Free Online Course. Health and Nutrition in Emergencies. KAYA Humanitarian Leadership Academy

 

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New learning hub available on Kaya We are very pleased to announce the launch of the integrated Public Health COVID-19 online learning hub, accessible to all on Kaya. The hub consists of 5 learning pathways, primarily designed to guide you towards Public Health capacity strengthening content based on the level of detail and technical knowledge that is most relevant to your role.   Access the Hub

Celebrating World Health Day   To mark World Health Day on April 7th, we shared one of our most popular online courses on Health and Nutrition in emergencies. You will learn how different types of emergencies interact with health and nutrition risk factors, and be able to define key terms and concepts. The course is available in English, French, Arabic and Spanish.   Access the course     Check out our Mobile Learning Toolkit   Do you want to learn how to create a mobile learning course to provide training to hard to reach communities? Working in collaboration with On Our Radar and Save the Children Country Offices, we created a step-by-step guide to designing mobile learning using SMS messages and voice recordings. Take a look!   Access the toolkit   Proposal writing course: Now available in French!   Over 4,000 humanitarians have already signed up for our Proposal and Report Writing online course and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive: "This is a very informative course. Simplified and straight to the point. I have gained a lot." - Momi, Kaya learner. The course is now available in French on Kaya, don't miss out!   Get started     Learn the essentials of financial management   Financial Management for Developement and Humanitarian Professionals (FMD Pro) is an online course that provides non-financial managers with stronger financial management skills, leading to a more effective humanitarian response. The course is available in English and has now been translated into Arabic.   Access the course

Top 5 courses completed this month:   1. Safeguarding Essentials 2. Introduction to Proposal and Report Writing 3. Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse 4. Solving problems by making effective decisions 5. Introduction to International Humanitarian Law

NOLA (New Orleans) to Test their Hurricane Plans\evacuation. Friday, April 30, 2021.

 

#EmergencyExercise

April 2021

Hello New Orleans, We're reaching out to invite you to participate in the City's hurricane evacuation exercise on Friday, April 30th. While we have no intention of slowing down COVID-19 vaccine efforts, we also look ahead to the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, which begins in June. As we experienced with last year's record-breaking hurricane season, other emergencies do not stop, even during a global pandemic. We're planning ahead to ensure that we are prepared for any storms that may come our way this summer & fall. Next week, we're hosting a small scale dry run, or “functional exercise” of a mandatory hurricane evacuation, to test our City-Assisted Evacuation (CAE) plan, and we are seeking volunteers for this effort. City-Assisted Evacuation is a large-scale life-saving emergency operation designed to help our most vulnerable neighbors evacuate to a safe shelter ahead of a major hurricane, so that no one is left behind. Join us: Date: Friday, April 30th Time: 8am-2pm Food: Lunch will be provided Needed: 100 volunteers Volunteer Role A: Roleplay as a volunteer supporting City-Assisted Evacuation. Volunteer Role B: Roleplay as a CAE user, to help test hurricane response plans. Getting Involved: Click here to create a volunteer profile, or log in.  Click here to sign up! Thank you, and we hope to see you there! - The Team at NOLA Ready Helping you stay #ReadyYearRound

NOLA Ready is the City of New Orleans' emergency preparedness campaign, managed by the New Orleans Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness.    This message contains emergency preparedness information. Emergency alerts are sent through a separate program. To sign up for emergency alerts, text your zip code to 888777 or go to ready.nola.gov/alerts.

D.C. HSEMA Virtual Training. April 2021

 

The HSEMA Academy provides the District with access to online emergency management and homeland security-related training resources and opportunities.

