{"id":4435,"date":"2025-03-29T03:04:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T03:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fst\/?p=4435"},"modified":"2025-03-29T03:04:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T03:04:21","slug":"the-association-of-food-science-and-technology-advances-social-responsibility-through-athwel-pawura-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fst\/2025\/03\/29\/the-association-of-food-science-and-technology-advances-social-responsibility-through-athwel-pawura-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"The Association of Food Science and Technology Advances Social Responsibility through \u201cAthwel Pawura \u2013 2024\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Association of Food Science and Technology reaffirmed its commitment to social responsibility through the \u201cAthwel Pawura \u2013 2024\u201d initiative. This year, the project focused on enhancing science education at Welimada Central College by repairing and restoring microscopes in the school\u2019s advanced-level physics and biology laboratories. Additionally, whiteboards and books were donated to enrich classroom learning environments and expand library resources.<br>Members of the Association of Food Science and Technology, along with the Department of Food Science and Technology, actively participated by donating school textbooks, storybooks, past examination papers, and writing materials. To support the initiative financially, members organized creative fundraising activities, including the sale of bookmarks in various locations and soliciting contributions from alumni, corporate sponsors, and individual donors. These collective efforts ensured the successful execution of the project without financial constraints.<br>Beyond its immediate educational benefits, Athwel Pawura \u2013 2024 provided an invaluable learning experience for the organizing members, equipping them with essential skills in project management, teamwork, and leadership. This initiative underscores the Association\u2019s ongoing dedication to fostering educational development and empowering future generations through improved learning opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fst\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/03\/IMG_3692-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"4436\" src=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fst\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/03\/IMG_3692-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fst\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/03\/IMG_3692-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fst\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/03\/IMG_3692-300x169.jpg 300w, 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This year, the project focused on enhancing science education at Welimada Central College by repairing and restoring microscopes in the school\u2019s advanced-level physics and biology laboratories. Additionally, whiteboards and books were donated to enrich classroom &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fst\/2025\/03\/29\/the-association-of-food-science-and-technology-advances-social-responsibility-through-athwel-pawura-2024\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Association of Food Science and Technology Advances Social Responsibility through \u201cAthwel Pawura \u2013 2024\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":4444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4435"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4435"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4445,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4435\/revisions\/4445"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/fst\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}