CAPACITY BUILING AND TRAINING WORKSHOP ON STREET FOOD HYGIENE INDHARIWAL

Chandigarh (Gurpreet) Capacity building ,training and health promotion Intervention package for empowerment of registered street vendors under DAY-NULM was organized

for two days i.e. 19 th and 20 th July ,2021 by the PGIMER Chandigarh in collaboration with Municipal Council Dhariwal with the aim to upgrade the knowledge about health and safe food hygiene practises during COVID-19.

Inaugurating the session, Executive Officer of Dhariwal Mr. Arun Kumar and

Mr. Ashwani Kumar Duggal (President) welcomed the PGIMER team .He drew

the attention of the street vendors on present scenario of COVID-19 and

importance of Cleanliness. Program Manager Mandeep Kaur from PGIMER

presented a session on food safety and Personal hygiene, Tobacco Cessation

and Preventive measures during COVID-19 .Community facilitator Mr. Ravinder

Singh from ULB presented session on waste management. DAY-NULM staff

delivered a lecture on Micro credit and financial schemes for economic

upliftment and to help resume their business after COVID-19. Street Vendors

were provided certificates of participation and food safety kits free of cost

which included Mask, Apron, Gloves, head cover and honorarium for attending

these training sessions. The training was organised following COVID -19

appropriate behaviour. Total Street vendors participated in the training were

80.