Talent Hunt prog for IDPs organised
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, February 11 2024:
Wangkhei Kendra Relief Committee under the aegis of MLA Thangjam Arunkumar organised a "Day-Out Talent Hunt" programme for the internally displaced persons (IDPs) of two relief camps set up under Wangkhei assembly constituency, on Sunday.
The programme held at Awungching Park in Pheidinga Lamkhai on Sunday had painting competition for the displaced children staying in relief camps in addition to an interaction programme of the children with RIMS psychiatric department former head professor RK Lenin during which the children were briefed on mental health.
According to Wangkhei Kendra Relief Committee convenor Naorem Mahendra, the programme specifically conducted for the IDPs of relief camps opened at Chingmeirong and Palace compound was aimed at reducing the stress and tensions of the violence-affected people and free the minds of the children taking shelter in the relief camps.
Staying for long in relief camps could create mental issues and further cause related diseases in future, he noted.