On the 3rd of October 2025, the Foundation of Goodness partnered with Vision Care Ambalangoda to host a Medical Clinic at the Centre of Excellence in Seenigama, providing essential hearing and vision check-ups for the community. Over 200 individuals, including special needs children, elders, students and staff members, received professional screenings, personal advice and recommendations for further treatment where required.
For many rural families, access to quality eye and hearing care remains a distant reality. Conditions that are easily corrected in urban areas often go undiagnosed for years, quietly diminishing a person’s ability to learn, work and live independently.
The initiative underscored how something as simple as a pair of spectacles or a timely hearing aid can transform lives, helping a child read the blackboard clearly, an elder rejoin conversations with family, or a special needs student better engage with the world around them.
Vision Care Ambalangoda has also expressed interest in expanding this initiative to one of our Village Heartbeat Empowerment (VHE) Centres, taking their mobile laboratories to underserved areas across the island. Plans are also underway to explore special eye examinations for individuals with Down Syndrome, recognising that their visual and communication needs require trained expertise and personalised care.
Through collaborations such as these, we continue to bridge the urban–rural divide by bringing essential healthcare services directly to the heart of the community, ensuring that good vision and hearing are not privileges, but rights accessible to all.
