Victor is a father of three children from the village of Ipillawatta which belongs to the Divisional Secretariat of Thambuttegama. He is a carpenter by profession and was a daily consumer of alcohol for around 15 years. He used to spend around Rs 700 for his alcohol needs daily from his income of Rs 1200., Victor tends to behave violently under the influence of alcohol. There were some instances where Victor had physically attacked his wife which had frightened the …
Author: Amaranath Tenna
School children themselves proved that by organizing attractive drug prevention programmes that are different from traditional methods can largely make children knowledgeable and in turn, help change their attitudes towards alcohol. Valentine’s day is an attractive day among the youth. A group of children from Royal College, Panadura held a poster campaign on this day to creatively communicate the effects of smoking on school children. These students firstly identified places that many students would hang out. They displayed posters with …
My name is Padma Sriyani. I am from the village of Beragama. Dates were finalized for our daughter’s wedding and very soon we were fully engaged in organizing the ceremony. We planned everything from its venue to food and choosing good photographers. Most people who were involved in organising the wedding insisted that alcohol should be served. I was totally against this idea. If we did serve alcohol, we would be giving a false idea to our children that alcohol …
My name is B. Vipulasena. I am 62 years of age. I started smoking around 40 years back and used to smoke around 15 cigarettes a day. I used to spend large amounts of time and money smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol with friends. I wasted valuable time that I could have spent with my children. I drank alcohol after work to relieve tiredness. I was able to feel my health condition deteriorating daily. Meanwhile, my wife began work as …
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