October 12,
2007: Representatives from Anguilla joined others from
fellow overseas territories Bermuda, Turks & Caicos,
Montserrat, British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands at a
sociology training workshop in the Cayman Islands over last
weekend.
The workshop was geared at helping volunteers and wardens
cope with the preparations for and the aftermath of a major
disaster such as a Hurricane. It included ways to cope with
stress, crisis and trauma, loss and grief and population
needs such as children and the elderly.A press release to
local media, expected to come from
the Department of Disaster Management ,
may reveal more details. |