Welcome to the CCC Foundation

Downloads – CCC Line

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CCCline DL Brochure

Downloads – CCC House

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Donate

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You can help by:

Whether you are an individual, family, company, school or an association, CCC has a many ways you can get involved and assist us make a difference to our beneficiaries.

We are proud to say that we have no administration costs and all donations and profits from events go directly to our beneficiaries.

Intro

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CCC Foundation is a not for profit charitable organisation based in Australia and Sri Lanka. CCC supports people in Sri Lanka in the areas of:

Cancer treatment and care
Emotional wellbeing and mental health

It was first registered in May 2003 to assist children suffering with cancer at the National Cancer Institute Maharagama (NCI) in Sri Lanka. In 2009 construction started at the CCC House, a 170 bed cancer transit home in Sri Lanka similar to the Ronald MacDonald House. In December 2009 CCC launched CCCLine, the first telephone counselling service in Sri Lanka.
CCC Foundation works with its alliance partners Royal Children’s Hospital, Peter Maccallum Cancer Centre, Lifeline International and Centre for International Mental Health
CCC Foundation is based on Courage, Compassion & Commitment (CCC). We believe it is these very qualities in those who support our efforts to help the sick and the underprivileged that makes the difference.

CCCline goes live

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On the 16th December the CCCline is open from 6pm – 10pm, 7 days a week. Dial 1333 to talk to a counselor to help you through any kind of distress. All calls are free to anyone in Sri Lanka thanks to SLT sponsoring the call charges. CCCline is an initiative by the Courage, Compassion, Commitment (CCC) Foundation in partnership with the National Institute for Mental health (NIMH) Angoda, Sri Lanka, Lifeline International and Lifeline Hobart, Australia

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CCCline is a telephone counselling service in Sri Lanka that provides emotional support and guidance to people facing difficult times. The CCCline’s 1333 number is a free service accessible to everyone island wide. It offers counselling as well as information about other support services available in the callers’ local area.

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The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Maharagama, Sri Lanka has over 1000 patients & approx 870 beds. Patients without a bed are called floor patients, as that’s exactly where they receive their treatment & care. CCChouse is a 170 bed Transit Home for underprivileged cancer outpatients & their carers.

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Your donation how big or small is extremely valued and will collectively go towards making a difference. It will enable CCC to sustain our projects and make improvements to achieve our ultimate goal of improving the survival rate for cancer patients (CCChouse) as well improve the emotional well being of those going through difficult times in their lives (CCCline).

CCC House

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The National Cancer Institute, Maharagama (NCI) is the only tertiary referral centre dedicated for treatment of all types of cancers in Sri Lanka. It was established in 1958 with a staff of less than 10 medical officers. Presently, the specialist edical consultant team consists of eight medical oncologists, two surgeons, a gynaecologist, anaesthetist, haematologist, pathologist, microbiologist, radiologist, physician and a paediatrician. Furthermore, over 80 medical officers assist the consultants to manage the relevant departments.

Each year, the numbers of patients seeking treatment for various types of cancers have increased. At present there are 50 inpatients and approx. 500 attend the outpatient clinics daily. The bed strength of the hospital is 600 and is nsufficient to provide a bed for all resident patients.