SHELTER MANAGEMENT TRAINING APRIL 2024

Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, 11^th April 2024 – Guided by the likelihood that a severe hazard impacting the Turks and Caicos Islands could render a significant percentage of the population homeless, the DDME is mandated to establish a mechanism that provides emergency shelter for members of the public. The Government’s emergency shelter programme has over the years been a place of sanctuary to persons briefly displaced resulting from a threatened alert or the impact of a hazard.

Given the experiences with major hurricanes or hazards within our region and the heightened awareness of climate change and risk management, the need to fortify our shelter management capacity ahead of the 2024 Hurricane Season is critical. Hence the DDME will be steering a three-day training in Shelters and Shelter Management in Providenciales from 16^th -18^th April 2024 and in Grand Turk from 23^rd – 25^th April 2024.

The eventual goal of the Shelter Management Programme is that all actors involved in Emergency Shelter Management in the Turks and Caicos Islands are well equipped with the indispensable knowledge, skills and resources to manage emergency shelters successfully.

The Shelter Management course will include both classroom activities and simulation exercises. This training teaches and provides clarity:

1. The TCI Disaster Management Framework
2. Disaster cycle and hazards and vulnerabilities affecting the TCI.
3. Shelter Administration – roles and responsibilities of the shelter manager
4. Shelter Operation – how to set up the shelter etc.
5. Recordkeeping, team management, best practice approaches and practical tools and protocols to effectively plan, implement and monitor Emergency Shelters in various situations.
6. Managing the vulnerable in shelters
7. Extinguishing fires in the shelter
8. Learning how to use the radio

On completion of the training, it is anticipated that the capacity concerning Shelter Management within the Turks and Caicos will be enhanced. Trained persons will be able to operate an efficient shelter, and support emergency response functions when needed throughout the islands. The training is expected to draw persons from various agencies; governmental and non-governmental. Persons will be awarded a certificate upon successful completion of the three-day training and will be called upon as Shelter Managers should their assistance be required in an emergency.

To register, click on the link on the POSTER Or scan the QR code or

https://forms.office.com/r/jAnaVqGwyx. For more information, contact; Mrs. Patrina Harris at 649-346-2244 or Mr. Desmond Lightbourne at 649-242- 5784.