Dr Rohantha wins ‘Leadership in Innovation’ award
View(s):The Global Innovation awards staged in India last week, Dr Rohantha Athukorala was awarded the leadership in innovation award for his role as the Project Director of Rotary – Sri Lanka & Maldives on the project Stop the Spread.
Dr Athukorala awarded the Leadership in Innovation award
With almost 25,000 people infected with the virus and 129 deaths in Sri Lanka Rotary stepped up the campaign in Covid-19 with the theme ‘ Learning to live with Covid’ under the Rotary project Stop the Spread. The project has reached has 1.5 million households with almost 25% of the households in Sri Lanka been reached via 5800 Interactors, 7000 Rotaractors and 2000 Rotarians he said at the award ceremony. Separately there are almost three hundred companies who have been certified as ‘ Covid Control Environments’ by the Sri Lanka Standards Institute( SLSI).
It’s very important for us to change our behavior given that last Thursday we had 878 cases of the virus effected in a single day and we are heading towards a level 4 classification as per the press releases coming out of the CMC and the Public Health Workers. We must acknowledge all the national athletes, School athletes and the National Olympic Committee( NOC) for partnering Rotary on this project on the ‘ New Normal Behaviour’ required. The campaign can be valued at over rupees one billion that includes eight Sri Lanka Cricket Captains Rugby Captains, South Asian medallions and Commonwealth game’s winners said Dr Athukorala who also head Marketing for the National Olympic Committee( NOC).
Apart from the communication campaign the 5800 Interactors have visited almost 750 retail outlets and eateries in the close vicinity of the schools, donated hand washing stations and also explained the WHO/ MOH protocols so that we can keep the school children safe from the Covid-19 virus said Athukorala. This award belongs to the people of the country and how we can continue to be disciplined so that we can stop the spread he said.