Under the guidance of honorary secretary Indian Red Cross Society State branch CTM Suguna, the Red Cross started a mission to bridge the gap between the district Red Cross, Youth Red Cross and Junior Red Cross, for better coordination.
Youth Red Cross Officer and Junior Red Cross Officer visited districts like Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Angul, Deogarh, Sambalpur, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Nuapada, Kalahandi, Balangir, Subarnapur, Boudh, Kandhmal and Ganjam and met Emergency Officers, District Education Officers, YRC convenors, secretaries, JRC district secretaries, YRC district coordinators, district JRCOs and Red Cross members to activate them for carrying out different activities like first aid, disaster management, child safety, road safety, blood donation, search and rescue etc, for providing different humanitarian services.During the visit they attended seven District Working Committee meetings and discussed with District Red Cross Branches, different schools and colleges. Since near about 10,000 death cases are reported in road accidents in Odisha every year, Red Cross has already taken steps to create lay lecture in first aid in every blocks of Odisha so that first aid knowledge can be disseminated to all students at school and college level to save many lives in emergencies.
The Red Cross has already created disaster management trainers to build capacity in volunteers who can render service during the time of bare need. The Red Cross is also planning to collect one lakh blood units from schools and colleges through blood donation camps.