From our international volunteer Mihai(USA):
Today, the project manager of Where Rainbows Meet, Ricky, and four international volunteers, Natsuki, Baptiste, Stefano, and I met with Craig Hartley of St. Johns Ambulance to present our Save a Life proposal.
We explained how there are lots of disasters in the community of Vrygrond and surround informal settlements and sometimes it takes medical personnel to arrive. If it takes too long, a person that is seriously injured could die because they are not getting treatment right away. We want to get funding to be able to train individuals in the community. We want to train them in First Aid. If they are trained and pass the course, then they can arrive on the scene of a disaster very quickly and tend to those who have been affected negatively. This could be very crucial because a life could be saved instead of having to wait for the ambulance to arrive. Craig Hartley loved the idea and is willing to participate with us! Our next step is to think about what program we want to use and then when we have figured that out, we will meet with him again and get things rolling!