World AIDS Day 2019

A series of awareness programmes were held at different locations to mark World AIDS Day 2019. 

An awareness programme was made up of the following, 

  • Introduction to AFL 
  • Basic facts on HIV 
  • HIV testing and confidentiality 
  • Services available for HIV testing 
  • Women’s health – personal hygiene, detection of cancers, teenage pregnancy 
  • Stigma and discrimination 
  • Services offered by AFL 

An AIDS awareness programme for Kurunagala scouts was held on 10th Sunday as advised by Dr Sujatha Samarakoon. 

They have successfully conducted a lecture with Dr. C. Haturusinghe (along with a hiking competition of old scouts and old girl guides) 

Total crowd was around 110.