Praise for Steve Ritchie from Sudan participants
Participants were full of praise for Steve Ritchie’s training on all aspects of safety and security in Sudan recently:
The training really made awesome impact and I’d recommend it anytime again as a base team.
The instructor was very knowledgeable and had a good way of presenting the information. He brought up some very good points about getting the community on side and using your allies to help with any problems that you may be having with an actor. The idea of letting the community know from the outset, when you will be setting up, what you will be doing, when you will be leaving, what you will be leaving behind and what you will be taking with you will be very helpful when we set up in a new community.
As for the theoretical portion, I thought it was spot on. It is the same structure of the security management model that we use, so it was good to have our guys go through a more detailed analysis of it. Also I really appreciate the emphasis that they put on gaining acceptance as that is our best strategy.
Very good style of delivery of teaching - addressed needs of audience as a whole who were multicultural and with very varied backgrounds. Teaching was clear, easy to follow, with good use of repetition. Excellent scenarios at the end, really good to put things into practice that we had learned. Relaxed and friendly atmosphere, I felt able to ask questions and when I did I felt the answers were really helpful.
I really enjoyed the training and learned a lot. Our base is meeting next weekend to discuss which issues to be addressed as a priority following this training.
