Awareness campaign on Dengue by Red Cross volunteers

Awareness campaign on Dengue by Red Cross volunteers

Bhubaneswar ( Odisha Samachar Bureau )  – Providing Health & Care service is one of the core areas of the Indian Red Cross Society, Odisha State Branch (IRCS-OSB). Looking at the prevailing situation of Dengue in few districts of Odisha, Red Cross Odisha branch had oragnised an awareness campaign on Dengue with the support of its members & volunteers.

In the morning at 9.00 a.m a Human Chain was formed by Red Cross members, Junior & Youth Red Cross volunteers, Counsellors and staff members of the state branch in front of Red Cross Bhavan, Unit – IX, Bhubaneswar to disseminate information regarding the causes and remedies of Dengue to the public by holding placards, displaying posters and raises slogans. Besides, leaflets on Dengue were also distributed to the passers by. More than 350 Junior Red Cross & Youth Red Cross volunteers from Govt. Girls High School-Unit-2, Satya Sai Girls High School, Unit – 3, Govt. Boys High School, Unit – 2, Govt. Boys High School, Unit – 6 and Govt. Boys High School, Unit- 9 and Maharshi College of Natural Law, Acharya Harihar Mahavidyalaya, City Womens College, Kamal Nehru Womens College, Institute of Media studies, R.D Womens College, Kalinga Institute of Social Science, Indian Institute of Yogic Science participated in the programme. Red Cross members such as Smt. Mamata Padhi, Smt. Ashalata Dash, Smt. Madhumita Mohapatra, Smt. Basanti Jena, Sri Prasanna Rath, Sri Jogeswar Subudhi also actively participated in the awareness programme. The said programme was coordinated by the Dr. Mangala Prasad Mohanty, Honorary Secretary, IRCS-OSB and supported by Sri Nagendra Nath Das, Honorary Joint Secretary and Dr. Sarita Supkar, Youth Red Cross Officer.

Further, at 11.00 a.m Dengue awareness and cleanliness drive was organised at Satya Nagar Basti, Bhubaneswar under the leadership of Dr. Mangala Prasad Mohanty, Honorary Secretary, IRCS-OSB along with Red Cross members, volunteers and staff member of IRCS-OSB. Senior Citizen of Satya Nagar as well as eminent singer Sri Prafulla Kar, Sri Bijay Mohanty, Hon’ble M.L.A, Sri Padmanav Das, Corporater, Social worker Smt. Sumitra Tripathy and Sri Dipu Kar had joined in the programme. The cleanliness drive & Dengue awareness programme was effectively organized with the support of local inhabitants and slum communities

It has also been decided to organise cleanliness drives in the colleges & school campus as well as Red Cross Bhavan on 13^th & 14^th August, 2013 to prevent the spread of Dengue & Malaria.