Representative
Projects:
United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),
1990-present:
InterWorks has designed training programs, served
as field coordinators and workshop facilitators
for UNHCR’s Emergency Management Training
Program. Workshops have been delivered in over
50 countries on five continents. This training
focuses on preparing staff to assess and respond
to refugee emergencies and including refugee protection,
contingency planning, technical sectors (emergency
health, food and nutrition, water and sanitation,
site planning and shelter), logistics, registration
and distribution, media relations, security awareness,
and interagency coordination.
United States Agency for International Development
(USAID), 2002-present:
InterWorks has designed and facilitated a five-day
workshop on disaster assessment for the USAID/Office
of US Foreign Disaster Assistance. This workshop
covers the technical topics of health, water and
sanitation, nutrition, emergency settlements,
agriculture and logistics as well as includes
two simulations highlighting the application of
these topics and coordinating appropriate emergency
response.
Save the Children-Nicaragua, 2002:
InterWorks designed and conducted a workshop and
a disaster emergency simulation. In cooperation
with Microsoft, the workshop focused on emergency
needs assessment using handheld digital technology.
The aim of the workshop was to improve the speed
of collection, consolidation, and dissemination
of hurricane and landslide damage assessment reports. |
