Meghalaya: Army celebrates 53rd AWWA day at Shillong
Ladies, whose husbands/sons who have made the supreme sacrifice for the Nation(Veer Naris/Veer Matas), especially graced the occasion and were felicitated.
Shillong
Army Wives Welfare Association (AWWA) Day 2019 was celebrated at HQ 101 Area in Shillong on 23 Aug 2019 as a culmination of celebrations spread over a week, which included various events for health care and welfare of Army Wives.
Lectures and workshops were organised on the theme “Year of Next of Kin” in which special emphasis was laid on measures to make the next of kin aware of their rights and also to make them self-reliant.
A Central Welfare Meet was organised at Assam Regimental Centre, and was chaired by Mrs Snigdha Varma, Zonal President AWWA, HQ 101 Area. It provided a common platform where-in all Sanginis interacted with each other.
Ladies, whose husbands/sons who have made the supreme sacrifice for the Nation(Veer Naris/Veer Matas), especially graced the occasion and were felicitated.
A Health Camp was also organised for Veer Naris and Veer Matas at Military Hospital Shillong. They were afforded single window access, to resolve ECHS and CSD issues, during this Camp.
Similar events were also organised at Jorhat under aegis of HQ 41 Sub Area and at Guwahati under the aegis of HQ 51 Sub Area. The programme conducted at Shillong, Jorhat and Guwahati re-affirmed the spirit of AWWA enshrined in its Motto – “ASHA, VISHWAS & AASTHA”.
