Negombo Scouts

🌕🙏 සදහම් සිසිල 🙏🌕

The spirit of Vesak comes alive through devotion, music, and unity!
Join us for the District Scout Vesak Bhakthi Geetha Programme 2026 organized by the Negombo District Scout Branch of Sri Lanka Scout Association.

📅 28th May 2026 (Thursday)
🕓 From 4.00 PM onwards
📍 Udugampola Primary School, Minuwangoda

Let’s gather together to celebrate peace, compassion, and the beautiful talents of our gifted Scouts through Bakthi Geetha performances. 🎶🪔

Everyone is warmly invited! 💛

Organized by
SLSA Negombo District Branch

🎉 Congratulations to Our President’s Scout Award Recipients! 🎉

The Negombo District Branch of Sri Lanka Scout Association proudly congratulates
🌟 W. Denidu Trihan Fernando
🌟 Triston Panditharathne
🌟 Bositha Polwaththa

on achieving the prestigious President’s Scout Award — the highest achievement in scouting. 🏅

Your dedication, leadership, discipline, and commitment to the values of scouting have brought immense pride and honor to the district. Your achievement stands as an inspiration to fellow scouts to strive for excellence and serve the community with passion and integrity.

Wishing you continued success in all your future endeavors and service to society. 💜⚜️

✨ District Lent Program 2026 ✨

The District Lent Program was successfully held at St. Mary’s College, bringing together scouts and participants for a meaningful and spiritually enriching experience.

We were honored to have Assistant Headquarters Commissioner Mr. Mark Sumeda Appuhami as the Chief Guest, whose presence added great value to the occasion.

The Good News was beautifully delivered by Rev. Fr. Suranga, Deputy Principal of St. Mary’s College, inspiring all present with his message.

This program was successfully coordinated and hosted by Scout Leader Mr. Binura of St. Mary’s College, Scout Leader Mr. Sadun of Maris Stella, along with the ADCs and the 136th Negombo Rover Crew. A heartfelt thank you to all the leaders and everyone who contributed to making this event a success.

මීගමුව දිසා බාලදක්ෂ සංගමය විසින් සංවිධානය කරනු ලැබූ ලෝක බාලදක්ෂ ව්‍යාපාරයේ නිර්මාතෘ ශ්‍රීමත් බේඩන් පවල් සාමිවරයාගේ 169 වන ජන්ම දින සැමරුම, 2026 පෙබරවාරි 22 වන දින මීගමුව මාරිස්ටෙලා විද්‍යාලයේදී උත්සවශ්‍රීයෙන් පැවැත්විය.

මෙම සැමරුම් උත්සවය මාරිස්ටෙලා විද්‍යාලයීය ගරු සුනන්ද අල්විස් විදුහල්පති සහෝදරතුමාගේද, ගරු මීගමුව දිසා කොමසාරිස් (වැඩ ආවරණ) අනිල් දේවින්ද විජේකෝන් මහතාගේද ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් පැවැත්වුණි.

බාලදක්ෂ, මුහුදු බාලදක්ෂ සහ ගුවන් බාලදක්ෂ යන අංශ තුනම නියෝජනය කරමින්, සිගිති, පොතක, බාලදක්ෂ හා මානවක අංශවලින් බාලදක්ෂයන් 150 කට අධික සංඛ්‍යාවක් සහ බාලදක්ෂ ගුරු මහත්ම මහත්මීන් මෙම උත්සවයට සහභාගි වීම මෙහි විශේෂත්වයක් විය.

මෙම වැඩසටහන සාර්ථක කර ගැනීම සඳහා මාරිස්ටෙලා විද්‍යාලය විසින් පූර්ණ දායකත්වයක් ලබා දී තිබීමද විශේෂයෙන් සඳහන් කළ යුතු කරුණකි.

