Empowering women by educating them on non communicable diseases and providing free health clinics

Zonta Club 1 of Colombo, Sri Lanka, in an effort to uplift the status of women by providing essential health care screening, engaged in a ‘Well Woman Clinic’ to provide complimentary screening for eighty women in low-income families. The clinic has been conducted for many years by doctors who are members of the Club without any charge, by volunteering a day of the week for a holistic medical screenings for women for non-communicable diseases. The Club also partnered by with the Golden Z Club of the Medical College of Colombo to conduct a programme of breast cancer awareness for these women. The beneficiaries were also provided a complimentary breakfast courtesy of the club members.