{"id":1299,"date":"2025-08-06T06:17:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T06:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/akofe.lk\/akofe\/?page_id=1299"},"modified":"2025-08-06T08:41:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T08:41:39","slug":"koica-akofe-school-support-project-st-coombs-maha-vidyalaya-thalawakelle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/akofe.lk\/akofe\/koica-akofe-school-support-project-st-coombs-maha-vidyalaya-thalawakelle\/","title":{"rendered":"KOICA-AKOFE Project \u2013 Support for St. Coombs Maha Vidyalaya and the Community Health Centre in Thalawakelle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\">\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">In May 2023, a special project was successfully carried out at <strong>CP\/N\/St. Coombs Maha Vidyalaya<\/strong>, Thalawakelle, with the generous support of <strong>KOICA<\/strong>&nbsp;(Korea International Cooperation Agency) and <strong>AKOFE<\/strong>. This community development initiative aimed to uplift educational opportunities for over <strong>775 students<\/strong>&nbsp;in a resource-limited rural school in the Central Province of Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">The project included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Distribution of stationery<\/strong>&nbsp;for Grades 1\u20135<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Medical aid kits<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Shoes for selected students<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sports items<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A brand new <strong>photocopy machine<\/strong>&nbsp;for school operations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\">\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">On <strong>6th May 2023<\/strong>, a vital rural healthcare support project was implemented at the <strong>St. Coombs Estate Dispensary<\/strong>, Thalawakelle, with funding from <strong>KOICA<\/strong>&nbsp;and coordinated by <strong>AKOFE<\/strong>. The dispensary, which serves over <strong>3,500 villagers<\/strong>, was in urgent need of essential medical equipment, tools, and medications to maintain healthcare services for the estate community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">This project was initiated in response to a request from the <strong>Estate Medical Officer<\/strong>&nbsp;and supported by the <strong>Tea Research Institute of Sri Lanka<\/strong>, and it successfully delivered the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Essential medical equipment<\/strong>&nbsp;(stethoscopes, examination tools, surgical items)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;<strong>Vital medicines<\/strong>&nbsp;(paracetamol, iron supplements, antibiotics, etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Emergency equipment<\/strong>&nbsp;(stretchers, first aid kits, thermometers)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Water filter for safe drinking water<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Repair and repainting of the dispensary gate<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"1308\"  src=\"https:\/\/akofe.lk\/akofe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-06-at-10.05.28-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/akofe.lk\/akofe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-06-at-10.05.28-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/akofe.lk\/akofe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-06-at-10.05.28-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/akofe.lk\/akofe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-06-at-10.05.28-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/akofe.lk\/akofe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-06-at-10.05.28-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" 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This community development initiative aimed to uplift educational opportunities for over 775 students&nbsp;in a resource-limited rural school in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. The project included: On [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/akofe.lk\/akofe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1299"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/akofe.lk\/akofe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/akofe.lk\/akofe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akofe.lk\/akofe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akofe.lk\/akofe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1299"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/akofe.lk\/akofe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1329,"href":"https:\/\/akofe.lk\/akofe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1299\/revisions\/1329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/akofe.lk\/akofe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}