As a part of the 75th Martyrs Day observance, a ‘Voluntary Blood Donation Awareness cum Donation Camp’ was held in Thoubal, Manipur.
The blood donation camp was jointly organised by the Youth Empowerment and Development Society (YEDS) Moijing, Nehru Yuva Kendra (NYK) Thoubal and the Association of Voluntary Blood Donors Thoubal in collaboration with the Blood Centre and Transfusion Unit District Hospital Thoubal at the Blood Bank Centre of Thoubal District Hospital.
At the event, Thoubal DC A Subash Singh commended the blood donors and presented ‘Certificates of Recognition’ to them. A total of 16 donors consisting of 12 men and four women donated their blood during the event.
The NYK Thoubal, District Level Sports Meet 2023 was also organised at the Universal College Sports Ground at Wangkhem in the presence of social worker Keisham Raju as the chief guest, Wangkhem gram panchayat pradhan Md Fazal as the president along with Ak Meijao, Kh Premnath, K Lokendro Singh and Laishram Basanta as the guests of honour.
The events of the Sports Meet included football matches, women’s tug of war and a 100-meter race.
Meanwhile, as a preliminary speech competition for the National Youth Parliament Festival 2023, the NYK Chandel organised the District Youth Parliament (DYPF) 2023 on Monday.
As the nodal venue for other districts including Imphal East, Thoubal, Senapati, Ukhrul, Tengnoupal, Kakching, Jiribam and Kamjong, the NYK Chandel organised the event in collaboration with Centre for Women and Girls (CWG) Lhunnajang at Chandel.
Among the total 26 participants, two winners from each district were announced. The winners will be representing their respective districts at the State Level Youth Parliament Festival which will be held from February 7 onwards.