FAMILY NEWS SERVICE

     During the event of a disaster or conflict, other than the food, shelter and medical necessities, the non-physical wounds inflicted upon the members of the affected families have to be addressed too. A range of activities are done that aim to restore family links, prevent separation and disappearance, restore and maintain contact between family members, and clarify the fate of persons reported missing. In this connection, Indian Red Cross Society, Tamil Nadu Branch conducted trainings for various people in Red Cross associates like JRC, YRC , District Branch Members & Volunteers with the support of Indian Red Cross Society, National Head Quarters, New Delhi and International Committee of the Red Cross, New Delhi .

     Following that, a one-day FNS Training Programme on Tracing service for Disaster Prone Areas at TBML College Nagapattinam District was conducted on 11.02.2011. Fifty YRC volunteers having residence at the nearby coastal areas were selected specially for the tracing training programme so that, their service will be utilized at the community level in times of emergency and during disaster.

     The topics on Red Cross Movement, RFL Introduction, Red Cross Message, Where Are They? Movie, Tracing, Tracing Group Work, Tracing During Natural Disaster , Mock Drill of Data Collection and missing person matching process were handled by the Tracing Officer,from Indian Red Cross Society , Tamil Nadu Branch

Through this program, the participants were made aware of the tracing service that is provided by Red Cross. They learnt how to open tracing requests and perform active tracing during Disaster. The participants responded very actively and were equipped well enough to disseminate this service to their community. Dr.Jonas Gunasekaran, Principal of the College, distributed the certificates to the trainees of the programme. Dr. P.Jothipackiam proposed the vote of thanks .

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