Creating a healthy community by increasing the first aid knowledge of school children and the community in collaboration with St. Jhon Ambulance Corps (training school children)
GALLE AKMEEMANA CENTENNIAL
Zone 1
Region 3
2026-02-14
Fort, Galle
A public awareness programme on Basic Life Support (BLS) and CPR was conducted on 14 February 2026 in the evening at the Galle Fort Ramparts, under the leadership of Lion Indira Liyanage, Director of the Galle Akmeemana Centennial Lions Club.
The programme was organized with the support of the Sri Lanka Resuscitation Council (SLRC), the College of Anaesthesiologists and Intensivists of Sri Lanka, and the RESUS Society of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna.
Local and foreign visitors to Galle Fort had the opportunity to gain a wealth of very important life-saving knowledge through this programme.