The Helping Hills program has volunteer placements located in the sacred city of Kandy, with projects based in and around the city. Through the renovation of Buddhist temples, this project offers a unique opportunity for volunteers to learn about manual Sri Lankan construction methods, without the aid of modern machinery. Volunteers on the Orphanage Renovation project also have the opportunity to gain a greater appreciation of the Sri Lankan culture through interacting with villagers and children. Volunteer efforts will be focused on repainting and cleaning the temples; assisting with the construction of temples and helping temple representatives establish community centers for the youth of the village.

Every few months, Adopt-a-Camp organizes a massive event called Care Packages for Labourers. The most recent one was on 27th/28th July, 2013. It was in partnership with Dubai Chamber and was held at Dubai World Trade Centre. 10,000+ incredible individuals helped source & assemble 5050 Care Packages and a total of 300 TONS of supplies that were distributed at labour camps in Sonapur

It involves sourcing, funding, packing and then distributing thousands of "Care Packages" to labour camps. Adopt-a-Camp's Care Packages are hefty bundles of three months supplies of food and toiletries even including new mattresses, bed-linen, clothes and towels. They go hand-in-hand with the Hygiene Workshops and are geared towards making a tangible improvement in the quality of the men's lives. What also makes these days unique is that everyone who's participated in the sourcing of the packages is welcome to go along to the camps for the actual distribution and see the difference they're making with their

Feline Friends Dubai runs regular book sales to raise money for the organisation. Every Dirham counts towards helping us care for the cats and kittens in distress, and allows us to continue bringing relief to the sick and injured feline population, to foster abandoned domestic cats, and to sterilise those not tame enough to be homed. Volunteers can help to set up the book stalls, sell the books as well as assist with packing up in the evenings.  Since the book sales are all day events and many people visit the stall, we encourage volunteers to participate for any amount of time that they can. On a typical one day book sale we are able to raise enough money to sterilize 25 to 35 cats or to offer emergency treatment for a similar number of cats and kittens. 

The DP World tour is a golf championship that is an international event,the finale of a 'Race to Dubai', hosting the best golfers in the world, the event is internationally televised and a prize is given to the winner of the tour. As a carry board, I carry the board that carries the par of each golfer, and is used to inform the audience of the score of the golfer, and the scores are switched as the number of shots is updated. 

• Developed and maintaining interactive and responsive company website using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Planned and executed all advertising campaigns across Facebook Ads and Google Ads to increase CTR by 2.7%
• Optimised JavaScript and other elements on website to improve load time by 83%
• Launched SEO campaign to improve website traffic by 75% and ranks as first result for relevant keywords
• Created, edited, and published digital content that displays on company social media pages

• Worked on several key EXPO 2020 construction projects in Dubai 
• Researched the regional SIRA and DEWA regulations
• Trained on how to use construction BIM software such as Revit and AutoCAD
• Assisted in creating Project Reports after analysing project schematics and system specifications
• Refined design briefs and guidelines for client proposals
• Reduced office energy consumption by installing PIR sensors to activate lighting within the office
• Collaborated with the IT team to implement a Bluetooth system for the office access control

•	Worked with MEP consultants during the construction of a hotel
•	Shown the basics of AutoCAD, seeing the schematics of the building
•	Shown the Information Technology aspects of the hotel
•	Learnt symbols for various IT features distributed across the hotel

•	Worked in the IT and Engineering departments
•	Shown all the IT facilities within the hotel (Server Room, Telecommunications Room and etc.)
•	Shown the IT programs that are used to ensure the guests have a comfortable stay
•	Shown all the Engineering plant rooms (Water Pump room, Exhaust systems, Air Conditioning and etc.)
•	Shown Building Management systems and the daily routine of an Engineer

Ruvidu Samarasekera

Software Engineer