Chairman of Kulluna campaign, Dr Khalid Abdulnoor Saifeldeen, cutting a cake along with President of ConocoPhillips Qatar, Gary Sykes, and Manager of City Center Doha, Ana Marapidou, during the closing ceremony of the ‘Kulluna Healthy Heart’ polyclinic at City Center yesterday. Kammutty VP
By Fazeena Saleem
DOHA: In a novel initiative, Kulluna — the national safety awareness campaign, is likely to reach to low income workers to educate them about the risks of exposing to the heat.
The Kulluna team would visit construction sites where workers are at a higher risk in getting exposed to heat in the summer months, and educate them about its dangers, and safety measures to be taken to beat the heat.
“We have a plan to reach to the workers at construction sites who are at a higher risk to of getting exposed to the heat,” said Chairman of Kulluna campaign, Dr Khalid Abdulnoor Saifeldeen speaking to journalists at an event held to mark the conclusion of their temporary heart polyclinic at the City Center. Leaflets will also be distributed in the next two months at common places to create awareness among the public about steps to be taken during the summer.
Kulluna is being held with the support of ConocoPhillips to raise levels of public awareness regarding general health issues, personal safety, services at the Hamad Medical Corporation and lifesaving practices within the country.
The campaign would also educate the public on the advantages of fasting by distributing leaflets.
This would be followed by creating awareness about lung related diseases like asthma, educating people on the risks of smoking and lifestyle changes.
The Kullluna campaign, which started last year with a slew of events to create awareness about home safety for children, is continuing its activities at schools.
In consultation and partnership with Safe Kids Worldwide, a targeted safety campaign and road show is being held to highlight community and family situations which place children at risk and to recommend systems and processes for reducing those risks. Particular emphasis will be on home and road related injuries.
“The child safety programme is going well at schools now. Around 100,000 students have been educated at many schools along with their parents and teachers,” said Dr Saifeldeen.
Besides road shows and events, Kulluna is planning to show short feature films on issues like drive way accidents and drowning, to educate people on preventing accidents. The Peninsula
