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Eagle
Samana Gurupubuduwa Workshops an immense success
Eagle successfully conducted its Samana Regional Workshops
in Matara and Kandy. Over 1600 teachers participated in the
full-day programmes, exceeding the expectations of the Company.
This series of regional workshops to educate pre-school teachers
and teachers of children with special-needs was focused and
interactive. The workshops were held at the Matara Samupakara
Mandira Auditorium in Matara on 19th July 2008 and at St.
Anthony’s Boys’ College, Main Hall - Katugastota
on 26th July.
The following topics were discussed at the workshop with some
practical sessions demonstrated onstage: Inculcating Positive
Thinking in Children by Daya Rohana Athukorala - Senior lecturer
Colombo University. Classroom Management Strategies by Ms.
Himali de Silva - Speech and Language therapist, and visiting
lecturer at Kelaniya University. Sensory and Movement Education
by Rohana Deva - Chairman, Theatre Institute for Disability
Oriented Research and Advocacy. Case Study Analysis - by Mrs.
Selomi Dias Abeysinghe – A teacher who has taught autistic
children in mainstream classrooms in the UK.
Workbooks and specially developed reading materials including
a comprehensive book on “How to develop a bright child”
authored by Daya Rohana Athukorala were given to all participants.
Approximately 800 teachers attended each workshop.
Commenting on this Eagle CSR endeavour, Amal Perera, Assistant
General Manager, Marketing and Planning said: “We are
pleased with the response and are glad to have such a high
level of participation. “We are confident that the knowledge
shared at the event will enhance and add value to the participants
of the workshop” he continued.
The core objective of Eagle Samana is to enhance the knowledge
of teachers who work with disabled children, through a series
of regular region-wide workshops and training modules featuring
recognized resource persons in the field of special education.
This workshop also included mainstream pre-school teachers
as well to enable the early identification of disabilities
in pre-school children so that medical and special attention
can be given to help lessen the identified disabilities.
Eagle is an Aviva Company. Aviva is the world’s oldest
insurance group, with a history dating back 300 years to 1696.
Today it is the world’s fifth-largest insurance group
and the biggest in the UK. The group has 57,000 employees
serving 45 million customers worldwide with more than Sterling
Pounds 364 billion assets under management.
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