Project Sri Lanka
About.
Project Sri Lanka is the next new HealthEx project that will run in partnership with Foundation of Solidarity Empowerment (FoSE). FoSE is a Non-profit Guarantee Limited Organisation dedicated to improving healthcare and health education in Sri Lanka. This will be a 10 day medical expedition led by a team of medical students to provide health services for the poor and marginalized communities in 3 villages in Kebithigollewa, Anuradhapura, where medical facilities are scarce and limited.
The Project.
What we will do
- Health screening
- Mobile clinics
- House visitations
- School visitations
- Health talks on chronic kidney disease
- Education on Water filtration techniques
About the team
Project Sri Lanka will be organised by student volunteers, who are rigorously screened to possess the appropriate competencies, motivations and values in line with HealthEx. They are supported and trained by the HealthEx International team.
Projects applying for the YEP grant are also trained through YEP-endorsed leadership training camps.
Volunteers of all healthcare backgrounds will be welcome to sign up, and are screened to ensure that the team is well equipped to run the project.
Projects applying for the YEP grant are also trained through YEP-endorsed leadership training camps.
Volunteers of all healthcare backgrounds will be welcome to sign up, and are screened to ensure that the team is well equipped to run the project.
Programme details
Estimated Programme Dates
TBC
Estimated project cost
TBC
Programme coordination
Foundation of Solidarity Empowerment (FoSE) will take the full responsibility of the students on their security and other required. A Programme coordinator will be allocated to the team throughout the programme. In addition, a local doctor and 2 local volunteers of FoSE will accompany the team. In addition, the Executive Director of FoSE will also visit and stay with the team on certain days.
FoSE will be closely work with a district level registered NGO (Rajarata Praja Kendraya (RPK). RPK been in operation for over 17 years in the Anuradhapura district in Sri Lanka and they have both capacity and experience in similar project management. RPK has supported the formation of a
cooperative/society at the selected village. Therefore, they will be coordinating the field level arrangements with the FoSE.
Programme Sample
TBC
Estimated project cost
TBC
Programme coordination
Foundation of Solidarity Empowerment (FoSE) will take the full responsibility of the students on their security and other required. A Programme coordinator will be allocated to the team throughout the programme. In addition, a local doctor and 2 local volunteers of FoSE will accompany the team. In addition, the Executive Director of FoSE will also visit and stay with the team on certain days.
FoSE will be closely work with a district level registered NGO (Rajarata Praja Kendraya (RPK). RPK been in operation for over 17 years in the Anuradhapura district in Sri Lanka and they have both capacity and experience in similar project management. RPK has supported the formation of a
cooperative/society at the selected village. Therefore, they will be coordinating the field level arrangements with the FoSE.
Programme Sample
Project Location
The team will be visiting in 3 villages in the Kebithigollewa, Anuradhapura region, namely, Kanugahawewa, Nikawewa and Thalgahawewa.
The team will be visiting in 3 villages in the Kebithigollewa, Anuradhapura region, namely, Kanugahawewa, Nikawewa and Thalgahawewa.
Accommodation
Accommodation will be at A.K.Premadasa Pilgrims Rest, Tissawewa, Anuradhapura. Each room will be allocated to 3 students.
Food
Breakfast and Dinner will be provided at the hotel. Lunch will be provided at the village at the end of each event of the programme. Drinking water will be provided during the programme; a 1.5L bottle will be given to each student per day.
Equipment
All required equipment will be sourced for in Singapore and Sri Lanka as well. Participants are strongly encouraged to help FoSE source for medical equipment. Students are required to bring their own stethoscope. (A confirmed list of equipment will be sent to the leaders once it is confirmed).
Accommodation will be at A.K.Premadasa Pilgrims Rest, Tissawewa, Anuradhapura. Each room will be allocated to 3 students.
Food
Breakfast and Dinner will be provided at the hotel. Lunch will be provided at the village at the end of each event of the programme. Drinking water will be provided during the programme; a 1.5L bottle will be given to each student per day.
Equipment
All required equipment will be sourced for in Singapore and Sri Lanka as well. Participants are strongly encouraged to help FoSE source for medical equipment. Students are required to bring their own stethoscope. (A confirmed list of equipment will be sent to the leaders once it is confirmed).
Our Beneficiaries.
‘28 Thulana’ is a Grama Niladhari division in Kebithigollewa divisional secretariat division in Anuradhapura district. It consists of three villages namely Kanugahawewa, Nikawewa and Thalgahawewa. According to the statistics, there are 320 families living in Kanugahawewa. They have been displaced during the civil war and resettled back to their places. Due to the resettlement, prevailing arid climate conditions and related other issues, they face hardship in their day-to-day living.
The main income of these villagers is around the agriculture, working as labourers in agricultural fields, farming cash crops or working as tenant farmers. At the same time, some women work illegally in sex trade. Kanugahawewa being a highly remote area, it is common wild elephants destroy crops or invade
villages in search of food. Due to this elephant-human conflict insecurity, property damages, loss of harvest and income is common and occasionally injuries and death are also reported.
