Red Crescent members to get professional first aid training

Datin Hjh Siti Hajar POKSS DP Hj Awg Mohammad Yussof (L), adviser to the BDRCS Secretariat of Brunei-Muara district, placing a rank badge on Pg Yura Saiful Bahrin Pg Hj Yura Laila.

Datin Hjh Siti Hajar (L) inspecting the volunteers. BT/Rafidah Hamit

RAFIDAH HAMIT

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

Monday, January 5, 2015

TEN members of the Brunei Darussalam Red Crescent Society will soon get professional first aid training before obtaining accreditation from an international humanitarian organisation.

Sheikh Kadir Abdullah, secretary-general of the Brunei Red Crescent Society, said the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross will send first aid trainers to the sultanate in March.

Speaking during the society’s fourth annual general meeting at Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium yesterday, he said its members previously did not get any professional accreditation.

“Alhamdulillah, it was last year that we received accreditation from the IFRC (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies) headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand,” he said.

The meeting also saw the appointment of eight officers for the Brunei-Muara secretariat. Hj Mohd Hilhamd Hj Johari was appointed as director of the Brunei Red Crescent Society of Brunei-Muara.

In his welcoming remarks, he hoped the officers and volunteers will always be committed to help improve the organisation.

“My vision and mission for this year is to maintain existing volunteers and increase the number of volunteers especially in community involvement.”

Present to appoint the members was former president of the society and adviser to the BDRCS Secretariat of Brunei-Muara district, Datin Hjh Siti Hajar POKSS DP Hj Awg Mohammad Yussof.

Other matters that were also discussed during the meeting included reports on training, events and activities, a financial report, and a duty report, which states that a total of 150 hours of duty were provided by the members from August to December 2014.

A total of 1,485 volunteers from 17 schools are members of the Brunei Red Crescent Society.

The Brunei Times