Interact launch new theme; Learning to live with Covid!
View(s):In the backdrop of Sri Lanka moving to a community level spread on Covid-19, one of the most influential school associations ‘ Interact’ launches a new cutting edge theme based on the WHO announcement that the world must learn to cope with the virus than go for lockdown.
The new theme is branded ‘ Learning to live with Covid’ under the Rotary project Stop the Spread that has reached almost 20% of the households in Sri Lanka via Interact, Rotaract and Rotary with almost three hundred companies been certified as ‘ Covid Control Environments’ by the Sri Lanka Standards Institute( SLSI) said Dr Rohantha Athukorala the Youth Service Chairman for Rotary Sri Lanka & Maldives.
It’s very important for us to change our behaviour said the Governor for Rotary Sri Lanka & Maldives AjithWeerasinghe. We must acknowledge all the national athletes, School athletes and the National Olympic Committee to partnering Rotary on this project on the ‘ New Normal Behaviour’ required which can be valued at over rupees one billion that includes five Sri Lanka Cricket Captains Rugby Captains, South Asian medallions and Commonwealth games winners he said.
Apart from the communication campaign we from Interact have visited the retail outlets and eateries in the vicinity of the schools which is almost seven hundred and fifty entities, given them hand washing stations so that we can keep the school children away from the Covid-19 virus said the Head of Interact for Sri Lanka & Maldives Rahul Fernandez.
Interact that has a membership of 5800 members across 82 Interact Clubs has focussed on the Covid-19 pandaemic for over six months and has generated project at the school end that has ensured that we control our behavior said the Project Director Interact for Stop the Spread Haani Raheem.
It’s very important that we learn to live with Covid-19 virus and protect our self in the next one year until a vaccine is available he voiced.