Medical Camp
Due to the torrential rains in most of the areas in Wattala were
under water. Most of the people here including many of the
children’s club children were facing many difficulties because their
homes were underwater rendering them unsuitable for living in. Upon
inspection of the area, we found out that many of the children and
the families were suffering from various water bone diseases. After
reporting to office, we took steps towards arranging a medical camp
for these families. We were able to get 3 doctors through the
contacts of HFC and Navajeevana and one nurse from the same. The
medical camp was held at the Palliyawatta Church Grounds.
Distribution of Relief Items
We were not able to start out programme ion time because of various
delays pertaining to picking up
medication and the Doctors. Yet the
programme was a success as we had more than 150 parents and children
attending the camp.
After the Medical Camp, we selected 60 of the
neediest families in the area and distributed packs to them. These
packets were put together out of 83 towels, 120 pillow cases, 142
Bed Sheets, 3 Gunny bags of clothes, 600 exercise books, and 74
children’s’ gift packs.
We did encounter a few problems in giving these
packs. We were able to get everything under control with the help of
the church pastor. |
