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About AVHAN |
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AVHAN is a residential programme on Disaster
Management and integrated model for
participation of the young NSS Volunteers in
rescue and relief |
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Objectives of AVHAN |
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AVHAN aims to create a pool of trained young
volunteers from National Service scheme
(NSS) to collaborate and join hands with
civil administration to provide quick rescue
and relief services in the event of sudden
natural calamities and disasters. The main
objective of the event AVHAN 2015 is to
provide focused and wholesome training of
youths belonging to NSS units of 20
Universities of Maharashtra through
professional trainers of National Disaster
Rescue Force (NDRF). The training included
various sub-modules of providing relief and
quick response to help reduce the losses and
mitigate sufferings of the victims of sudden
or manmade calamities and hazards. These
1125 young NSS Volunteers would form part of
Chancellor’s Brigade and will be organized
in Platoons. One Platoon will comprise of 20
boys & 10 girls along with 2 Asst Nodal
Officers (One Lady and One Gentleman) which
will work for each district of Maharashtra.
They would be trained holistically to build
their capacities to accept the challenge of
rescue and relief and would complement the
disaster responses forces available with
civil administration. The youth would be
equipped with the latest methods of rescue
in the events e.g. floods, fire and
earthquake etc, providing first aids,
resuscitation and revival, evacuations,
debris clearances, cordon, communication and
mob control, carrying victims to ambulances,
life-saving and administration of relief
camps. |
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