Social Work Week celebrations set to begin tomorrow

Chandigarh, March 15

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The Association of Professional Social Workers and Development Practitioners (APSWDP) is going to hold Social Work Week. The celebrations will begin from March 17, which is marked as World Social Work Day.

The five-day workshop will host a number of sessions on social reforms among youth. The highlights of the celebrations include an exhibition on encountering climate change, painting competition on the theme Promoting the Dignity and Worth of People – Spotlight on lesser Known and a session promoting professional social work education.

Besides, there will be a two-day workshop on social work profession in the era of global development.

Dr Monica Singh, president, APSWDP, said: “Our focus will be to spread awareness of social work profession among youth in the region and build a network of young social work professionals and development practitioners.”

Dr Sumit Arora, chairperson of the Standing Academic Committee and Convener of the APSWDP, said: “We need to create a workforce of professional social workers so that polices laid down by the government could reach the beneficiaries without any hassles”. — TNS