The Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS), Odisha State Branch, with the support of IRCS, New Delhi and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), organised a two-day workshop on Family News Service (FNS) here on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The main objective of the workshop was to enhance the capacity of Red Cross Volunteers to help the community trace out the missing persons when their contacts are lost as a result of conflict, migration, natural disaster or other crises and support for restoring link with their families.
Members of State Disaster Response Team and Red Cross and Youth Red Cross Counsellors from most of the District Red Cross Branches, City Branch and Regional Branch of the Red Cross Society participated in the workshop.
On Tuesday, the workshop was inaugurated by IRCS-OSB honorary secretary Dr Mangala Prasad Mohanty. Advisor of Restoring Family link programme, ICRC, Nicholas G Bachmann and Youth Red Cross Coordinator Ritu Satmukhi joined the programme as guests of honour and highlighted about the objective of the workshop. On the second day, Health and Family Welfare Minister Damodar Rout inaugurated the valedictory ceremony.