Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, September 23 2010:
23 Assam Rifles of 10 Sector under the aegis of HQ IGAR(South) organized a lecture on HIV/AIDS awareness at Shangshak on 22 Sep 2010 to educate the local populace as well as own troops and families about HIV/AIDS in collaboration with representatives from Imphal based NGO Dev Kumar Tyagi, India (DKT).
The personnels from the NGO educated the troops, families & local villagers about various unknown aspects of HIV/AIDS.
They conveyed the same through various modes of teaching like drama, skits, questions & answers & physical demonstrations.
A total of 160 persons attended the same.
In addition to above, the battalion also extended CSD facilities to the locals, and also free medicines to all the needy.