A four-day peer educator training programme for teenagers of Chhatrapur block organised by the Nehru Yuva Kendra (NYK), Brahmapur ended successfully last week.
The programme, which was started from September 21, is a part of an adolescent health development project of the Union Youth and Sports Affair Ministry and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
The NYK, implementing agency of the project, has started its programmes in nine blocks of Ganjam district. The four-day programme was conducted at the District Sports Office, Chhatrapur to create an enabling environment for adolescents to enhance their capacities to identify and fulfill their needs and aspiration to live a happy and healthy lifestyle.
NYK’s District Youth Coordinator K Subramanian and District Sports Officer Akshay Kumar Patnaik attending the programme taught the members of youth club and teen club about youth’s role in creating a healthy and developed society.
Among others, UNFPA’s Sudeep Kesh, NYK’s Sudam Charan Sabat, Jashoda Behera, Swarnalata Satpathy and K Rajanikanta guided the students for development of their skills through different training programmes.
The programme was organised under the active supervision of District Project Officer Devidatta Rath.