Mangaluru: In a bid to create awareness about addiction, Link Integrated Rehabilitation Centre for Addicts, in collaboration with School of Social Work, Roshini Nilaya and Nehru Yuva Kendra will be organising a mega youth rally, ‘Walk For Change’ on October 1. The mega youth rally has been supported by Newskarnataka.com as web partner. 
The rally will be flagged off by Mangaluru South MLA J R Lobo from Balmatta ground at 10 am and will culminate at Police ground in Pandeshwara. Dr Satheesh Rao, president, Link Integrated Rehabilitation Centre for Addicts and Cynthia Lobo, UNV, youth co-ordinator, Nehru Yuva Kendra will preside over the programme.
Youth from various colleges and youth groups under Nehru Yuva Kendra across the district will be participating in the mega rally. The concluding ceremony will be attended by Chief whip Ivan D’souza, Dakshina Kannada SP Bhushan Borase and DCP (Law & Order) Shantharaju.
The mega youth rally has been supported by Karnataka Today as print partner; Daivik Amrith and Adla music as channel partner and 92.7 BIG FM as radio partner.
About Link Integrated Rehabilitation Centre:
Link Integrated Rehabilitation Centre for Addicts, Mangaluru is an orgainsation working interminably to treat and rehabilitate victims of addiction. The organisation situated at J M Road in Bajal is a project of Link Anti Addiction Citizens Committee with NRI businessman, philanthropist Ronald Colaco as its founder president. The centre works towards a noble task of providing succor to all who are victims of addiction and help them lead a peaceful life. As many as 12,000 families who were victims of alcohol and drugs from across the state have been treated through residential treatment programmes rural de-addiction camps. Currently, Lydia Lobo has been successfully managing the centre as its administrator.
