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Centre for Handicapped, Kundasale
Lead Stories
Global Grant No.
1860570
Launch of
CFH Ath Wela
Showroom
CHF Staff Christmas
Party
Global Grant No. 1860570
Global Grant No. 1860570 funded by the Rotary Foundation and the Rotary Clubs
of Maribo & Kandy was completed at the end of November 2019. It enabled the
CFH to provide mobility devices such as artificial limbs, orthoses and wheelchairs
to over 500 needy men, women and children in many parts of the country. Adult
limb users were also provided awareness programmes on Motivation and Positive
Thinking as well as with workshops on, Entrepreneurship Development, and
Business Idea Generation, for those who were ready to start up their own
businesses. One of the major activities was the outreach camp in Maho,
Kurunegala. Nineteen limbs, Seventy-nine wheelchairs as well as forty other
mobility devices were donated to needy recipients.
Newsletter October – December 2019
Volume 04
Launch of CFH Ath Wela Showroom
On the 12th of October 2019, the CFH “Ath Wela” (Helping Hands) showroom was
launched on the Digana – Kandy road outside the Centre. The showroom displays
– and sells products made by CFH recipients.
CFH Staff Christmas Party
The Annual Christmas Party for the Staff of CFH was held on the 27th of December
2019. All the family members of the staff participated in this event and enjoyed an
evening filled with games, music and fun
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Help Them Walk Again
In 2007 the Centre for Handicapped set up an Endowment Fund to help meet the constant demand
for artificial limbs for the needy. Endowments in perpetuity, comprising lump sum payments of Rs.
150,000/- each, are carefully invested and the interest is used to provide limbs to a number of
recipients each year. Donors receive details about the recipients and how they lost limbs, as well as
photographs of them both before and after the fitting of the limb. The Funds are either Permanent
Funds or Memorial Funds. Each bear names chosen by the donor, often in memory of dear departed
family members. During this Quarter 20 recipients received limbs through these endowments and we
were happy to welcome many of the generous donors to the Centre to meet “their” recipients and
hand over their new limbs.
Month of October
Dr. & Ms. P M Jayawardena Memorial Fund
Mr. Rathnapandian S Permanent Fund
Piyasiri & Esa Ratnyaka Trust Permanent Fund
Walter Sumith Bandara Godigamuwe Memorial Fund
Mrs. Roshani Peiris Permanent Fund
Month of November
Prof. Quintus Fernando Memorial Fund
Prof. Quintus Fernando Memorial Fund
Mr. Anuruddha Ratwatte Memorial Fund
Mr. Nuwan Hemachandra Permanent Fund
Mrs. Claire Hemachandra Permanent Fund
Captain A. V. Rajendra Permanent Fund
Lecamwasam Kelly Memorial Fund
Dr. S B Dhanapala & Family Permanent Fund
Wealth Trust Securities Permanent Fund
Month of December
The Maliban Permanent Fund
Dr. J W L Peiris Memorial Fund
Dr. S T Gunewardena Memorial Fund
Mrs. Meenammal Sankaralingam Memorial Fund
Mr. Sankaralingam Ashok Memorial Fund
Mr. K A A Sankaralingam Memorial Fund
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Dr. & Ms. P M Jayawardana
Memorial Fund
Artificial limb donated to:
Mr. L D L Gunathilaka
Mr. Rathnapandian S
Permanent Fund
Artificial limb donated to:
Mr. P G Somawansha
Piyasiri & Esa Ratnayaka
Trust Permanent Fund
Artificial limb donated to:
Mr. G R Thilakarathne
Banda
Walter Sumith Bandara
Godigamuwe Memorial Fund
Artificial limb donated to:
Mr. K L A M Herath
Mrs. Roshani Peiris
Permanent Fund
Artificial limb donated to:
Miss Dimashi Himalka
Dr. Quintus Fernando
Memorial Fund
Artificial limb donated to:
Mr. D G Karunarathne
Dr. Quintus Fernando
Memorial Fund
Artificial limb donated to:
Mr. U J Usettige
Mr. Anuruddha Ratwatte
Memorial Fund
Artificial limb donated to:
Mr. Ananda Perera
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Mr. Nuwan Hemachandra
Permanent Fund
Orthotic device donated to:
Master U Thishoban
Mrs. Claire Hemachandra
Permanent Fund
Artificial limb donated to:
Mr. K H A Kumara
Captain A V Rajendra
Permanent Fund
Artificial limb donated to:
Mr. Vickenshwaran
Lecamwasam Kelly
Memorial Fund
Artificial limb donated to:
Mr. D G Vanigarathne
Dr. S B Dhanapala &
Family Permanent Fund
Artificial limb donated to:
Mr. K Karunadasa
Wealth Trust Securities
Permanent Fund
Artificial limb donated to:
Mr. W G Weerasinghe
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Mr. K A A Sankaralingam
Memorial Fund
Artificial limb donated to:
Mr. V G Weerasinghe
Mr. Sankaralingam Ashok
Memorial Fund
Artificial limb donated to:
Mr. G W Premarathne
Mrs. Meenammal
Sankaralingam Memorial
Fund
Artificial limb donated to:
Mr. M W Zameer
Dr. S T Gunewardena
Memorial Fund
Artificial limb donated to:
Mr. P Rathnapala
The Maliban Permanent
Fund
Artificial limb donated to:
Master M P G Chanchitha
Dr. J W L Peiris Memorial
Fund
Artificial limb donated to:
Mr. A M B Liyanage
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Other Donors
In addition to donors who have set up endowments, other people visit the Centre to make very welcome
donations. We thank them most warmly for their kind donations. Their generosity makes an immense
difference in the lives of needy recipients.
