Disaster Response Training

Description

This is preparation training for those aged 21+ for OM's Disaster Response volunteer register. We run the training annually in different locations and this year you can join us in Zambia.

The Disaster Response Training aims to give you an overview of the Disaster Preparedness and Response sectors, to build some transferable skill-sets, and to equip you to be a boost to any relief situation that you are involved with in the future.

The training will cover topics such as:

• Humanitarian Principles
• Working as a Team in Emergencies
• Humanitarian Logistics
• Emergency Needs Assessments
• Decision Making in Emergencies
• Security and Communications
• Personal Travel Medicine
• Working with the UN/ NGOs/ Host Governments/ the Media in Disasters