Restoring Lives, Lasting Legacy.
Mission
To serve our local community with compassion and integrity, implementing sustainable projects that address immediate needs while building a foundation for a lasting legacy.
Vision
To be the heartbeat of Ratnapura, creating a future where every life we touch is restored with dignity and hope.
Values
Integrity, service excellence, leadership growth, partnership, and respect for every beneficiary.
History
Two movements, one service story
Lions and Leos share a history shaped by leadership, volunteering, humanitarian action, and youth development.
Lions History
The beginning
Melvin Jones brings business clubs together in Chicago to form the Association of Lions Clubs.
Lions go international
The movement expands beyond the United States with the Border Cities Lions Club in Windsor, Canada.
Knights of the Blind
Helen Keller challenges Lions to serve as knights of the blind, beginning a century-long vision mission.
Uniting Nations
Lions representatives help establish the NGO section of the United Nations.
LCIF established
Lions Clubs International Foundation is created to support humanitarian service and grants.
SightFirst launched
Lions begin a global campaign to restore sight and prevent blindness.
100 years of service
Lions celebrate a century of community service in Chicago, where the association began.
Partnering for kindness
LCIF and Lions Quest join The Choose Kindness Project for inclusion and youth wellness.
Leos History
First Leo Club
Jim Graver and William Ernst help charter the first Leo Club at Abington High School, Pennsylvania.
Sponsored program
The Leo Club Program becomes a sponsored program of Lions Clubs International.
Official youth program
Lions International officially adopts Leo as a youth program for leadership, experience, and opportunity.
Leoism in Sri Lanka
The first Sri Lankan Leo Club, the Leo Club of Wattala, is inaugurated with a team of cricketers.
Sri Lankan growth
Leo clubs in Multiple 306 grow enough to support sub-district structures.
Six districts
Multiple 306 is divided into A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, and C2 for stronger administration.
Maldives extension
The first Leo Club in the Maldives, Leo Club of Male, is formed through Sri Lankan Leo leadership.
A living movement
More than 200 Leo Clubs serve across Sri Lanka, with school, university, and community clubs island-wide.
Our Leadership
The visionaries steering the Leo Lions Club of Ratnapura Legacy towards new horizons.
LCIF Chairperson
Lion Fabricio Oliveira
Lions District Officials
International President
Lion A P Singh
Lions District Officials
Multiple Council Chairman
Lion Shyana Jayalath
Lions District Officials