Two days training for Community Focal Persons under Risk education Program Concluded.

    

Pakistan Red Crescent FATA Mohmand Agency branch conducted two days Training for Community Focal Persons (CFPs) under (CBRE/VA) Community Based Risk Education & Victims Assistance program at PRC Mohmand office Ekkaghund here on Friday.

Volunteers from different tehsils of the agency participated with great zeal and spirit, which will further delivered sessions of Risk Education Program at their respective communities.

Mr. Ubaidullah CBRE/VA Project Officer from PRC FATA, Agency CBRE/VA Officer Afzal Khan, Agency Program Officer PRC Mohmand Irfan Ullah, CBRE/VA Educators Amjad Ali and Behlol Khan also participated and delivered his presentation in the training.

Mr.Irfan Ullah Agency Program Officer PRC Mohmand welcomed and briefs the participants regarding the overall PRC Mohmand agency activities in the area.

He urged the volunteers to learn more things in the said trainings and convey ours messages to the backward areas of the agency.

“PRC Mohmand office doors always open for every one therefore volunteers must come so that they can learn skills for community welfare” said Irfan.

He said that PRC is a voluntary organization and auxiliary to the government which has responded in natural and manmade disasters in the tribal areas.

PRC responded in IDPs bajaur, 2010 flood in Mohmand, Bajaur, NFIs (non-food items) food in North Waziristan/Khyber agencies in 2014-16 he added.

 

Giving detailed presentation on Community Based Risk Education & Victims Assistance Mr. Ubaidullah CBRE/VA Project Officer from PRC FATA told that FATA and KP are weapon contaminated areas and due to conflict therefore explosives remnants of war found in these areas which is a big risk for population.

He said in this connection PRC conducted 17209 mine risk awareness sessions   aware 2,3932 unaware community of tribal areas while referred 152 disabled for physical rehabilitation.    

He said that CBRE/VA main objectives are that to minimize the injuries of tribesmen occurring due to land mines and unexploded ordnances in the area.

He said that everybody knows the damages and destruction due to the conflict in the area like houses, infrastructure, properties, life everything were lost and tribesmen are the most vulnerable and deserving.

Ubaidullah said that Community Focal Persons Trainings is an important training after these trainings now these CFPs will to the community to deliver Mine risk awareness sessions.

At the end of training certificates and special bags were distributed among the participants.