombo<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The photo was taken at Soroptimist Interntional Convention In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in July 2019<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Soroptimist International Colombo 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