Rotary District 3220 (Sri Lanka and Maldives) has initiated a project ,’Little Minds, Strong Values’ (LMSV) with the objective of instilling ethics and values in young children.
The Rotarians, believing in catching them young, use video animated songs to instill ethics and values in children and thereby build a foundation for a society of good mannered, civic minded, caring individuals in the next generation.
Respecting other religions and races as well as parents and elders, truthfulness and honesty, a kindness, environmental protection and proper garbage disposal are some of the much needed values and ethics which will be inculcated in the young.
The methodology used will be video animated children’s songs and the project will be trilingual but initially the songs will be in Sinhala and Tamil.
The catchy and attractive songs will be disseminated via social media platforms such as You tube, Facebook and Whatsapp in addition to DXD, USB, TV, Radio and the LMSV website. Thus,these songs will become a part of the children’s day-today-life-both at home and school, stimulating their minds and instilling values, ethics and morals.
To encourage and motivate the young a Saaradharma (ethics,values and morals) Champion Competition (Season 2) will be held giving the children the opportunity to showcase their talents in song, speech and drama using the values in a song.
Rs. 500k worth of prizes will be awarded annually.
Among the project’s
Current achievements are the launching of a DVD with 2 0 Sinhala and 10 Tamil songs,creation of a comprehensive LMSV website and the conducting of the Season 1 LMSV Sara dharma Competition.