International Seminar „Sport in Post-Disaster Intervention“

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A practical seminar on planning and implementing psychosocial sport programmes in disaster relief.

Predicting when and where a disaster will strike is impossible. It is, however, possible to attain skills, knowledge and learn techniques that can be applied to providing improved disaster relief support.

Sport and physical activity strategies are some of the techniques that can aid personal recovery and support community rebuilding in situations where cooperation is necessary.

If planning to work in the field of disaster relief, practitioners need to be able to implement high impact activities that can be adapted using available resources, while taking into account factors such as disability, age, gender and cultural sensitivities.

The seminar provides both hands-on practical workshops mixed with theoretical applications to give practitioners the tools to implement appropriate activities. The sessions are led by international experts with disaster relief, sport and physical activity experience.

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"The Crucial Role of Sport in Helping Traumatised Children"
Christoph Schwager is an expert in the field of sport interventions in post-disaster settings. He shared his thoughts at the seminar "Sport in Post-Disaster Intervention" on the role of sport in an emergency situation and spoke with ICSSPE about implementing sport activities in a disaster setting. More

"Sport is an High-Quality Opener for Communication and Cooperation"
Marketing Manager Claudia Stura spoke with Lutz Franke, German armed forces, about CIMIC’s contribution to disaster relief and the potential of sport for civil-military co-operation. For the interview please click here.

The seminar was supported by the Federal Republic of Germany and the Fürst Donnersmarck Foundation. It was held in cooperation with the Kennesaw State University, USA, the Psychosocial Support Centre of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies as well as the Swiss Academy for Development.