Celltel and its parent company Millicom allocated Rs 180 million towards the recovery and reconstruction of the country with the funds going to the Health Ministry efforts towards rebuilding the destroyed Grama Medical Centres (GMC) from Panadura to Jaffna.
The GMCs are the first point of medical aid for most villagers and their destruction has caused great hardship to the people, hence we decided that it was an extremely worthwhile project to undertake as being part of Celltel's Corporate Social Responsibilty.
The foundation stone was laid for the reconstruction of the first Gramodaya Health Centre by the Deputy Minister of Healthcare, Nutrition and Uva Wellassa Development, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena under the rehabilitation programme of the health infrastructure.
The foundation stone laying ceremony took place on Tuesday, May 10, 2005 at Kahandamodera, Tangalle, in the Hambantota District. Todate they have completed 90% of the project and the First GMC is due to open towards the end of October, said Celltel's Project Manager for the Tsunami Reconstruction Program, Olitha Gunaratne.
According to the MOU signed between the Ministry of Health and Celltel Lanka (Pvt.) Ltd. to rehabilitate forty (40) Gramodaya Health Centres extending from Moratuwa, along the coastal belt to Batticaloa, reconstruction is scheduled to take place in the following three categories.

To demolish and reconstruct on the same land, those centres badly damaged, provided that they are not located within the 100 meter buffer zone, construct new Gramodaya Health Centres inland for the benefit of families who are relocated and to renovate and repair those centres not badly damaged and which could be used in the future, provided they are beyond the 100 meter buffer zone.