A five-day inter-State Youth Red Cross (YRC) study-cum-training camp, organised by the youth wing of the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) State branch here concluded on Thursday.
More than 359 YRC volunteers and counsellors from different States including all the 30 districts of Odisha participated in the camp.
During the camp, the volunteers were taught on topics like history of Red Cross movement, fundamental principles, first aid, HIV/AIDS, health and hygiene, voluntary blood donation, road safety and leadership and yoga. Various competitions were organised to harness the literary potentiality of the volunteers. The camp helped the volunteers to build up their capacity to render humanitarian services to the most vulnerable people in the society.
Khurdha Collector and district Red Cross branch chairman Niranjan Sahu, joined the valedictory event as chief guest and said that the volunteers should be the responsible citizen of the country to root out social evils.
BJB Autonomous College Principal Prof Mohammed Nawaz Hasan and IRCS-OSB secretary Dr Chakradhar Panda were present, among others.