Dialog gifts Ranaviru Sevana, Lanka’s First digital listening library and therapeutic centre

Dialog Telekom, in its ongoing endeavour to empower the differently abled through inclusive technologies, gifted a Digital Listening Library and Therapeutic Centre to Ranaviru Sevana in Ragama, recently. The handing over of the state-of-the-art centre took place under the patronage of the Chief-of-Staff of the Sri Lanka Army Major General Lawrence Fernando.The Listening Library and Therapeutic Centre is the first of its kind in Sri Lanka.

Constructed on the Ranaviru Sevana premises, the Centre provides audio based knowledge and learning services for the soldiers of Ranaviru Sevana. The Centre was constructed to empower soldiers undergoing rehabilitative therapy for cognitive and visual impairment.

The Centre primarily focuses on empowering its patients physically, mentally and emotionally through gradual and long-term social integration.

The facilities at the Centre include digital audio recording facilities, an audio library for the visually handicapped, a recreational area as well as physiotherapy, speech therapy and IT training facilities.

The audio library has a wide selection of audio books ranging from current affairs and news, to popular short stories and poetry, with a fully equipped IT room with access to the internet. In a message to mark the occasion, Sri Lanka Army Commander Lt. General G.S.C. Fonseka said, “Today is an important day in the calendar of the Sri Lanka Army, on which Dialog Telekom a leading stakeholder of the economy of Sri Lanka, has stepped in to support the worthy cause of enhancing the facilities afforded by the Sri Lanka Army to rehabilitate its members with disability.

At Ranaviru Sevana, we have always recognised the relevance of offering the best services to the soldiers with disabilities who have sacrificed their physical well being for the integrity of our motherland. It is our common knowledge that disabilities worsen with age and secondary medical complications crop up later in life, where as modern facilities provided by the therapeutic centre will limit the occurrence of such phenomenon.

I extend my gratitude to Dialog Telekom and all those who were engaged in making this building a reality”Commenting further on the thinking behind the Ranaviru Sevana Listening Library and Therapeutic Centre Group Chief Executive for Dialog Telekom Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya said “In line with our corporate vision, we are committed to bridging connectivity divides in a manner which empowers.

The listening library at Ranaviru Sevana will harness digital technology to facilitate connectivity to knowledge and infotainment, for servicemen who have suffered impairment of visual and cognitive faculties.

The center will also provide therapy and a range of knowledge based services to the differently abled at Ranaviru Sevana” Dialog Telekom has consistently used its competence and expertise in digital connectivity technologies to empower the differently abled. To carry its commitment forward Dialog Telekom operates the Change Trust Fund, which deploys monetary and other resources for projects envisioned to change and uplift the quality of life of the under privileged.

Dialog has applied specific focus on assisting those with hearing, speech, visual and cognitive impairment.

The company recently commissioned a state of the art Audiology Centre in collaboration with the Deaf and Blind School at Ratmalana, The Ratmalana Audiology centre is a cutting edge diagnostic facility that aims to mitigate the incidence of hearing impairment in Sri Lanka through early diagnosis.Dialog Telekom’s Corporate Responsibility practice focuses on reaching out to all segments of society regardless of demographic disparity, to enrich the nation through inclusion. The company is committed to serving the nation in support of national development goals through its community outreach initiatives while maintaining highest ethics in operational spheres by good governance. The best practices imbued through its Corporate Responsibility initiatives have earned Dialog three consecutive World GSM Awards for using digital technology for community benefit.