Mr. Bob De Silva
Donated pair of orthosis
devices to:
Mrs. K S C Priyadarshani
Miss Gayani Kaushalya
Donated an artificial limb
to:
Mr. S S Jayasekara
Mr. Thilina Ekanayake
Donated an artificial limb
to:
Miss H M S V Sandakini
Mrs. Kamani de Silva
Donated an wheelchair
to:
Miss Tharushika Herath
Mrs. Manoja Dissanayake
Donated
an artificial limb to:
Miss Saranga
elbow crutches to :
Mr. Ananda Samarakoon
A walker to :
Mr. M S U Kularathne
A wheelchair to:
Ms. Chandrawathi
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Lotus Foundation
On behalf of the Lotus Foundation, Mr. Norman Elmo Martinesz donated 31 elbow crutches, 4 three-wheeled
walkers, 2 two-wheeled walkers and a readymade Ankle Foot Orthotic device to the Centre for
Handicapped.
Annual Book Donation
In the month of December, for the second consecutive year, Mrs Indrani Rajapakse, one of our generous
board members, donated school books & accessories to 12 differently abled children at the centre.
Zonta International’s 100th Anniversary Celebrated at the CFH
The second donation of the Zonta Centennial Anniversary Grant took place on the 21st of November 2019.
Artificial limbs were donated to nine differently abled persons by the members of the Zonta Club of Kandy.
The Grant which funded the limb was one of just 62 grants given to clubs worldwide and the Zonta Club of
Kandy, which was one of 2 club’s in Sri Lanka to win this prestigious grant teamed up with the Centre for
Handicapped to carry out the project.
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Our Visitor’s Book Many visitors pass through our doors in the course of each year - to learn
about the Centre and its activities, to explore possibilities of cooperation, to
set up endowment funds or to donate limbs. We are happy to receive
them all and to share with them our passionate commitment to helping the
physically disadvantaged to rebuild their lives. During this Quarter we
welcomed a number of visitors from the Kandy District and elsewhere and
were pleased to have an opportunity to showcase our work.
Rtn. Haran Ramachandran
On the 13th of December 2019, Rtn. Haran Ramachandran of the Rotary Club of Hills-Kellyville along with Mr.
Ramaswamy Selvakumaran and District Secretary Dr. M. Ramasubbu visited Centre for Handicapped. They
were received by the Manager Mr. Mohan Ranjendran and by the President and Secretary of the Rotary Club
of Kandy. The visitors toured the Centre and saw its staff at work in the Centre’s workshop, where prostheses
and orthosis are made. Rtn. Ramachandran’s comment in our visitor’s book reads: “Awesome Work –Brings
Memory, Giving Dignity & Pride.”
Hillwood College Girl Guides
On the 23rd of November 2019, Thirty-two girl guides of Hillwood College, Kandy visited the Centre
accompanied by eight teachers. They visited the Centre’s workshop, as well as the physiotherapy department.
They said that they were fascinated by the work done in the Centre to help the handicapped.
Mr. Dilshan & Mrs. Debbie Edirisinghe
Directors of Child Action Lanka, Mr. Dilshan & Mrs. Debbie Edirisinghe visited the centre on the 13th of
November 2019. Their visit included the Prosthesis & Orthosis workshop of the Centre where they were briefed
on the way limbs were custom built for our clients.
