Project Be Their Vision 8.0- phase 3

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"Clear vision ahead: spreading awareness about eye health”

With the slogan of “Clear vision ahead: spreading awareness about eye health” the third phase of the project be their vision 8.0 “Sight Save” was successfully concluded on 27th March 2024.

“Sight Save” aimed to increase the knowledge of the Sri Lankan community about visual impairment and the precautions that can be taken to prevent it.

According to the World Health Organization, nearly a million in Sri Lanka, out of its 21-million population, suffer from blindness or from conditions that could lead to blindness. Eye health within Sri Lanka remains a challenge, as the National blindness survey showed that approximately 350,000 are classified as blind and another 340,000 are estimated to have severe vision impairment. Numerous face limited access to eye care means, hence many Sri Lankan’s suffer from avoidable blindness that could be prevented or minimized by early detection. Health promotion on eye care should be integrated into all levels of care especially at the community and primary care level screening for undetected eye diseases especially among school children.

Therefore, this awareness session held with the intentions of aiding the targeted audience to have a proper understanding about the types of impairments, how to identify those at the initial stage and spreading knowledge about taking measures to protect the eyes.

The awareness session held at Demataluwa Mahavidyalaya, Kurunagala with the participation of 120 students and ophthalmologist Dr. Kamal Senawirathna as the keynote speaker. The session commenced at 10am and continued for an hour an half.

Dr.Kamal Senawirathna commenced the session first by introducing the main parts of the eye and their importance. Then he moved on to various eye diseases and their symptoms which will assist in identifying such a vision impairment at its preliminary stage, possible consequences of neglecting them as well as main types of accidents that can happen to our eyes and how to avoid them as students. The session also emphasized the fact how crucial it is to maintain eye health and ways in which eyes can be kept healthy. Dr.Kamal Senawirathna concluded the session with a very interesting question and answer round which reflected the enthusiasm of the students in learning about eye health.

The session concluded with many positive feedbacks from the audience. We extend our sincere gratitude to Dr.Kamal Senawirathna as well as national Hospital, Kurungala and Demataluwa Mahavidyalaya, Kurunagala for their cooperation and support throughout the planning and execution of the awareness Program. Additionally, our appreciation goes to the students who participated in the event making it a huge success. Also a huge thank you goes to our committee members as well as the Leo Club of University of Colombo for their continues dedication throughout the project helping make it a great success.

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Leo Pramudi Samarathunga.

 

 




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