FPA Sri Lanka successfully held the Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony for its new Service Delivery Point (SDP) at the Pallekelle Export Processing Zone today, 18th September 2025. This milestone marks a significant step toward expanding sexual and reproductive health services in the Central Province, especially targeting manufacturing sector workers, most of whom are women.
The event was graced by Deputy Director BOI Pallekelle, along with Dr. Ruchitha Perera, Executive Director of FPA Sri Lanka, and the organisationโs Senior Management Team, and Outreach Unit staff.
Developed in partnership with the Board of Investment (BOI), and supported by senior health officials, including the Provincial Director of Health, the Regional Director of Health (Kandy), the Medical Officer of Maternal and Child Health, and the Medical Officer of Health, Kundasale, the new centre will provide contraceptive services, cancer screening, STI prevention, mental health support, and carry out GBV prevention awareness programmes and referral support for EPZ staff.
On this occasion, Dr. Ruchitha Perera, Executive Director of FPA Sri Lanka, stated:
"๐๐บ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ, ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐น๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด. ๐๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ 10๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐บ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐น๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ค๐บ. ๐๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ-๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ".
