Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) Course

Participants: All members of the project

Duration: March 11th-13th, 2023

Course Objective: The course objective was to prepare the team for high-risk stress through classroom teaching and realistic simulations.

Description: Throughout the training, members of the project developed shared guidelines for conducting pre-departure risk assessments, ensuring travel and accommodation safety, protecting interlocutors (including secure digital data storage), and providing debriefing and peer support. The HEAT course established a common understanding of field security within the group through the infinitely insightful presence of local researchers.

Photo-1: HEAT Course participants