WEBINAR 3 INDIA RCE CHANDIGARH RCE Chandigarh took the initiative to strengthen health, safety and livelihoods in rural areas by providing support for raw material to make home-made masks (as per Government of India guidelines) to a group of women in village Gugwaal Haar, District Hoshiarpur, Punjab. Within 10 days 2,000 face masks were distributed in 4 villages. To sensitize rural community, information about Government advisories regarding rural development a WhatsApp Group was created with 30 villages of Talwara Block, Punjab. To promote energy efficiency two online training courses for brick kiln owners and firemen were conducted. Regular teleconferences and VCs were held with Government departments to prepare Punjab State Action Plan on Climate Change 2.0. E-posters, E-booklets and Booklets on Climate Change for students was developed for general awareness. The RCE partners celebrated IBD and WED digitally by organizing slogan, poster and photography competitions with about 400 participants. Presented by: Ms Ravleen Marwah RCE JAMMU 22 In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, India imposed a complete lockdown on 19th March 2020. RCE Jammu published an article titled “Making lockdown a success” in the daily newspaper ‘Daily Excelsior’ on 27th March to create awareness regarding COVID-19 and lockdown impact and economic responses among different stakeholders. It reached nearly 230,000 readers of print version in all districts, covering rural and urban areas including hills of Jammu and Kashmir, and neighbouring states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and New Delhi, besides millions of e-paper readers. Various interventions were suggested for government and nongovernment stakeholders, which included contingency budget allocations for risk mitigation and financing, emergency economic support to affected sectors, and immediate food and cash relief to affected people at their doorsteps, and promoting economic resilience and reducing worsening inequality and poverty in post-lockdown period. Presented by: Professor Falendra Kumar Sudan
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