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Ms. Holly Eggleston’s Visit
On the 14th of October 2019, Miss Holly Eggleston, a medical student from England paid a 3 days visit to the
Centre to get an in-depth look at it and to learn about the work of each of its departments.
Jolly Youngsters
The Jolly Youngsters Club for children with disability met at the Centre on a weekly basis to practice their
skills at singing and dancing as a way of improving their social and cognitive skills. During the quarter, a
new Speech Therapy class was initiated. This was introduced to strengthen the muscles used in speech, to
run speech drills to improve clarity, and sound production practice to improve the children’s articulation.
Wider Horizons
Scholarship Programme
The CFH/ Zonta Club of Kandy joint project to support poor children from
Dharmavijaya College, Wattegama Balika Vidyalaya ,Wattegama
CentraCollege & Wattegama Nursery was expanded with the addition of
two more donors . Eight donors are providing 32 deserving school students
with small monthly stipends which will enable them to meet expenses not
covered by the state free education system. The donors are: Zontians Deanne
Dallas, Rose Marie Greve, and Alison Gray, as well as Mr. Gehan
Bandaranayake, Mr.Karunamoorthi, Ms Sharmila Paranagama, Ms. Nilukshi
Basnayake and Mr. Mayura Rupathunga.
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Our Products and Services
Prosthetics
The Centre initially fabricated aluminum limbs but subsequently switched into HDPE (High-Density Poly Ethylene)
and Mobility limbs by using a more modern technology. This apart, the Centre has now introduced ICRC
Polypropylene technology, which is the modular endoskeleton design and more comfortable for the limb users.
Orthotics
Since January 2006, the CFH has been fabricating lightweight custom-made polypropylene orthoses for people
with physical disabilities like Polio, Muscle Paralysis and Arthritis.
Physiotherapy Services
The Centre for Handicapped offers physiotherapy services before and after the fitting of prosthesis. Prostheses.
It employs trained Rehabilitation Therapy assistants working under the guidance of a qualified physiotherapist.
The department is well equipped with manual exercise facilities.
Wheelchairs
The Centre also provides wheelchair services to the needy. There are five types of wheelchairs available for
persons with physical disabilities, addressing their different requirements.
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Devices
Orthosis
Prosthesis
Diabetic Shoes
Wheelchairs
Orthoses 103
Prostheses 196
Diabetic Shoes 08
Wheelchairs 17
Male 236
Female 74
Total 310
Congenital Deformity 97
Accident 68
Diabetes 36
Vascular disease 24
Landmine Injury 24
Shell Attack Injury 23
Trap Gun Injury 13
Stroke 08
Polio 05
Spinal Cord Injury 05
Bomb Blast Injury 04
Cancer 03
Analysis of recipients during the Quarter
Gender
Male
Female
Cause of Deformity Congenital DeformityAccidentDiabetesVascular DiseaseLandmine InjuryShell Attack InjuryTrap Gun InjuryStrokePolioSpinal Cord InjuryBomb Blast InjuryCancer
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About Us
Centre For Handicapped
228, Digana Road,
Kundasale.
Phone
+94 812420721
Fax
+94 812421930
The Centre for Handicapped is a nonprofit, charitable organization registered and
approved by the Government of Sri Lanka under Registration No.
MSS/7/8/NSPD/R/123 – Section 20 – of the “Protection of the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities” – Act No. 28 of 1996. Centre for Handicapped is an approved charity
by Gazette Notification No. 2144/23 of 09.10.2019.
The Centre has been working towards the rehabilitation of people with disabilities
since 1971, under different names such as the Kandy Orthopedic Centre and the
“Colombo Friend In Need Society, Kandy Branch.” It acquired its present identity
as the “Centre for Handicapped” in 2001. The centre receives technical and
financial support from national and international governmental and non-
governmental bodies. It also receives funds through corporate and individual
donations.
Our Vision
To be a Centre of excellence in the provision of artificial limbs and rehabilitation service to persons
who need them.
Our Mission
To enable persons who are physically handicapped, irrespective of race religion, ethnicity, caste or
status to lead near normal lives
Help them Walk Again
We need your help to provide mobility devices to fellow human beings. Please join us and share in this
beautiful experience of giving a new lease of life to those who despair.
Bank Information
Name of Account Centre for Handicapped
Account Number 018010514484
Name of Bank Hatton National Bank Ltd
Branch Code 7083018
Swift Code BLILKLX
Address No. 01, Dalada Veediya, Kandy