AWR - 343 Hurricane Awareness District residents are encouraged to learn about hurricane science by signing up for this free course! The course is brought to you virtually by HSEMA and the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center at the University of Hawaii. Course Description: Awareness-level course that provides emergency managers, first responders, and community members from all sectors with a basic understanding of the latest knowledge in hurricane science, forecasting, warning, and preparedness. This course enhances the ability of state/local decision-makers to identify and describe the hazards associated with hurricanes and to better prepare for and mitigate the impacts of high winds, heavy rain, and storm surge. The goals of this course are to enable participants to: Summarize the structure and characteristics of hurricanes and tropical cyclones and their attendant hazards, including high winds, heavy rain, and storm surge; Explain the forecast process and uncertainty associated with predicting hurricane track and intensity; Interpret official forecast and warning products from the National Weather Service; and  Use available decision support tools to prepare themselves, their families, and their organizations when hurricanes threaten Dates: April 28 or May 19 (pick 1) Times: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET Location: Virtual Registration: HSEMAAcademy.com *Search for AWR-343 For registration help, email: HSEMA.LMS@dc.gov

Situation Reports Volcanic Eruptions Continue at La Soufrière, St. Vincent. April 2021.

Please use the link below to obtain daily released Situation Reports.

https://www.cdema.org/news-centre/situation-reports/2155-volcanic-eruptions-continue-at-la-soufriere-st-vincent

Cultural Understanding and Information. Ramadan 2021. April 2021

 

Nominate Town Hall Speakers: Guidance on PFAS Testing and Health Outcomes. April 2021

Nominate Town Hall Speakers:
Guidance on PFAS Testing and Health Outcomes
Middle U.S. Virtual Town Hall on May 6, 2021
Western U.S. Virtual Town Hall on May 25, 2021 

Looking for speakers to represent their communities at upcoming NASEM Town Halls on PFAS. The town halls will focus on communities in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Guam, Marshall Islands, Palau, American Samoa, Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington state.

Save the Date Registration for the upcoming town halls will open soon. Both events will be open to the public and free to view via livestream on the pages linked below.  Middle U.S. Virtual Town Hall: May 6, 2021 from 3:00-7:00 PM (EST) States Include: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska Western U.S. Virtual Town Hall: May 25, 2021 from 1:00-5:00 PM (EST) States and Territories Include: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Guam, Marshall Islands, Palau, American Samoa, Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. For more information on the study and associated town halls, visit our webpage.    Submit Nominations

Tribal Climate Health Project. Upcoming learning opportunities. April 2021

 Shasta Gaughen (Pala Band of Mission Indians) and I, on behalf of the Tribal Climate Health Project, are pleased to invite you to register to join us for two upcoming learning opportunities. As always, our goal is to help you access knowledge and resources that you can apply within your Tribe to better brace your community for the future. Please feel free to share this with your networks. 

 1. Getting Ahead of Climate Trauma (starting April 21): This 3-part tribal wellbeing adaptation webinar mini-series features expert guest speakers and interactive peer learning opportunities to arm tribal-serving professionals with knowledge and skills to build psychosocial, emotional, and spiritual resilience in tribal communities before the next wildfire, flood, or other emergency hits. Learn more and register here. 

2. Accessing Tribal Climate and Health Resilience Data (May 5): At this webinar, we will share the results of recent BIA-funded work aimed at making it easier for California tribes to access useful data to inform decisions about climate and health resilience and adaptation.  Attendees will be introduced to tools to support efficient fact-finding for their vulnerability assessment efforts, including a simple protocol for requesting data on climate-relevant health indicators from our project partners at the California Tribal Epidemiology Center. Learn more and register here.

Summer Urban Agriculture Assistant. April 2021

 Berkeley Food Institute
UC Berkeley, CA | Full Time | Paid
April 28

The role of the Summer Urban Agriculture Assistant is to help with on-site logistics and implementation of a series of summer shortcourses at the UC Gill Tract Community Farm, as well as communication and evaluation for other BFI urban agriculture work. This position will work closely with the BFI Administrative Coordinator, Communications Director, partnering contractors, and potentially the full BFI staff. This position will require the student to be physically present at the UC Gill Tract Community Farm during the weekend courses will be held. All other work will be remote.

See position details here.