Interact Club of Isipathana College Colombo 05

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The Interact Club of Isipathana College was charted at Isipathana College in the year 1990 on the request of the Principal at the time; late Mr. D.G.W. Jayasinghe, by the Rotary Club of Cinnamon Gardens. 22 students mainly from the upper school and clubs, such as English Literary Union, Drama Society and Debating Team made up most of the founding membership. Int. Kanchana was elected as the 1st president of the club.

The following was a special year for the club as we received our charter certificate from Rotary International on the 17th of November 1991. In the same year our charter President Int. PP. Buhari Ahamath managed to win the 1st Citation award for the club and he was also selected to serve the Interact District as the Zone Representative of zone 5 (Jaffna,Trincomalee and Batticaloa) in the following year clearly proved that then babies of Interact were growing up fast.

Under the presidency of Int. PP. Azly Hamid our club was awarded the second District Citation award in our history for the Interact year 1994/1995.

In the years that followed the Interact club didn’t show much notable activity, except for the steady growth in membership and the introduction of our 1st annual project “Shades of Green” in the year 1996.

The Interact year of 1998/1999 Int. PP. Ayeshan Artigala was the Club service Director in the District Committee and Int. Dilshan De Silva was the Project chairman of “Interaction 1998”. In the same year the implementation of the “5year plan” by Int. PP. Hisham Jiffry was introduced. This was the same year that the Club won its 3rd District citation award.

Uplifted by a strong performance the previous year, the Interactors of Isipathana College got a boost to their activeness in service with Int. PP. Adil Mohideen leading the way. Our club won yet another District citation award, the fourth in just ten year of existence. In the same year Int. Firzan Mulafer and Int. Ashik Aminudeen were both presented awards of best Interactors by the Interact District for the services rendered. During the Interact year 1999/2000 Int. Hisham Jiffry served the District Committee as District Project Chairman for “Interflash 1999”.

Moving from Strength to strength we come to Interact year regarded by many to be the best year to date. The Interact Year 2000/2001 under the presidency of Int.PP. Zahid Musafer the club walked away with three awards namely the fifth District citation award of our club History, The award for the best IU project (E-Interact) and the award for the most innovative annual report. In the Interact year 2001/2002 Int. PP. Zahid Musafer served the Interact District as the Community service Director.

In the Interact year 2003/2004 Int. Shaad Hamid was awarded the Citation award for the Best President (top 10). In the year 2005/2006 Immediate past President Int. Farhan Fazi was one awarded as one of the best Interactors in the District and also was the outstanding club for the year.

So on the Interact club of Isipathana College was able to win six awards in the years of 2012 & 2103 at the 23rd Interact District Assembly,

Best Club
Best President ( Int. PP. Abdul Muhiz)
Best Interactor (Int. Rishad Yasmin)
Best Community Service Project (Charity into Reality)
Best IU Project (My Kitchen Rulz)
Spirit of Interact Award

At the 24th Interact District Assembly the club was able to achieve five citations under the guidance Int. PP. Shafraaz Azeez,

Best Club
Best President (Int. PP. Shafraaz Azeez)
Best Interactor (Int. Inthisham Rasheed)
Best Community Service Project (Eternal)
Best IU Project (My Kitchen Rulz)

During the Interact year 2015/2016, the club was able to achieve two more awards at the 26th Interact District Assembly under the presidency of Int. PP. Imaad Deen,

Citation for Best IU Project (My Kitchen Rulz)
Best Interactor Award (Int. Aqeel Cassim)

During the years 2016/2017 under the presidency of Int. Aqeel Cassim the Interact Club of Isipathana College was taken to the next level. IC of IC concluded an outstanding year of service in Interact with receiving 7 citation awards at the 27th Interact District Assembly which was held on the 9th of July 2017 at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall.

Following are the awards received by the club;

Citation for the avenue of Green Life
Citation for the avenue of Finance
Citation for the avenue of Community Service
Citation for Club Revivals
Citation for Public Relations
Citation for Best Interactor – Int. Fadhir Ilyas
Citation for Best President – Int. Aqeel Cassim

Int. PP. Imaad Deen and Int. IPP. Aqeel Cassim were also elected for the Interact District Council 3220 - Sri Lanka & Maldives, for the years 2017/18.

So far the Interact Club of Isipathana College has vastly improved in many ways and it won’t stop from here, it will keep on moving taking the college flag to greater heights...

Viva La Interact!