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Workshop Reports Disaster Awareness, First Aid & School Safety Program
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In the inaugural address the DC stressed on the need of collaborative efforts of this kind, to create mass awareness on disaster, and provide training to local community and institutional leaders. He acknowledged that this was the first such initiative taken in the district to provide first aid and school safety training by an NGO.
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A three-day training & orientation program on disaster awareness, first aid and school safety was jointly organized by EHA Disaster management unit, Baptist Christian Hospital, Tezpur and the ADWR Project, at Udulgiri, Assam on March 12-14, 2009. The program was inaugurated by the District Collector of Udulgiri District. The Chief Medical Officer of the district hospital was also present during the program. 65 people in addition to local community leaders, faith-based organizations, NGOs, teachers, youth leaders, community volunteers as well as students participated in the program.Transformation Stories
Though Kasiram called himself a Baba and lived in a temple, he was not always one. Four years ago, when his crops failed, Kasiram out of desperation, left his family and went to live in the temple. But that was not the end of Kasiram’s story. The members of HBM Community Health & Development Project in Lalitpur contacted Kasiram and encouraged him to take up farming. |
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