This village is highly remote and around 15 kilometres away from the Kebithigollewa town. Their connection to the nearby town is by a single bus service operating only 4-5 times per day, limits villagers travelling out of the village for better health, education and other services. The same reason prevents them attending for the health clinic for mothers and infants, held in the Halmillawatiya which is 4km away from their village. Therefore, these communities are highly marginalized. This results in low health awareness among families leading to health issues such as malnutrition among the children, prolonged disease conditions such as skin diseases due to not taking required medicine or medical advice on time. Health related problems are aggravated due their low educational levels, marriages among the relatives, addiction to illicit liquor, low income levels and drinking water related kidney disease. Women are not well aware on their sanitary health and other health issues.
As HealthEx sees the need for health services in the marginalized communities of Sri Lanka, we have decided to collaborate with FoSE for the next few years.
The main income of these villagers is around the agriculture, working as labourers in agricultural fields, farming cash crops or working as tenant farmers. At the same time, some women work illegally in sex trade. Kanugahawewa being a highly remote area, it is common wild elephants destroy crops or invade
villages in search of food. Due to this elephant-human conflict insecurity, property damages, loss of harvest and income is common and occasionally injuries and death are also reported.
This village is highly remote and around 15 kilometres away from the Kebithigollewa town. Their connection to the nearby town is by a single bus service operating only 4-5 times per day, limits villagers travelling out of the village for better health, education and other services. The same reason prevents them attending for the health clinic for mothers and infants, held in the Halmillawatiya which is 4km away from their village. Therefore, these communities are highly marginalized. This results in low health awareness among families leading to health issues such as malnutrition among the children, prolonged disease conditions such as skin diseases due to not taking required medicine or medical advice on time. Health related problems are aggravated due their low educational levels, marriages among the relatives, addiction to illicit liquor, low income levels and drinking water related kidney disease. Women are not well aware on their sanitary health and other health issues.
As HealthEx sees the need for health services in the marginalized communities of Sri Lanka, we have decided to collaborate with FoSE for the next few years.
OUR PARTNER.
foundation of solidarity empowerment
Overview
Foundation of Solidarity Empowerment (FoSE) is a Non-profit Guarantee Limited Organisation dedicated to improving healthcare and health education in Sri Lanka.
Vision
To be the primary support and platform to transform communities towards economic, social, cultural, political, gender, health and environmental justice in Sri Lanka
Mission:
Technical and financial empowerment of local community organizations to work with underprivileged women, men, girls and boys from different communities with participatory approaches so they may belong, contribute and thrive.
Goals:
Activities
As it is a newly established organisation, no past activities has been recorded. However the organisations committee members have an extensive background of working with several NGOs in Sri lanka.
Subhashi Dissanayake: Founder and Executive director of FoSE having over 17 years of programming and operational experience in the development sector working with several local and international organizations for reduction of poverty and injustice.
Windhya Liyanaarachchi: Board Director of FoSE, having over 15 years financial experience in both private, donor and NGO organizations.
Dr. Harshani Bhotota: Board director of FoSE having over 20 years of working experience in the health sector in the country. She plays the advisory role in relation to the health programming of the organization.
Contact
As FoSE is a new organisation, they currently do not have a website yet. Any queries about FoSE can directed to HealthEx as we are in direct contact with FoSE.
Foundation of Solidarity Empowerment (FoSE) is a Non-profit Guarantee Limited Organisation dedicated to improving healthcare and health education in Sri Lanka.
Vision
To be the primary support and platform to transform communities towards economic, social, cultural, political, gender, health and environmental justice in Sri Lanka
Mission:
Technical and financial empowerment of local community organizations to work with underprivileged women, men, girls and boys from different communities with participatory approaches so they may belong, contribute and thrive.
Goals:
- Sustainable livelihood development of poor and marginalized communities with a special focus on women and girls through improving their entrepreneurial knowledge and skills and through provision of opportunities in the value chain or job creation
- Gender Equality promotion through increased leadership, decision making power, self-respect and equal opportunities for women and girls addressing their structural barriers
- Improvement of health status and practices of the poor and marginalized communities through increased access to health services.
- Improving primary and secondary education levels of children and women from rural and marginalized communities
- Youth Empowerment through provided opportunities for girls and boys to be engaged in social and economic development activities
- Climate change mitigation through increased awareness on environmental protection and preventive and mitigation strategies
- Improving Peace and Reconciliation and social harmony through increased inter-ethnic and inter-religious understanding and lessening of barriers caused by social and cultural norms and myths
- Civil Society Strengthening through increased capacities and opportunities
Activities
As it is a newly established organisation, no past activities has been recorded. However the organisations committee members have an extensive background of working with several NGOs in Sri lanka.
Subhashi Dissanayake: Founder and Executive director of FoSE having over 17 years of programming and operational experience in the development sector working with several local and international organizations for reduction of poverty and injustice.
Windhya Liyanaarachchi: Board Director of FoSE, having over 15 years financial experience in both private, donor and NGO organizations.
Dr. Harshani Bhotota: Board director of FoSE having over 20 years of working experience in the health sector in the country. She plays the advisory role in relation to the health programming of the organization.
Contact
As FoSE is a new organisation, they currently do not have a website yet. Any queries about FoSE can directed to HealthEx as we are in direct contact with FoSE.