By: Rev Wilson Lubega

Rev Wilson Lubega — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:55:11 +0000

Dear Sir/ Madam
We would like to partnering together to help our communities here in this region in terms of training materials. We are looking for organisations and individuals who can come and join us or give us some information to train our communities in Disaster Preparedness.
We are aiming to create National Humanitarian Support and Disaster Preparedness Teams (NHSDPT) in every district in Uganda.
Due to natural disasters which are on the increase in our communities, two most recent ones, In August and September 2007 Uganda declared a state of emergency because of the floods that -affected the country. Uganda was among the nations hit hardest by floods that had swept across 17 countries in Africa. At least 200 people were killed across the continent, and hundreds of thousands displaced. In Uganda, floods killed more than 21 people.
This year 2010, a massive land slide in Eastern Uganda; a hundred schoolchildren were among the 300 people killed when landslides caused by heavy rain which hit Eastern Uganda. Set Them Free International has taken it upon itself to bring awareness by providing preventative training for communities.
In preparation for the unexpected disasters, emergencies and other crisis; which are in no doubt on the increase in number and magnitude, and are affecting vulnerable and unprotected people; we kick started the above mechanism last year by providing the initial training for 50 personnel in the Kampala district, this was well attended and the commissioner from the Ministry of Disaster was in attendance too. The total number registered so far is 4100 personnel who are ready to be trained; for a detailed report, please visit our website: http://www.setthemfreeint.org.
Thanks
Rev Wilson Lubega

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