What We Do
The Organisation for Skills Development and Social Assistance (OSDASA) organises wheelchair and medical equipment distribution and blood donation events, supporting projects for rural schools and medical camps and providing intraocular lenses to cataract patients. We have dedicated doctors, medical staff, and other volunteers to serve in these events.
Currently, OSDASA is focusing in projects in the Galle districts of Sri Lanka.
Why We Do This
People in rural areas in Sri Lanka have difficulty affording wheelchairs and walkers. Some rural hospitals are also lacking wheelchairs, walkers, and medical equipment. With the support from “Wheelchairs for Sri Lanka (WC4SL),” the volunteer group based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, we provide wheelchairs and medical equipment to needy people and hospitals.
Hospitals in Sri Lanka have a shortage of blood, and we organise blood donor events to collect blood for their blood banks.
To consult medical specialists, patients in rural areas have to go to cities. Aside from difficulties in transportation and long lines to see the physicians, some people cannot afford to spend on consulting fees. OSDASA organised two medical camps in the Pitigala area to treat patients.
Many cataract eye patients in Sri Lanka cannot afford to buy intraocular lenses and required medicine. We have provided intraocular lenses and medicine for some of them.
Most of the children in the G/Bangamukanda School are impoverished and do not have school bags. OSDASA provided bags for all kids in the school.
The G/Walpola Gunatilake School lacked funding to protect the school building. We provided three gates to the school.
History
The Organisation for Skills Development and Social Assistance (OSDASA) was formed and registered as a nonprofit organisation with the Registrar of Companies of Sri Lanka in Colombo on November 23, 2005. Initially, it was registered with 13 members, including 5 executive committee members.
The first medical camp was held in September 2006 at the Sri Visuddharama temple in Pitigala in the Galle District of Sri Lanka.
The second medical camp was held in May 2008 at the Sri Visuddharama temple.
In the year 2009, we provided intraocular lenses and medicine for six cataract patients in the Galle District.
OSDASA organised the first wheelchairs distribution and blood donor function, held on June 12, 2011 at the Sri Visuddharama temple in Pitigala.
With the new school year in January 2013, OSDASA provided 100 school bags to all children in G/Bangamukanda school.
In January 2013, we provided three gates to the G/Walpola Gunatilake School.
The latest event was the wheelchairs and medical equipment distribution and blood donation, which was held on April 07, 2013 in Vihara Maha Devi Pirivena, Elpitiya.