Sahasra Sewmini

  SIGNIFICANCE OF           RAINFORESTS     Forests which help to bring rain are known as rainforests. They are very useful to a country because they directly contribute to bring rain to the earth. When there is no rainforests on the earth there is no rain at all. If there is no water all human activities will come to standstill because nothing can be done without sufficient water. Can you imagine the destruction which may cause due to insufficient water? If there is no water, there will not be any plants or animals on the earth. Then  it would be a desert. It is water which gives life to animals and plants. That is why it is known as the "life blood" of animals and plants. Since rainforests contribute immensely to bring rain to the earth, there is great significance of them.                  Generally,tropical rainforests are located around the equater. Therefore, there is frequent rain in th...

      CHRISTMAS       Christmas is a religious festival. This festival is celebrated by Christians in many of the countries of the world including Sri Lanka. Christmas falls on 25th of December every year. Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ on the day. They gather round churches and take part in Masses. The Christmas day is "A red letter day" (the most important day) in their lives. There are various religious activities in churches to mark this holy day and every thing is done with the direction of priests of respective churches.       Christians make christmas cakes and numerous kinds of puddings for thi special festival. Wine is one of the favorite drinks that they like to have on this special day. A christmas tree is decorated and illuminated in every house. Children are very much interested in decorating christmas trees. Children as well as the youth involve in singing christmas carols in churches. They are trained in ch...

      ROLE OF THE                     WOMEN Role of the traditional women has changed a lot in the present society. In the past, the women was confined only to household chores. Her duty was looking after children and household matters like washing, cooking, helping etc. With the fast change of society, the woman is no longer confined to the above duties. The door of the education were opened to the women in the 19th century. With this change woman were able to have an access to their higher education. Those who learnt well got a chance to work in both private and public sector. As women got employments, they had to go out to work. Therefore, she could gain freedom without being confined to work. He needs changed a lot in many ways. In the present society ther are many dual worker families. Threrfore even the husband has to do some amount of work at home. Husbands must shoulder the burden of duties at home. Then only ...

A FAMOUS PERSON          IN SRI LANKA       Dr.C.W.W. Kannangara is one of the most famous persons in the field of education in Sri Lanka. He is an eminent educationist who made a lot of changes in the prevailing education system of the country.         He was born on 13th of October in 1884. He got his primary education at Wesleyan English High School and the secondary education at Richmond College, Galle. He was very clever at studies as well as sports during his childhood. He was really a fine sportsman. He captained the Richmond cricket team. And the same time he excelled in football two.       He started his carrier as a teacher in Richmond College, Galle and taught in several famous schools in the country. After passing the law examinations, he started practicing law in 1910. He toiled over to bring about reforms in education. He became the minister of education in 1931 who was very successful. The policy o...

  PEACE IS OUR NEED This is our need 😍😍 The term peace has become a word of every household. Most of the countries of the world wait eargerly for peace. Peace means living unitedly and mutually not having any sort of conflict. People in many countries of the world have lost their peace due to various reasons. Apartheid, power struggle, greedy for physical resources and competitiveness among nations are some of such reasons. Peace must be cultivated in the minds of peaple in their childhood itself. In other words peace is something that must be created in the minds of children at their very young age. Home is the best place to teach how to live peacefully. First of all, members of the family must live peacefully setting a good example to other because, society comprises with the amalgamation of many families. Parents must be very exemplary to children because they always imitiate parents and adults. There was an ongoing war in our country for about three decades. Sri Lankans were ...

  STREET CHILDREN   Woow! What a wonderful smile 😍😍. Street children have become a common sight in every city. Who are the street children? Children who live in streets are known as street children. They do not have permanent shelters and a particular way of living. They do not have a chance for their school education. Some children are orphans. There is none to look them after. Therefore, they become very aggressive and they tend to do various dangerous acts like addicting to drugs and dealing with thefts. Indeed, what would be the future of street children? Usually they grow up with many mental and physical problems. There is none to assist them in their hour of need. Even though some of them have got their parents they do not pay their attention towards children due to various reasons. These children have been neglected by everyone. As these children are not getting the systematic, formal education, they are unable to get good jobs in society. As a result of this, they te...