GUWAHATI:
A two days residential training of trainers on child and women care in relief camps and temporary shelters during emergencies was organised at Assam Administrative Staff College on February 14 and 15.
The training was conducted to equip the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) functionaries under the Directorate of Women and Child Development (DWCD) at all levels with relevant training and enable them to deliver proven nutrition-specific interventions during a disaster, to reduce mortality rate and morbidity associated with malnutrition.
The training was conducted by Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) in collaboration with DWCD and UNICEF, Assam.
The first level of the training was conducted with the nominated 65 nodal officers from all the selected ICDS projects in all districts of the state who in turn, will train the anganwadi workers (AWs) in their respective districts before the flood season starts.
The AWs are the first responders to the women and child victims during any emergency.
Therefore, the training has been conducted to stimulate the grass-root level workers and motivate them to work keeping given these facts.
The inaugural programme of the training was chaired by Chinmoy Nath, joint secretary, revenue and disaster management department and deputy chief executive officer of ASDMA and attended by Sangita Borthakur, joint director, DWCD, Anand Prakash Kanoo from UNICEF, officers from DWCD, UNICEF and ASDMA.