Review of Mithuruwela Activities June 05-Sept 06

MITHURUWELA CENTER
A Review
July 20th 2005 - 15th September 2006
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During the period 20th July 2005 to 15th September 2006, befriending sessions were conducted at the Mithuruwela Center for a period of 129 days.

A total of 131 callers were befriended. While 55 callers visited the Center just once, the remaining 76 made multiple visits. Therefore, during the 129 day period, a total of 490 befriending sessions were conducted. This is an average of around 4 sessions per day.


The term ‘New Caller’ is used to describe persons who visit the center for the first time. The term ‘Old Caller’ is used to describe persons who are visiting the center for a second or subsequent occasion.

Of the 131 callers, 46 are males and 85 are females.
Forty Six of those befriended were Patients and the remaining 85 were Caregivers



The age group to which the callers belong are given below.


The primary needs of the callers were as follows :

There were multiple needs in the case of some callers.

The types of cancers encountered during the befriending sessions were as follows :



The cancers that have been classified under ‘Other’ include the following:
Kidney, Spine, Hydatidiform, Mole, Oral, Nasopharyngeal Lymphoma, Rectal, Liver, Chest Spleen, Lymph Node, Esophagus, Melanoma.

The areas of residence of Callers by District are as follows :

District	No. of Callers
Ampara	12
Anuradhapura	2
Badulla	6
Batticaloa	7
Colombo	3
Galle	1
Gampaha	10
Hambantota	1
Jaffna	2
Kandy	5
Kalutara	6
Kurunegala	19
Matara	8
Matale	2
Moneragala	4
Nuwara Eliya	3
Polonnaruwa	4
Puttalam	15
Ratnapura	7
Trincomalee	2
Vavuniya	6
Mannar	2
Deniyaya	1
Weeraketiya	1
Angunakolapalessa	2