In December 2002 and January 2003, a total of 88 people received first aid training at Pakistan Red Crescent Society National Training and Resource Centre. These included office staff, drivers and security guards from Tullow Pakistan, British Petroleum, SABRa, UNDP FOCUS and Shell Pakistan The courses included First Aid to the Injured with and without CPR and Emergency First Aid with and without CPR.

 Meanwhile 300 and 200 CBFA books each were sent to the Punjab and Sindh PHQs and seven First AId to the injured.Certificates were issued to the St. John's, Sindh PHQ.

Eighteen representatives from PRCS National, Provincial and District Headquarters participated in a two day workshop on information dissemination organized in Islamabad recently. These participants came from different departments like health and disaster preparedness, while those from the provinces and districts looked after the overall functions of their respective offices, were essentially the ones working with the beneficiaries. The course objectives, therefore, were to emphasize the use and importance of effective internal and external information flow and train and improve skills for it. It also aimed at enabling the participants function as effective PRCS spokespersons and to make optimum use of media linkages for the enhancement of PRCS image. The very interactive participatory workshop was a combination of "presentations and exercises." Sessions were livened up by the involvement of  working journalists and  photographers. The participants asked all questions concerning what makes a press release a sure to be used one and what gives a photograph that special quality, and consequently gained practical knowledge during these sessions.