Yoga and Awareness programme for school children conducted by Department of Ayurveda Pharmacology, Pharmaceutics and Community Medicine

Yoga and Awareness programme for school children conducted by Department of Ayurveda Pharmacology, Pharmaceutics and Community Medicine

Yoga has become increasingly popular in modern society and the future well-being of any civilization depends on children’s healthy development. Benefits of yoga and knowledge on health problems in childhood can be applied to preserve the positive health in children.

Thus, the Department of Ayurveda Pharmacology, Pharmaceutics and Community Medicine, Faculty of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo conducted a Yoga and awareness programme for grade five students at the President’s College, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte on 24.07.2023 in order to provide the physical, mental, social and spiritual wellbeing to the school children. Parallel to the programme, the Department of Ayurveda Pharmacology, Pharmaceutics and Community Medicine has donated books to the library of the President’s College, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte to enhance the educational performance of the students.