Dear Friends, Team of Saritsa Foundation keeps on adding to moments of happiness by empowering common citizens to minimize risks from disasters and impacts of climate change by raising awareness, imparting education and training and encouraging them to isle local resources for improvisations to protect. Sritsa Foundation organized workshops for 550 officers, staff and family members of Canteen Stores Department, Ministry of Defense, Government of India on 8 and 9 June 2012. Major General R Suresh Chairman Canteen Stores Department inaugurated the workshops. The event has been published in the training events of United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction – Website – www.Preventionweb.net .

1. Saritsa Foundation organizes workshop for
officers, staff and families of Canteen Store
Department, Ministry of Defense,
Government of India
on 25 and 26 May 2012.

2. Dear Friends, Team of Saritsa Foundation keeps on
adding to moments of happiness by empowering
common citizens to minimize risks from disasters and
impacts of climate change by raising awareness,
imparting education and training and encouraging
them to isle local resources for improvisations to
protect. Sritsa Foundation organized workshops for
550 officers, staff and family members of Canteen
Stores Department, Ministry of Defense, Government
of India on 8 and 9 June 2012.
Major General R Suresh Chairman Canteen Stores
Department inaugurated the workshops. The event
has been published in the training events of United
Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
– Website – www.Preventionweb.net . The contends
are given in next two slide:-

3.  Preparing defense services employees of Canteen
Stores Department in India
 Type: Training Course
 Date: 25-27 May 2012
 Location: India (Mumbai)
 Venue: Head Office, ADALPHI, Church Gate Mumbai
 Main organizer
 Saritsa Foundation
 Main host
 India - government, Canteen Stores Department

4. Description
• Saritsa Foundation in partnership with Canteen Stores Department of
Defense Services, Government of India, is organizing workshops for
officers, staff and their families to raise their awareness and impart
education and practical training to build their capacity to cope with
disasters.
• It is an initiative by Saritsa Foundation where civilians as defense
employees of Canteen Stores Department are being main streamed in the
process of capacity building for DRR, thus transforming DRR as people
centered, people led and people owned campaign.
• It is an initiative as good practice where many societal groups have to be
interwoven progressively to make DRR a reality.
• Additional information
• http://www.saritsafoundation.org/events.html
• Keywords
• Themes:Capacity Development, Media
• Countries/Regions:India

5. Major General R Suresh, Chairman Canteen Store Department,
Ministry Of Defense , Government Of India Inaugurates the
workshops CSD.

6. The Participants

7. Women Participants

8. Major General R Suresh speaking to the
Participants

31. Shri. R K Gupta, Deputy General Manger thanks
the team of Saritsa Foundation.