'Wassana Diyawara' 2012 - Project Proposal
'Wassana Diyawara' 2012 - Project Proposal
The Medical Students’ Buddhist Association is one of the most active student bodies in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo. Among the number of items in its annual agenda “Wassana Diyawara” village development project is the most outstanding event organized by the society.
This project has the full blessing and support of the faculty staff.
With the assistance of many well-wishers, we have been able to execute such projects annually since 2005 at various resource poor areas in Sri Lanka.
As a continuation of this noble activity, in collaboration with the fellow students of Faculty of Medicine- Colombo, “Wassana Diyawara” Village Development Project will be launched from 10th November 2011 until 08th January 2012 at Kalegama, Nikaweratiya of Kurunegala district, aiming rural development and upgrading community health of the village.
Our Effort:-
For the village
Establishing drinking water supply
Due to the excessive hardness of the water, most of the wells are unusable and the only safe well that could be used for drinking is situated about 500 meters away from the temple and the school. We are planning to build a pumping station and a water tank along with pipelines to distribute the water from this well mainly to the school, the temple and the central dispensary along with two taps for public use. The water will pass through a filter on its way, so that the hardness of water will be further reduced.
For the School:-
Nika/ Kelegama Junior School consist of 16 teachers (Staff members) and 178 students. Even though there are limited facilities it has classes from grade 01 to 11. Although the school owns adequate number of buildings, they are in lack of necessary equipments. Due to financial problems and lack of stationery, attendance of students is unsatisfactory. Therefore we hope to remedy these issues by the following.
1. Renovating and refurbishing the abandoned laboratory with damaged roof, and providing necessary equipment.
2. Converting a classroom into a computer room and providing it with at least 05 computers along with other necessary devices.
3. Refurbishing the library, providing necessary books and equipment.
4. Providing drinking water from the water project.
5. Providing music instruments to form an oriental band and to introduce Music and Dancing as subjects to the school curriculum.
6. Providing sports equipment.
7. Building a volley ball court within the school premises.
8. Providing basic needs of the students such as stationery, shoes, school bags etc.
9. Repairing and doing a colour wash for class rooms, and providing black boards.
10. Holding extracurricular and educational sessions for the students.
11. Conducting a 'Shramadana’ campaign and introducing the ‘5S’ concept for the proper maintenance of classrooms and school.
12. Motivating students to enroll in creative activities and cultivating positive thinking.
13. Holding a School Medical Inspection programme with the help of the Public Health Inspector of the area, identifying health related issues of students and treating or referring for further management.
To the Central Dispensary:-
The clinic has two buildings; a closed building and an open building. In case of emergency, no bed is available to house patients, as it has only one bed which is used as the examination bed. It also lacks facilities for proper storage of medicine. Only a single registered medical practitioner provides health care facilities during the week days, and there is no pharmacist and the pharmacy is managed by a laborer.
Our aim is to provide following, to the best extent of our capabilities.
1. Drinking water by the water project.
2. A refrigerator and cupboards for storage of medicine
3. A bed and a covering screen for examination of patients.
4. A boiler for sterilizing medical equipment.
5. Necessary and essential drugs.
6. Benches for the seating area for patients.
For the Temple
During the rainy season, area surrounding the Daageba becomes muddy and flooded. Therefore to avoid the distress caused, we plan to tessellate an area of 700square feet (radius of 6 feet) with cement tiles.
Building new toilets
The current sanitary facilities at the temple are situated at a distance from the temple grounds and are in a poor state, making it difficult to use, especially to the elderly. Therefore we hope to build new toilet facilities, closer to the temple premises.
Building a preaching hall ( ‘dhammashalawa’)
The temple lacks a properly built preaching hall. Therefore our aim is to help them to build it, as much as we can.
Estimated Budget of the Project:
Activity | Estimated Approximate expenses Rs. |
Water supplying project | 376,300/= 376,300/= |
Building the Daageba compound | 35,000/= |
Building new toilets for the temple | 54,000/= |
Building a preaching hall ( DhammaShalawa) | 373,400/= |
Building a flower offering stand ( Mal Asanaya) | 35,400/= |
Renovating the Science Laboratory | 15,000/= |
Providing lab equipments | 40,000/= |
Providing Computers with necessary devices | 200,000/= |
Providing library books and cupboards | 30,000/= |
Providing musical instruments | 269,500/= |
Gifting school bags, shoes and stationeries for students | 300,000/= |
Providing sports equipments | 10,000/= |
Renovation of the volley ball courts | 30,000/= |
Repairing class rooms and painting the buildings | 105,000/= |
Providing Desks and Benches for Dhamma school | 60,000/= |
Sitting benches for patients in the clinics | 20,000/= |
Providing white clothes for students of Dhamma School | 50,000/= |
Toys and educational equipments for the preschool | 5000/= |
Transportation of students and Doctors to Kelegama | 50,000/= |
Refreshments | 30,000/= |
Publicity | 25,000/= |
Conducting School Medical Inspection, Thalassemia screening programme ,Health Camp | 100,000/= |
Total | 2,263,600/= |
Expected income and sources:-
We hope to raise funds with;
1. Donations – Financial or material
2. Sponsorships – financial or material
3. Fund raising projects -New Year cards
-Donation counters at the faculty
Please contact the following students if you wish to donate to or sponsor our efforts.
Prasanna Kumara (Chief organizer “Wassana Diyawara”) - 0715784508
Sangeetha Wickramaratne - 0718470350
Dilan Isanga (presidentm.s.b.a) - 0776563232
Email- buddhist.ucfm@gmail.com
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