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Rescue boat training – observations on teaching challenges

6th April 2016 - By Dan Graham

There were many parallels between teaching swiftwater boat operators in the UK, and in the Sudan.  There were many differences too (not least, expressing my worries that a screwed up carrier bag wasn’t an appropriate cap for a fuel-tank). One of the things that struck me the most was a teaching challenge that I’ve certainly Read More

Rescue Boat training with the Sudanese Civil Defence

25th March 2016 - By Dan Graham

Since our very first course over 9 years ago, we have been working with the Civil Defence to improve safety around the Nile in Sudan.  The first few courses had a few people from the Civil Defence participating, but in a relatively unstructured ad-hoc way, without a clear route for cascading training or a longer-term Read More

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