Chevron to conduct health camp for fishing com.

Chevron Lubricants Lanka PLC has come forward to sponsor a health camp project for the residents in the Munnakkare fisheries community. The programme coordinated by the Lions Club of Colombo Orient will take place on Sunday 30th and is expected to attract more than 500 participants.

The Munnakkare Health Camp will entail, on site treatment and examination by reputed doctors for general ailments as well as screening for diabetes patients. Chevron Lubricants Lanka PLC will also donate the necessary medicines and other resources required for the health camp. Reputed ophthalmologists and eye surgeons will also conduct examinations and distribute necessary spectacles.

Subsequenly, Chevron Lubricants Lanka PLC will also sponsor a number of similar programmes around the country providing free medical assistance and advice to members for the fisheries community and members of the national bus service and Three Wheeler Associations. The programme for the Three Wheeler Association will be held in Colombo on December 7 and will also be coordinated by the Lions Club of Colombo Orient.

The Lions Club of Colombo Orient is an active member of social service in the local community charted by a group of civic conscious Lions about 23 years ago. Working in partnership with other Lions Club associations, the Lions Club of Colombo Orient has assisted in funding of a children's care homes and a resident school for destitute and street children.