Union Assurance deploys an outstanding effort to raise awareness among the community through Union Manushyathwaya

Being continuously sensitive to the communities which they operate, Union Manushyathwaya: the CSR brand of Union Assurance was able to continue its efforts and spread health, wellness and goodness for people across the island. As the year 2016 concludes, Union Manushyathwaya CSR activities achieved several milestones that positively impacted multiple communities.

Within the year 2016, with the sup- port of the Public Health Department of the Colombo Municipal Council and the Public Health Inspector, UA was able to successfully conduct a total of 57 dengue awareness campaigns, over 60 thalassemia awareness programs and 14 diabetes prevention programs.

UA launched an island-wide dengue awareness campaign including house–to–house visits, dengue prevention–shramadhana campaigns and leaflet distributions in order to encourage dengue prevention across the country. As a result of these efforts, 55 dengue prevention programs were carried out simultaneously on a single day which was a significant achievement.

In addition, campaigns were carried out to raise awareness and prevent the spread of diabetes. Prescanning sessions were carried out during these programs to diagnose potential patients and necessary advice was provided to them on controlling their blood sugar levels and leading a healthy lifestyle.

UA was able to provide invaluable support towards controlling another severe blood disorder by conducting thalassemia awareness and prevention campaigns as well. The increased levels of awareness created by these campaigns resulted in reducing the spread of this disorder, which could have caused severe negative impacts towards communities.