Celebrating 100 years of empowering girls and women

AGM of the General Council of SLGGA

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the General Council of the Sri Lanka Girl Guides Association (SLGGA) was held on 26 September 2015 at the Western Province Aesthetic Resort, Colombo 07.

The SLGGA is the largest women’s organization in Sri Lanka. Annually an increasing number of girls and women from all walks of life and from varying economic and social backgrounds join the SLGGA. In March 2017 the SLGGA would be celebrating its centenary – 100 years of empowering girls and women. The official centenary logo of the SLGGA was also unveiled.

The Chief Guest at the AGM was Ms. Dilani Alagaratnam, President - Human Resources, Legal & Secretarial, Corporate Communications, Sustainability & Enterprise Risk Management and Group Sourcing functions, John Keells Foundation.

Ms. Alagaratnam’s speech focused on gender based violence and child abuse in Sri Lanka. She stressed that it is organizations like the Sri Lanka Girl Guides Association which is nationally recognized as a lead organization for girls, and it is women that should take the initiative in endeavouring to stem the increase of or eradicate gender based violence and child abuse.

The programme for the day included the presentation of the annual report which covered national and international events and activities at which Little

It is organizations like the Sri Lanka Girl Guides Association which is nationally recognized as a lead organization for girls, and it is women that should take the initiative in endeavouring to stem the increase of or eradicate gender based violence and child abuse

Friends, Girl Guides, Senior Guides and the Differently Abled Guides participated.

The business meeting that followed included the adoption of the minutes of the annual general meeting 2014, the confirmation of the audited statement of accounts for the financial year ending 31 March 2015, the announcement of appointments and resignations of office bearers, and of national awards. The outgoing President of the Association Dushyanthi Perera was awarded the Hansa Puttu – the highest award of the Association.

The vote of thanks at the AGM was given in Sinhala, Tamil and English by three ten-year-old Little Friends who impressed all those at the AGM with their presentation.