Monday, June 23, 2008

UN Certificates

I was a member of the response team during Hurricance Mitch in Honduras and ever since I have been eager to maintain my skills in the are of Emergent Response. Having completed a number of training courses on the themes of emergency and security - situations, awareness, preparedness, response, logistics, etc. I was delighted to be selected for the Irish Aid Rapid Response Corp

(http://www.irishaid.gov.ie/Rapid_Response_Initiative.asp) .

As part of this I completed further advanced training in the United Nations Training School Ireland (UNTSI) based in the miltary camp, Currach Co. Kildare. Following on from this I completed the UN c ertificates in Security Awareness.

(http://www.military.ie/army/org/dftc/milcol/index.htm#untsi) .