Overview

The Happy Village Program is a community-based volunteer-driven health promotion initiative aimed at empowering communities to achieve physical, mental, social, and spiritual well-being. This volunteer-driven, community-based effort primarily addresses non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and has expanded significantly in recent years. With operations in over 350 Grama Niladari Divisions, the program is supported by trained healthcare workers at grassroots and divisional levels, receiving specialized training at national and district hubs. The program’s impact is further evidenced by international collaborations, including ongoing research with Imperial College London through the Happy Village Plus Initiative, which seeks to refine and expand community health promotion strategies.

 

Programme Responsibilities:

1. Advocate for and mediate collaboration among key partners to ensure informed and committed engagement.

2. Organize and conduct training-of-trainers programs for health promotion and Happy Village implementation.

3. Develop tailored Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) materials focused on NCD prevention and health promotion.

4. Conduct and evaluate district, provincial, and national-level health promotion initiatives and reviews.

5. Engage in collaborative research on NCD prevention and community health promotion to continuously improve program strategies

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Activities

Advocacy meeting

Conducting advocacy programmes for health and non-health stakeholders under the Happy Village Program focuses on fostering collaboration and shared responsibility to promote community well-being, address non-communicable diseases, and enhance overall quality of life.

District-level capacity building

HV volunteer activity

IEC material