On Monday, August 26, 2024, the Ministry of National Education, through the directorate of the Education Executive Training Center and its technical and financial partners, launched a five-day training module review workshop (August 26 to 30) on risk and disaster management and post-disaster psychosocial support in schools

Jean Misgaire Fanor, Director of the Education Executive Training Center, said that the workshop consists of providing the Ministry with tools capable of ensuring the development of capacities and skills, capacity building and skills development of educational staff in order to promote knowledge and amplify actions aimed at achieving specific objectives in terms of disaster risks and psychosocial support.

Tatiana Villegas, UNESCO Representative in Haiti, noted the crucial importance of the workshop in the transformation of education in Haiti, stressing that major natural hazards have a considerable impact on the education sector. She states that it is imperative to move from a reaction to disasters to a proactive approach in these terms: Plan, Anticipate and prepare effectively.

Yves Roblin, the Director General of the Ministry believes that this workshop is crucial for the start of the school year (2024-2025). According to Roblin, this workshop plays a fundamental role in the development of school textbooks on risk and disaster management and psychosocial support for children in vulnerable situations, given the weakening of the country by the violence of armed gangs.

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