A seven-member team of the UK-based International Emergency Response Team (IERTUK) has expressed its desire to enhance capacity of the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in rescue, response, first aid, road safety and firefighting and team up with it to work in remote and far-flung areas of the country.
A seven-member delegation, comprising Mehrban Sadiq, Daryl Paul Opry, Stephen Garcia, Muhammad Zeeshan Ayub, Ali Aksar and Engineer Abdur Rasheed, visited the Pakistan Red Crescent Society National Headquarters on Friday.PRCS Secretary General Khalid Bin Majeed welcomed the delegates and appreciated their services in different countries. He said the IERTUK’s desire to extend cooperation to the PRCS will go a long way in supplementing its human welfare initiatives.
Majeed said the entire PRCS team is busy serving the humanity with commitment and devotion to the best of its capability. He said the PRCS has 1.8 million volunteers and efforts are on to increase the numbers to five million.
Joint Director Operations Abaidullah Khan gave a comprehensive briefing to the delegation on the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement and the PRCS programs and ongoing activities.
The IERTUK team expressed its desire to train the local community members and volunteers in areas of first aid, firefighting, road safety and rescue services, and a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in this regard will be signed in the coming days.