Tag: Humanitarian Academy at Harvard

  • Nation & World

    In the cold and rain, a sprawling lesson on caring

    About 250 faculty, students, and volunteers descended on Massachusetts’ Harold Parker State Forest last weekend for a disaster simulation aimed to prepare students studying humanitarian disaster response for the real thing.

    5 minutes
    Participants learn to treat injuries in a humanitarian disaster simulation.
  • Nation & World

    A taste of danger

    Students in humanitarian relief got a taste of crisis during a three-day simulation at Harold Parker State Forest.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A training lifeline for rescuers

    The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative has launched a new academy to formalize instruction in international disaster response, with the aim of saving the lives of those threatened by earthquakes, floods, wars, and other catastrophes.

    4 minutes