The Forage Center for Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Education, Inc. recently partnered with La Roche College in Pittsburgh, PA to hold its Coastal Promise Field Simulation May 23-24, 2018.
The event was held as part of La Roche College’s Global Development and Humanitarian Aid Training Program. The simulation replicated the conditions that might exist in a country that is undergoing a complex emergency.
A total of 16 individuals participated. Most were professionals in the humanitarian operations field and came from a variety of countries including Ghana, Moldova, Ethiopia, Sudan, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, and the U.S. During the exercise, they acted as members of an international humanitarian NGO deployed as an assessment team to ascertain how best to provide aid and assistance. In role, they met with government officials, religious leaders, and IDPs (internally displaced persons). They engaged in training focusing on international humanitarian law and practices, security, negotiation, and WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) procedures.
The Forage Center’s next Coastal Promise training will be held September 20-23, 2018 in Swanton (Garrett County), Maryland. If you are interested in attending, please apply/register here.
For more information about the Forage Center, go here, or contact info@foragecenter.org.
David J. Smith Consulting, LLC 
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