Ahead of the World Red Cross Day on May 8 that
commemorates the Birth anniversary of founder of Red Cross Jean
Henry Dunant, a walkathon was flagged off here on May 6 by the
Governor of Odisha and president Indian Red Cross Society Odisha
State Branch Professor Ganeshi Lal from Raj Bhawan to Red Cross
Bhawan via AG Square.
Under the guidance of honorary secretary, Indian Red Cross Society
Odisha State Branch CTM Suguna, volunteers, counsellors of Youth
and Junior Red Cross from different schools and colleges , other Red
Cross volunteers and Red Cross staff members participated in the
walkathon.
A cultural programme was organised at the Red Cross Bhawan in which
Odia actors Sankarshan Pradhan, Tattwa Prakash Satapathy and Pragnya
Kumar Khatua entertained the volunteers. The honorary secretary
advised the volunteers on the theme #BeHumanKIND. and urged them
to be a good human beings for a better society.
The Odisha Red Cross distributed school kits to the speech and hearing
impaired students of Bipin Choudhury Deaf School and visually
impaired students of Bhima Bhoi Blind School.
Hygiene kits were distributed to the students of Capital High School
Unit -3, Government Girl's High School Unit-2 and Government Boy's
High School Unit -1 . During the hygiene kit distribution, treasurer
Bhabani Prasad Nanda, Youth Red Cross Officer Ramesh Chandra
Behera , Junior Red Cross Officer Laxman Swain and other staff were
present.
On May 7, a mega Blood donation camp was organised at the Red Cross
Bhawan, Bhubaneswar.