The Brahmapur Children’s Federation celebrated the World Health Day and organised meetings at different slums like Ambapua, lanjipalli Goudabandha, Raghupati Nagar, Dhimira, Jagabandhu Bandha Huada and Jaganath Nagar on Thursday.
The children visited door to door to convince the importance of the day to the communities. Through this process federation members discussed about the causes and prevention of diabetes with their parents.
Federation members, Bala Das, Smruti Sahu, Pinky Das, Muna Das, Suraj Das, Mamali Das, Goutam, Amit Das and Radha Das were present.
The theme of the World Health Day was diabetes, a non-communicable disease (NCD), selected by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The Youth for Social Development (YSD) is working with more than 2,000 children in 30 slums in Brahmapur formed 27 child clubs and a city-level children’s federation.