Guwahati: More than 100 women from human-elephant different conflict affected areas of eastern Assam were provided with first-aid training.
The training programme was organised by Aaranyak, in collaboration with Civil Defence Department of Assam.
The trainings are part of Aranyak-British Asian Trust’s initiative of promoting human-elephant coexistence, with support from Darwin Initiative.
Aaranyak organized the training to capacitate the population to provide initial emergency treatment to victims of the human-elephant conflict.
One of these community training programmes for 23 persons including 19 women and 4 men was organised on Friday at Padumphula near Sadiya in Tinsukia district of eastern Assam.
Officials of the Civil Defence Department imparted the training. The team also highlighted the basic precautions and demonstrated some mock drills.
A similar training programme on first aid administration was hed on December 24, which was participated by 29 women and nine men at Jaborchuk Kathoni, a village affected by human-elephant conflict, in Assam’s Majuli district.
On December 11, Aaranyak conducted another training programme on first aid administration and rescue for the local communities in Dibrugarh district’s Konwarbam village.
A nine-member team provided training to local community members who are affected by human-elephant conflict.
Sixty-nine individuals including 58 women and 11 men were trained in the programme.
