Pune: The Tarachand Ramnath Seva Trust (TRST), which launched ‘Saiyam’ anti-addiction campaign on September 1, will start a training session with the volunteers from November 21. 

They have started conducting dialogue sessions with volunteers. Till now, almost 110 volunteers have shown interest in being part of the campaign.

“We have started a dialogue with interested volunteers since October 5 and there have been two sessions till now. The response has been enormous, as around 110 volunteers have come for the dialogue session and with one more remaining on October 19, we hope that the number will improve. These are mainly from private schools, government schools and NGOs. We are also in touch with PMC officials regarding permission for PMC schools for this campaign,” said Nandkishore Rathi, Trustee, TRST.

Saiyam campaign will continue for three years covering issues like substance abuse, screen addiction and sexually risky behaviour. Jnana Prabhodhini Institute of Psychology has prepared a module and curriculum of the entire campaign and their volunteer group ‘Samvadini’ will be conducting the sessions. A three-day session from November 21 to 23 will be conducted for the volunteers by the master trainers of Samvadini.