An inter-State Junior Red Cross study-cum-training camp, which was launched by the Indian Red Cross Society Odisha State Branch in Puri on Monday, is going on satisfactorily and would conclude on Friday.
Puri district Collector Jyoti Prakash Dash gracing as chief guest on the inaugural day lauded the commitment of the junior Red Cross volunteers towards social service. Society secretary Major Dr Kalpana Das urged the volunteers to spread message of social service, road awareness, afforestation among people.
More than 350 volunteers from Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur and Odisha are participating in the five-day camp. They are being provided training on Red Cross history, rules and regulations, first-aid etc.
Among others, Gurucharan Behera, Upendra Das and Manas Ranjan Swain were present.