Welcome to Leo Club of
Matara Nilwala

What is LEOISM?

Leo Club is a youth organisation of Lions Club International. The acronym L.E.O stands for Leadership, Experience, Opportunity.

The Leo Club objective is, to provide the youth of the world with an opportunity for development and contribution, individually and collectively, as responsible members of the local, national and international community. Leo Club encourages the youth to develop leadership qualities by participating in social service activities. They are dependent on a Lions club to sponsor and initiate a Leo club. Leo Club members are addressed as "Leos." They conduct various projects in the fields of health care, elders, children, differently abled, literacy and education, and self-development. LEO Club is the largest youth club of voluntary character in the world , present in 140 countries with over 160,000 members.