Participants highly value training on emergency preparedness and response

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Participants from six NGOs working on disaster risk reduction (DRR) in Cambodia highly valued the 3-day training course on emergency preparedness and response plan, conducted on September 5-7, in Phnom Penh. The training, which was facilitated by Finn Church Aid and Life with Dignity (LWD), was part of the capacity building project of the EU Aid Volunteers initiative, being implemented by ACT Cambodia Forum. The training aimed to familiarize the participants with the necessary guidance on how to develop an Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan (EPRP) for their own organization. In addition, the participants had better understanding of their needs, which could be linked to possible deployment of volunteers as part of the deployment phase of the EU Aid Volunteers. There were 11 people attending the training. They were from AK, Banteay Srei, PACT, SOFDEC, SACRED and ICCO. All of them are partners of ACT Cambodia Forum. LWD Empowerment Program Officer Mr. Lon Prasith, one of the participants, said that the training was very important for LWD staff and other participants who worked on disaster sector. “After this training, I am able to design an emergency preparedness and response plan,” he said, adding that Sphere Standard, Cash Transfer, Security Plan and Risk Analysis were also useful topics for the participants to learn from the training. Another participant Nong Srey Pov, Community Organizer for Banteay Srei, said that she attended the training because the topic was related to her job. “When we are capable to design a good EPRP, our organization will be able to respond to the disaster strike timely and effectively,” she said. Through the EU Aid Volunteers initiative, from 2016 to 2020, altogether 4,000 EU citizens will get the opportunity to do humanitarian work. The initiative will also provide capacity building for 4,400 people from non-EU, disaster-affected countries, and 10,000 online volunteering opportunities. ——————————————- ACT Cambodia Forum members: Christian Aid (UK), Christian World Service (), Dan Church Aid (Denmark), Diakonia (Sweden), Finn Church Aid (Finland), Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission (Finland), HEKS (Switzerland), ICCO (the Netherlands), Life With Dignity (Cambodia), World Renew (Canada)