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21.01.2013 to 23.01.13
ODAC and CANCERVIVE
(Organ Donation and Cancer Awareness
Campaign)
As a part of the
14th FUTURA conducted by the Bannari Amman Institute of Technology,
the NSS volunteers conducted the Organ Donation Awareness Campaign and Cancer
Awareness Campaign from 21st till 23rd of January in the
Applied Science block quadrangle. This programme was organized in association
with Sankara Eye Centre and G.Kuppusamy Naidu Memorial hospital. The main
objective of this awareness programme was to create awareness to the people on
the importance of donating organs and on the deadly disease cancer.
Four classrooms were alloted for the event.
Among them two classes were used to explain the visitors on various information
regarding the organ donation such as the organs that can be donated, persons
fit to donate and receive organs, duration for the transplantation of organs
and the organs that can be donated when alive and after death, organ donor card
and the causes of various cancer types, their symptoms, diagnosis and the main
treatments involved.
In addition to it different spot events were
conducted for the school students. Awareness flash videos were also displayed.
In addition to this, the NSS team took an
initiatve to register for eye donation. The registration was put up in AS block
and in arena.
The NSS team of nearly 30 volunteers, split up
in eight help desks at various places around the campus guided the inter and
intra college students to the various events that was being organized by all the
departments and clubs. They also held the responsibilty in maintaining
discipline on all the three days of the event and even during night time upto
1.00 a.m.
January 21
On the first day, the volunteers were actively involved in
discipline during the inauguration of the national level symposium 14TH FUTURA.
At nearly 1.00 p.m. Dr.Lakshman Iyer, the C.E.O. of Sankara Eye Centre
and Dr.Adithya, Sankara Eye Centre made their presence in the awareness
programme on ODAC and enlightened the students by their speech on eye
donation and the procedures involved in it .
January 22
To
make this day fruitful, nearly 34 students were brought from the tribal
village Hasanur. The students were engaged with many spot events and
were taken around the college to show the infrastructure of the college
and witness many fun events that was being conducted. Also Dr.Shivanesan
from G.Kuppusamy Naidu Memorial Hospital made his valuable presence and
gave speech on the killer disease cancer, its causes, symptoms,
treatments and prevention.
In the evening at
5.00 p.m, nearly 50 NSS volunteers were involved in maintaining the discipline
at Pandhal, auditorium and seminar halls during the intra college dance competition
“Fiesta”.
January 23
On the final day
of Futura, many staffs from various departments visited the venue and enriched
their knowledge on organ donation and cancer and actively registered their
names for eye donation.
This awareness programme proved to
be very informative and an eye opener for all the people. At the end of the event, there were nearly 555
registered donors and still counting. The registered forms were handed- over to the team from Sankara Eye
Centre during the valedictory function. Also, about 60 volunteers were
involved in disciplinary activities at the valedictory function of the 14th
FUTURA.
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