Safer Sri Lanka

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Novil Wijesekara: Medical Doctor working in the public health field, Community-Based Disaster Risk Management Practitioner, Post Graduate Student in Community Medicine at the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo *Co-founder of the Community Tsunami Early-warning Centre (CTEC) in Peraliya, Thelwaththa Sri Lanka. *Additional Medical Officer of Health, Yatiyanthota, * advisor and member of the Board of Trustee of CTEC *functioned as Chief Zonal Health Coordinator/Deputy Director preventive Health for IDP Healthcare Qualifications: M.B.B.S, Diploma in Diplomatic Stduies and Foreign Relations, Diploma in French Language and Civilizations, M.Sc in Disaster Management. Personal Qualities: Dedicated, hard working, motivated. I am a self motivated and hard working person who is committed to change the world positively through practical actions. I am committed to become a humanitarian worker and am ready to use my knowledge and skills as a medical doctor, disaster manager and academic to fulfill that goal. I stand for the neglected and the marginalized, try to empower them to stand on their own. I change systems through personal influence.

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