First Aid Training for women in Akkar in collaboration between LARD and the Red Cross

Lebanese Association for Rural Development (LARD) organised in collaboration with the Jumeh coordination body of the Future movement and the Lebanese Red Cross a training workshop in first aid for women focusing on how to deal with household accidents.  The training which was organised last Tuesday in Darat Minyara, Al-Jumeh - Akkar, sought to upgrade the cultural and social knowledge and capacity of women to deal with emergency accidents at home, was attended by a number of women from the region and was conducted under the supervision of the representative of the Lebanese Red Cross, Yola al Sarraf.
The training is part of a series of workshops which are being organised by LARD and addressing various subjects related to the training of women in Akkar and in such fields as creativity, production, health awareness, social interaction as well as engaging in the modernisation and development process within local communities.
Source: Al-Nahar 10 October 2013