An official with the local Red Cross organisation is facilitating a disaster and response training session in Uganda.

Roy Nibourette, vice-president for the Red Cross Society of Seychelles, is currently in Uganda to help conduct the training session, which started on Monday September 1 and will conclude on September 8.

According to Hugue Albert, the society’s information officer, the session is similar to the seven-day training camp that took place at Cap Ternay earlier this month.

Mr Nibourette, who was trained by the International Federation of the Red Cross as a regional relief delegate, has also assisted with similar training sessions in Kenya and Ethiopia.

“The Red Cross Society is proud to see its members highly involved at the regional level,” said Colette Servina, president of the local Red Cross society.  “At present the national society has about 10 trained regional disaster delegates and they are ready to be deployed for disaster relief.”

In the coming months, Ms Servina said, the society will work with the government and other organisations to train more people at district levels in disaster preparedness and response.

Mr Albert said that both the local training camp and its Ugandan counterpart were in line with “Strategy 2010,” the new plan adopted by the International Federation of the Red Cross during its general assembly.  The strategy is designed to empower its volunteers and partners to better participate in disaster control and response activities.

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