The Secretary General stressed the importance of formalizing a partnership that would enable ZRCS to provide Training of Trainers (ToT) in workplace first aid to ZCS staff. He also highlighted the possibility of ZCS supporting ZRCS volunteers with life skills, including entrepreneurship training.
The Deputy Commissioner General welcomed the ZRCS delegation, stating that the National Society has been a strategic partner to ZCS. He also expressed the eagerness of ZCS to train trainers and extend first aid skills to inmates in correctional facilities, emphasizing the critical importance of health within the correctional service.
The two leaders also explored the possibility of formalizing the relationship between the two institutions through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to comprehensively cover other areas of mutual interest, including health and care and other developmental initiatives.
ZRCS Secretary General was accompanied by ZRCS Workplace First Aid Manager, Ms. Suwilanji Nakamba, while the ZCS Deputy Commissioner General was accompanied by the Commissioner, Corrections and Extensions Service, Ms. Namataa Mayubelo, among other senior ZCS officials.
