Disaster Management Program
About the Program
Our society has always had a practice of being ‘reactive’ one than being ‘proactive’. In essence, we have had a situation of blame games of who hasn’t done, expected to do, didn’t do, and so on. For these reasons; GLI brainstormed and came to the realization that equipping knowledge and skills would always offer solutions far above with a focus on product and service.
It is in these areas of thought that GLI engaged different agencies & stakeholders in brainstorming & capacity development and thus out of the courtesy of Bontana Hotel came the first multi-agencies in Nakuru in which all the disciplined resources (KDF, NYS, Regular Police, Traffic Police, Provincial Administration, St. Johns Ambulance, HR experts, Insurers, Fire Department, Red Cross, KWS, Towing Company, PPF, etc). These were affected in a capacity building and drill at the PC’s Plenary Hall. Soon after there were a number of other effective capacity buildings with one such being hosted at the Nakuru Players Theatre.
Gaplink International (GLI), has an aim of bringing help and relief to the needy and less privileged in the society through their resources. GLI has dynamically undertaken disaster management training, with the aim to have a core group of sensitized and trained disaster preparedness and response team members that will prepare and respond to disaster into future “Risk- Reductions”
Our role as GLI organization is to;
- Associate with the private citizens with a common interest to assist the disaster affected people.
- Together with other institutions (as named above), we play an important role in disaster response, mitigation, disaster reduction and recues, coordination indifferent regions.
- The GLI response focuses on emergency food relief, temporary shelter, emergency medical aid, debris removal and habitat restoration and trauma counseling.
- We also provide support like health, education, water supply and sanitation, shelter and infrastructure. We are active in responding to various disasters in different phases.
- GLI together with Disaster Management Committees and Teams, develops a Disaster Management Plan, conduct of mock drills, vulnerability assessment and coordination with also with the Government play a key role in the immediate aftermath of disasters by extending assistance in rescue and first aid, sanitation and hygiene, damage assessment and assistance to external agencies bringing relief materials.
Our GLI disaster management training includes;
- Basic first aid skills
- Disaster preparedness and response concept
- Evacuation procedures
- Fire management and drills
- Peace and conflict management
- Linkage with Insurance practicioners
- Natural disasters, and so much more.