Under the guidance of honorary secretary, Indian Red Cross Society, Odisha State branch, Bhabani Prasad Nanda, a three-day untrained Youth Red Cross (YRC) counsellors training was organised at the Red Cross Bhawan, here.
The YRC counsellors from different district like Malakangiri, Koraput, Ganjam, Sundargarh, Balangir, Bargarh, Subarnapur, Cuttack , Jagatsinghpur and Keonjhar joined the programme and got oriented on different topics like history of Red Cross, YRC development, first aid, disaster management, road safety and leadership training, etc. The main objective of the training was to strengthen YRC at grassroots level through capacity building training programme.
The counsellors who were trained will disseminate the knowledge at colleges for developing volunteerism to serve the nation with humanity.
Youth Red Cross Officer Dr Ramesh Behera coordinated the programme. Joint secretary Debendra Prasad Dash joined as guest of honour. Junior Red Cross Officer Laxman Swain proposed the vote of thanks. Surendranath Samal and Gyanada Prasad Sahoo helped.
News letter for the month of September was inaugurated by the honorary secretary.