Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen, the President of the Bhutan Red Cross Society, graced the foundation day celebration of the organisation yesterday in Thimphu. Bhutan Red Cross Society was launched on May 8 last year coinciding with the World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day. Her Majesty inaugurated a community volunteers’ programme in first aid and basic disaster management. The programme will train 58 community volunteers from 20 dzongkhags in first aid and basic disaster management. The volunteers are members of His Majesty’s Retired Armed Forces Society.

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