A delegation of nine students of the Department of Social Work, linnaeus University, Sweden visited SGRR PG College, which organised a dialogue programme, Dehradun on Wednesday.
They shared their experiences with the media and the students of SGRR PG College. These Swedish students have come to India for an internship programme. These students exchanged ideas, knowledge and experiences regarding the needs and way of working in Social Work discipline with the students of SGRR PG College.
The programme was initiated by Principal, SGRR PG College, Prof. VA Bourai. In his address Prof Bourai said that Social Work is such a discipline that along with a potential career prospect, it is also way to serve humanity.
While welcoming the Swedish students. It is a matter of pride for us that the Swedish students have come to us to understand the social problems in India and also got us acquainted with such problems in Sweden.
Swedish students Mendas and Victoria said that in their country Sweden, the NGOs are generally working for de-addiction and stress management. They said that increased addiction towards drugs has become the major factor in the youth over there to become unstable. There the Government. and the non-Govenmnet organisations are working in a close proximity with each other for helping the young generation out of this vicious circle of drug addiction.
HOD of Master of Social Work, SGRR PG College, Neha Sharma said that here in Uttarakhand, the NGOs are generally working for Health, Women empowerment, raising of living standards in the slum areas. The Swedish students were also taken around SGRR institutions, and they are very much impressed with their way of working. Swedish students have invited the SGRR students for a trip to Sweden. The SGRR students will go to Sweden and become acquainted with the social problems over there.