One-day workshop on capacity and resilience building held
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Kakching, November 14 2014 :
The Rural Education and Action for Change-Manipur (REACH-M) organized a one-day workshop on capacity and resilience building for teachers, Children and their parents of Manipur under the theme "Mental issues in Children and adolescents after trauma" at SViS Kinder Garten School, Bethel in Chandel District yesterday.
The program was organized with the objective to provide school based psycho Socio Awareness for progressively increase children resilience through counselling, sensitised teachers and parental support.
Resource persons of the program, Reverend S.Vaiphei, Pastor of Molnoi Area KBC Centre Church and REACH-M team deliberated on different mental issues faced after trauma during the workshop.
Tongpao Haokip, Director REACH-M; Lalam Mate, President All Tribal Women Organization, Chandel also attended the Workshop beside 70 participants most of whom were women and Children affected by the ethnic conflict of the state.
While speaking at the sideline of the program, Tongpao Haokip Director REACH-M said that the workshop was conducted under the sponsorship of European Commission and as a part of the its project title "Humanitarian support to the people affected by conflict in Kashmir, Manipur and Andhra Pradesh States of India".
The Director further said that similar workshop would also be conducted at different places in Chandel District where people affected by the past ethnic conflict were concentrated in order to recover them from their trauma and bring them to mainstream.