Increasing Volunteer Capacity, Human Initiative Holds Joint Survival Training

Sukabumi – Human Initiative held Survival and Vertical Rescue Training. This event will take place on Friday – Sunday, 12 – 14 November 2021, in Cidahu, Mount Salak, Sukabumi.

This activity aims to increase the capacity of volunteers to be capable, proficient and competent in responding to various disasters in the country. In practice, through this training, the participants received training to master land navigation skills, jungle survival, disaster victim removal techniques, and vertical rescue techniques.

Survival Training and Vertical Rescue Training Program Objectives

Meanwhile, Vice President Operations Human Initiative, Andjar Radite gave a speech and direction to the participants before the group left the location of the first meeting point in Depok.

“Indonesia is a country with a geographical location that has the potential for various natural phenomena. Various challenges arise. Starting from the climate, the earth’s plates, as well as regional conditions that cause various threats of potential disasters, including floods, landslides, fires and so on. For this reason, it is necessary to have as many qualified and skilled human resources as possible to face this challenge.”

Andjar hopes that this opportunity can open the participants’ horizons and improve their understanding and skills and hopefully their knowledge can be useful.

“Hopefully everyone will get the maximum knowledge from this activity,” Andjar said when releasing the participants to the training location.

This training received support from trainers in their fields, including Subur Rojinawi (Head of the Indonesian Disaster Management Squad), Dedi Muhardi (Coordinator of the FMI Education and Training Center and member of APGI), Rizky Dwianto (National SAR Agency), and Udi Juandi (Freedom Activist).

“This training is the first collaboration training between institutions that has been held since the Human Initiative Institute (HII) was established,” said the Disaster Management Program Manager of the Human Initiative, Deni Kurniawan.

In total there were 23 participants who came from various agencies. Such as Indonesian Disaster Response, Human Initiative Volunteer Energy, Friends of Humanity Foundation, ACT-MRI East Jakarta, ACT-MRI Sukabumi Regency. Also present were For Indonesia, Sehati Gerak Bersama, Baznas (Bazis) DKI Jakarta, and Relindo Bekasi. The 23 participants who joined the training seemed enthusiastic about participating in all the scheduled activities. Even though it was raining, their spirits remains.

Initiator Friends, the Office of the Human Initiative is also open to all friends who want to exchange and share experiences. You can also join and learn together to be part of the Human Initiative Volunteer Energy volunteer by visiting the HIVE website.