Canadian Consulate adopts 13 more villages

Tribune News Service

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Bassi Pathana, January 10

Buoyed over the success of “Jago”, a pilot project of the Mehar Baba Charitable Trust (MBCT), for creating awareness on violence against women and child marriage, the Canadian Consulate has decided to adopt 13 more villages in Fatehgarh Sahib district taking the total number of villages to 25.

The project “Jago”, which had been launched on December 2, was being funded by the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI). The trust has identified 25 villages where research-supported activities planned and customised by professionals from the School of Public Health, PGIMER, Division of Public Health, University of Utah, and Preet Nagar Films were being organised to create awareness among the rural people towards crime against women and forced marriages.

Christopher Gibbins, Consul General of Canada, while inspecting the Jago campaign at Salar Majra village in the Amloh block of the district today, exhorted trust members to create awareness among the people about the Jago campaign so that they could participate in the workshops conducted by the trust. Deputy Commissioner Kamaldeep Singh Sangha said the administration would try to extend its help to the trust for such activities.

Hassan Singh Meji, Trustee, said the cost of the project would be borne by the CFLI after an approval from the Centre.