Sunday, 23 October 2011

REGION News


Training for Anganwadi workers held

Dimapur, October 23 (MExN):
  A 2-days refreshers course of Angawadi worker was conducted under Jalukie ICDS project, on October 20 & 21 last.
Nezolu Rhakho, CDPO, along with Supervisors imparted comprehensive practical knowledge on (1) Immunization, (2) Referral Services, (3) Health Check-up, (4) Nutrition & Health Education, (5) Supplementary Nutrition and (6) Non-formal Pre-school Education. The target groups of the following components were for pregnant mother, lactating or nursing mother, adolescent girls 11 to 18 years and children from six months to six years. Besides this, proper maintenance and keeping of various records, Monthly Progress Reports, (MPR) and Growth monitoring were emphasized.
The courses also included rebuilding the mind-set of the workers to be more sincere in discharging their duties according to the guidelines of the department.
DB Tech Batch 4 Kohima Centre inaugurated
DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 23 (MExN): 21st October 2011 saw the Inauguration of the DB Tech Batch 4 at Don Bosco Youth Centre, Kohima. The occasion was solemnized by the presence of Johnny Ruangmei, State Project Officer, Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority, Home Department (Govt. of Nagaland) as the Chief Guest. Father Athishu Anthony SDB, In charge, DB Tech, Kohima Centre & Director, Don Bosco Youth Centre, Kohima, welcomed everyone present for the function – Chief Guest, Guests of Honour and Parents & Guardians of the DB Tech Students. Johnny, as he began his short but enlightening speech, said: “I feel at home and happy to be here. I’m also one of the fruits of Don Bosco School.” From different points of view and from various lives of great people in the world he stressed on the need of having a good and positive attitude in life. “People who have made great impacts in the world have been great dreamers. Be dreamers dear students that you may become dreams come true for your parents.” While appreciating the noble works of Don Bosco Tech he remarked, “Just as DB Tech is skilling India, I hope, dear students, that you will be skilling Nagaland too in the future.”
Rev. Fr Raju Philip SDB, Assistant Director, DB Tech, National Office, Delhi, while exhorting the students on the occasion commented, “Learn to pick up as many skills as possible in these three months of training. The greatest happiness of the DB Tech is to see you supporting yourself, your life and your family after you finish your training and are well placed with jobs.” Mr Biseswar Talukdar, Coordinator of DB Tech Centres in East and North-East India exhorted the students with these words, “Dear young friends, I can see the burning fire in your eyes to learn and be useful in your lives.” Br Sunny SDB, Dimapur Province Coordinator of DB Tech Centres & Assistant Director of AIDA, Dimapur, emphasized on the role of Parents in the training of the students. He said, “Your children are with us for 8 hours, but they are with you for 16 hours in a day. So dear parents, you have a big role to play for your children’s future.” He also exhorted the students to learn to the maximum to be skillful in all fields of life, especially in the specialized sector of the training. Fr Jerome Moshary SDB, Rector and Parish Priest of Christ King, Kohima, congratulated the DB Tech for the immense good works carried out throughout India, particularly in our region. He told the students, “Students, please grasp this chance as a golden opportunity to learn many skills so that you can be useful for yourself, your family and our society at large.” 
The other highlights of the programme were the Remix of the Folk Song, Traditional Fashion Show, gospel songs and a few special items presented by the students. After the formal function, there was an informal interaction of the Parents and Guardians of the DB Tech Students with Ms Mary, Coordinator & Trainer, Ms Martha and Sir Azmal, Trainers, DB Tech, Kohima Centre. While interacting, Parents were enlightened about the Project and the Training involved for the job opportunities offered to the students after successfully completing the three months’ training in the centre. The parents took part actively in the session and a lot of matters were clarified during the given period of time. We may here mention again about the DB Tech Training - funded by the Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India, the Training is totally free with 100% Job Assistance at the end of the course!

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