Participants receive training at the disaster management camp, organised by Qatar Red Crescent, in Al Khor.
DOHA: The Deputy Secretary General of the Myanmar Red Cross Society, Dr Aung Kyaw Htut, and Maung Maung Khin, head of the disaster management of the Myanmar Red Cross, visited the disaster management camp organised by Qatar Red Crescent in Al Khor yesterday.
They toured the facilities with the Director of the Camp, Rashid Saad Al Mohannadi, met with the participants and witnessed part of the theoretical and practical components carried out to international standards.
Htut expressed his admiration for the good organisation, the strong capabilities of QRC and the effectiveness of the training. He also expressed interest in future cooperation and participation in the next QRC DMTC.
The next phase of training will comprise assessment, in the form of a simulated disaster scenario. The participating volunteers will visit a number of institutions and facilities in Al Khor with the hypothetical disaster taking place on the ninth day of camp training.
The training includes general health, first aid, water and sanitation and nutrition, as well as a component entitled ‘Emergency Assessment-its Importance and Goals,’ held by Dr. Hossam Faisal, disaster management official in the Middle East and North Africa and Said Musa of the Sheikh Eid Charity.
Faisal and Musa covered the most important areas, including the stages of evaluation of a disaster, beginning with rapid assessment, which is carried out within the first week after the disaster, detailed assessment, which is carried out during the first month of the disaster, and continuous evaluation which is carried out at regular basis.
The volunteers also received training on evaluation tools used to collect statistical data, interviews, survey tools and others, as well as being exposed to disaster situations requiring strenuous efforts in a bid to prepare them for the real thing.
Participants were also exposed to scenarios which required them to work in teams, with their team leaders to respond fast and efficiently to manage a sudden ‘crisis’ when the camp management used real life situations, such as creating a flood situation requiring the participation of the civil defense and the ambulance services to respond.
In addition to coordination meetings which highlight the importance of coordination during emergencies and obstacles to coordination and how to overcome them, the volunteers participated in a practical program on field coordination between the various agencies in the field. This coordination training came after the volunteers had received training on the International Sphere Manual provided by QRC’s Mohammed Aderdor and Abdrabi Ben Sahraa’.
The Peninsula
