A young first aider from Caerphilly has helped train more than 600 people in lifesaving first aid skills in Northern India.
Megan Jordan, 19, who is part of St John Wales, joined five other youth members and two adults on the ten-day training mission in the Tibetan Children’s Village in Dharamsala.
The group of St John volunteers who flew to India on November 2, trained teenagers, crèche leaders, healthcare staff and school children in vital first aid during the visit.
Megan also took part in teaching mothers and school nurses skills from St John’s Babysafe scheme for infant care.
This is the second time Megan has taught first aid in India, first visiting in 2010.
She said: “We managed to train more people than we taught we could, it was amazing. Seeing the developments in the use of first aid from our training was a great to see.”
St John Wales volunteers each raised £850 for the trip, donating excess funds to orphanages and schools in the area as well as contributing First Aid supplies.
Megan added: “We heard quite a few stories about how our training had actually saved people’s lives. I would definitely like to go back and train more people.”
The trip marks one year since the Dalai Lama met and thanked St John volunteers for their help in providing First aid guidance to thousands of people in the area.