සැමරුම් වැඩසටහන සංවිධානය කිරීම් සදහා සහය දිසා කොමසාරිස් (වැඩසටහන්) සුරේනි ජයසූරිය මහත්මිය, මාරිස්ටෙලා විද්‍යාලයේ සහයෝගය, අනෙකුත් සහය දිසා කොමසාරිස් මහත්ම මහත්මීන්ගේද, බාලදක්ෂ නායක මහත්ම මහත්මීන්ගේ ද, දිසා සංගමයේ නිළධාරීන්ගේද සක්‍රීය සහාය මෙම අවස්ථාව සාර්ථක කර ගැනීමට මහත් සුවිශේෂීව දායක විය.

⚜️🌍 World Scout Founder’s Day 2026 🌍⚜️

📅 22 February 2026
📍 Maris Stella College, Negombo

Scouts unite to celebrate the legacy of our Founder, Sir Robert Stevens Smith Baden-Powell, and the values that guide us every day.

“Try and leave this world a little better than you found it.”
Baden-Powell

Let’s renew our Promise, strengthen our brotherhood, and continue serving with pride and dedication.

📍 Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=Maris+Stella+College+Negombo

Congratulations to District Commissioner (Covering) Mr. Anil Devinda Wijekoon on your appointment. Wishing you every success and strength as you take on this important responsibility. All the very best!

✨🙏 New Year Commencing Holy Mass – 2026 🙏✨

The Negombo District of the Sri Lanka Scout Association began the New Year with prayer and thanksgiving at the New Year Commencing Holy Mass held on 17th January 2026 at 8.30 a.m. at the Maris Stella College Chapel, Negombo.

This meaningful celebration was organized by the Negombo District Programme Team and led by ADC (Administration) Mrs. Dharshika Fernando and ADC (Programme) Mr. Deeshan Fernando.

The occasion was graced by the presence of District Commissioner Mr. Romesh Rodrigo, Assistant District Commissioners, District Scout Leaders, along with Scout Leaders and Scouts, who gathered in unity to seek God’s blessings and guidance for the year ahead.

🌿 May the New Year be filled with faith, service, leadership, and renewed commitment to the values of Scouting.

⚜️🙏

🌿🔥 Scout Week Highlights – Negombo District 🔥🌿

Scout Week in the Negombo District was celebrated with enthusiasm, service, and unity throughout the week, reflecting the true spirit of Scouting.

🔹 Day 1 – Friendship Day
Scout Week commenced with a lively Friendship Campfire held at Maris Stella College, Negombo, bringing together 80 Scouts from different schools to promote fellowship, teamwork, and Scout brotherhood.

🔹 Day 2 – Rover & Adult Scouting Promotion Day
A Rover and Adult Scouting Promotional Workshop was conducted at the Negombo Scout Headquarters at district level, encouraging senior Scouts to continue their Scouting journey as Rovers and adult leaders.

🔹 Day 3 – Environmental Day (District Level)
In line with the Clean Sri Lanka Project, Scouts carried out a railway station cleaning program at Katunayake Railway Station with the participation of 25 Scouts, demonstrating responsibility towards the environment and public spaces.

🔹 Day 4 – Environmental Day (School Level)
Environmental activities were conducted at school level, including:

Mallawagedara Primary College – Cleaning program with 30 Cub Scouts

St. Nicholas International School – Tree planting program with 40 Cub Scouts

St. Peter’s College, Negombo Branch – Lagoon clean-up project with 55 Scouts

🔹 Day 5 – Religious Day
Religious and spiritual programs were held at several schools to nurture values of faith and discipline:

Maris Stella College – 55 Scouts

Udugampala Primary School – Bana Deshanawa & Parents’ Day with 27 Cub Scouts and 20 Singithi Scouts

St. Nicholas International School – 40 Cubs and Scouts

Loyola College – 340 Singithi Scouts

St. Mary’s College – Held at St. Mary’s Church with 10 Scouts

✨ Scout Week concluded as a meaningful celebration of friendship, service, environmental stewardship, and spiritual growth, leaving a lasting impact across the Negombo District.

⚜️🌍