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The Monument<br />
The Apex Committee<br />
decided to erect a special<br />
monument in every school rebuilt<br />
in our ‘Schools Re-awaken’<br />
Programme.<br />
The monument would be in<br />
remembrance of those who<br />
lost their lives in the tsunami,<br />
in celebration of those who<br />
survived; and in gratitude to<br />
those special people who helped<br />
build the new school.<br />
We also needed the monument<br />
to be simple, yet meaningful and<br />
have the ability to convey a range<br />
of emotions to an observer.<br />
After perusing many designs<br />
and models we fi nally selected<br />
the design of Sculptor Upali<br />
Ananda from the Department of<br />
Aesthetics studies, University of<br />
Kelaniya, <strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong>.<br />
The entire monument is created<br />
in the form of a wave and<br />
features three school children<br />
in different poses; one is on her<br />
knees and the other two slowly<br />
rising up again with smiles<br />
on their faces holding on to<br />
books and a pencil which are<br />
a symbolic representation of<br />
<strong>Rotary</strong> and its partners.<br />
The message is simple – you can<br />
knock us down but you cannot<br />
destroy our spirits and we will<br />
rise again stronger than before.<br />
A highlight of the opening<br />
ceremony of a school is the<br />
unveiling of this monument. All<br />
major sponsors of the school<br />
are acknowledged on a special<br />
plaque at the base.<br />
46 <strong>Rotary</strong> SCB Schools Trust (Gte) Ltd ‘Schools Re-awaken’ Project Annual Review
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