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
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