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When people are really empowered they would show better results of their performance, said Prof. Diyanath Samarasinghe of the Faculty of Medicine, Colombo University.

The professor told the seminar on “Health promotion experience - a Forum for the communities to lead - Sri Lanka evidence” that the health promotion experience gained by the villages as assisted by the Rajarata University scholars and health experts has resulted in higher productivity in the village based family health programs aimed at preventing cancer, asthma, and highblood pressure.

“Health Promotion Experiences for the communities to lead - Sri Lanka Evidence” was organised by the Health Promotion Division of the Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Health Education Bureau and Plan Sri Lanka together with the organising committee of the 10th SEARSM - IEA at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel.

The group leaders and the participants of the health promotion programme from Ampara, Polonnaruwa, Mihintale, Hambantota and Anuradhapura had presented their experiences and the health progress of their members to the audience including professor and representatives of the health sector.

“Children make the adults ‘lives better - Experience from Ampara” was presented by a group comprising G.G. Asanka Dias Gunasekera, W.M. Ishan Iksura, B. A. Umesha Hansani and K. M. N. R. M. Lakrhiths Heenthenne. They were assisted by the Health Promotion Division Department of Biological Sciences Faculty at Applied Sciences - Rajarata University of Sri Lanka.

They said they formed the children’s club with only eight children at the beginning.

“Our mothers were not interested in sending the children to the club at the beginning. We discussed the matter with the members of the society to find out the reason behind this lack of interest. We thought that mothers did not observe any improvement or change in us by being a member of the club.

We tried to help our mothers to engage more in household activities such as sweeping and cooking. We demonstrated our love towards the mothers. When we found that it was not easy to work in the kitchens for a long time due to poor ventilation and smoke we could imagine the plight of our mothers resulting in-illness.

We visited the neighbourhood and built simple chimneys (dum kavuluwa) in those kitchens. We also introduced certain other changes such as safe storming of salt, they said.

The Rajarata University Vice Chancellor K. A. Nandasena, Plan Sri Lanka Country Director Hans Dijsselbloem, Dean Faculty of Applied Sciences Rajarata University of Sri Lanka Dr. Manel Gunaskera, Professor Community Medicine Prof. Lalini Rajapaksa, Plan Sri Lanka Program Director Sherri Ann Lyon, Communication Manager Plan Sri Lanka Manu Tissera and Senior Lecturer Health Promotion Division. Rajarata University of Sri Lanka Duminda Guruge also addressed the symposium.

 

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