Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 9: The Destitute and Handicapped Welfare Association (DAHWA), organised a mega awareness camp for rural women especially minority community at Khoon, Majalta in Udhampur district.
Ann Elizabeth Hawkins, representative from Pardisan, a UK based social organisation working for women empowerment, was special invitee on the occasion. She highlighted the programmes being implemented by their organisation for women emancipation and assured that they will soon launch their schemes in these rural areas. She appreciated the way DAHWA is working selflessly for the people of such rural and far off pockets since the last 40 years.
The camp was attended by representatives of different departments, Sarpanchs, Panchs, Naib Sarpanchs, social activists besides prominent citizens.
The officers created awareness among the participants about the welfare and development programmes of their respective programmes. They also listened to the problems of the people.
Chairperson DAHWA, Surat Singh Sumbria, said that it is the endeavour of their organisation to act as a bridge between the people and the Government by creating awareness about the Government schemes meant for socio-economic empowerment of rural masses. He added that most of the rural areas remain deprived of vital development programmes of the Government mere for lack of knowledge about the same.
Later, the organisation held similar awareness camp at Majalta which was attended by a large number of people besides representatives from PRIs.
Sumbria requested Deputy Commissioner, Udhampur, Yasha Mudgal, to issue necessary instructions to the concerned officers to hold awareness camp on Public Service Guarantee Act and other such pro-people programmes in these rural areas. He also demanded opening of new BDO office at Balpur.
Among others present were Working President DAHWA, Vikrant Sumbria, Sarpanchs, Romesh Chandra, Chain Singh, Mohan Lal, Kuldeep Singh, Raghubir Singh, Naib Sarpanchs Geeta Devi and Sheetla Kumari besides social activists Bishan Dass and Soba Singh.
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