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Six children, along with their parents, left for Amritha Hospital, Kochi, India, on Monday, 15th October 2024, to undergo complex chronic heart defect surgery. These surgeries come under the Neona Heart Surgery Global Grant Project of Rotary Club of Colombo West and Rotary Club of Cochin West.  

Three children arrived today (Wednesday 18th September 2024) after undergoing successful congenital heart defect surgery at Ramakrishna Hospital, Coimbatore, India. It’s a Global Grant project of Rotary Club of Colombo West and Rotary Club of Sai City, Coimbatore. These 3 surgeries were done under RCCW’s Save A Kid’s Life project.

Three Sri Lankan children left for Coimbatore via Madurai today (Sunday 25th August 2024) for Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) surgery at Ramakrishna Hospital, India. We wish these children successful surgery and a speedy recovery. This is yet another send-off under “Save A Kid’s Life,” our project to save young lives from CHDs.

On Saturday 6 th July 2024, Save a Kid’s Life (SAKL), the flagship community service project of the Rotary Club of Colombo West, welcomed 5 Sri Lankan children who had undergone complex Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) surgery, the children’s parents, and 10 local nurses specially trained to assist surgeons in complex CHD surgeries. The contingent had just […]

The Rotary Club Of Colombo West, one of the oldest clubs in Sri Lanka, recently celebrated a significant occasion with the installation of its 64th president, Arunasalam Balraj. The installation ceremony, held on the 5th of July 2024 at the Courtyard by Marriot , was a testament to the club’s commitment to serving the community […]

The first guest speaker for the current Rotary year was HE Santosh Jha, who engaged on a fire side chat with the Editor of FT Sri Lanka .

To celebrate interfaith, peace building and harmony, our members visited the Gangarama Temple, Hindu Kovil, Mosque and Church and took part in religious observances during their visit on 1st July 2024.  

Rotary Club of Colombo West in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Hamamtsu South – Japan (Rotary Districts 3220 and 2620) together with the Ministry of Health Sri Lanka organized an event on 24th January 2024 at the Ministry of Health to hand over critical care equipment worth Rs. 35 million to the Emergency Treatment […]

A meeting was held between Members of the Rotary Club of Hamamatsu Club, Japan and H.E. MIZUKOSHI Hideaki, Ambassador of Japan to Sri Lanka at his official residence on 22nd January 2024. Rtn. Razik Zarook, President of Rotary Club of Colombo west; Rtn. PP Kosala Wickramanayake; Rtn. Tharanga Vithanage, Secretary 2023/24,Rotary Club of Colombo West […]

The annual programme of sponsoring cataract surgery for the elderly was launched by President Razik Zarook at the Colombo Municipal Council