The Bahrain Red Crescent Society, in cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross and the regional mission for GCC states based in Kuwait, organised a remote training course called Integration and qualification of volunteers. The training course opened with a welcome speech by the head of the regional mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross of GCC states, Omar Odeh, and was followed by a word from Dr Fawzi Amin, head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in GCC states. This was held in the presence of Mubarak Al Hadi, Bahrain Red Crescent director-general/act general secretary.
About 60 Bahraini Red Crescent volunteers participated in the training course which highlighted volunteering and volunteer management.
Over four days, the course covered the basic principles of humanitarian action, namely humanity, impartiality, independence, volunteer service, unity and universality. It also covered the Code of Conduct concerned with creating a culture of respect and an appropriate environment for the conduct of volunteers.
The course also included an introduction to restoring family ties. This programme is concerned with restoring communication between individuals separated from their families as a result of disasters, wars and others. Another part of the course included using information technology to search for missing persons during disasters, newly created tools to keep up with technological progress, and health care for workers in health facilities and vehicles.
The Bahrain Red Crescent volunteers also learned how humanitarian media during armed conflict works, about the fundamental principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and international humanitarian law as well as the concept of secure access for humanitarian workers as a primary necessity to perform their tasks and provide their services for the afflicted and the needy.
The course was concluded with a word by Mubarak in which he thanked all those involved for their efforts .
