A three-day 33rd annual regional council meet of the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), North East India Region held under the theme, “Leadership and Responsibility” at Livingstone Foundation International (LFI) Dimapur culminated on Saturday.
A press release by YMCA Dimapur, Nagaland, Media & Information Team informed that young delegates from various YMCAs including Aizawl, Shillong, Dimapur, Nongtalang and Shangpung attended the meet which was hosted by YMCA Nagaland under the stewardship of its president, Dr. Andrew Ahoto Sema.
During the three-day meet, the young delegates were imparted with trainings on leadership and other key elements of YMCA and Y’s Men International. The resource persons were regional treasurer, NEIR, Ysm, A. L. Pariat; regional director, central India regional Y’s Men International, Ysm, Roshan J. Chirayath; regional director, north-east, north-east india region, Y’s Men International, Wu Haan Choo David; joint secretary, Aizawl YMCA, regional committee member and national board member, national council of YMCAs of India, Joe RZ Thanga, and director, LFI Dimapur, Ani Yepthomi.
Other highlights of the three-day event included training sessions on “Peace from Brokenness”; “Leadership and YMCA” and “YMCA & Y’s Men relation in community building”, regional committee members’ meeting, report presentation by different YMCAs and cultural programmes.
During the event, the regional director, central India region, Y’s Men International also installed Dr. Andrew Ahoto Sema as the District Governor of District-3 (North East India Region), Y’s Men International and Sanjeev Momin as district secretary.