Israeli and Jordanian Students Learn to Saves Lives Together
Israeli and Jordanian Students Learn to Saves Lives Together
June 14, 2013
Homeland & Cyber Security, Medical Research
As the first class of BGU’s Israel-Jordan Academic Emergency Collaboration Program graduates, officials in both countries are hopeful that there will be increased cross-border cooperation in response to natural disasters and other regional emergencies.
The program’s curriculum included a Joint Disaster Management Project in which Jordanian and Israeli students participated in an earthquake drill with officials from Israel’s national emergency service, Magen David Adom, and the Jordanian Red Crescent. View a video of this exercise >>
Regional seismologists have been concerned about the fault lines along the Syrian-African rift that could cause an earthquake in Jordanian and Israeli cities in the future.
“We need a joint and collaborative response that can save lives,” says Bruria Adini, director of the Israel-Jordan Academic Emergency Collaboration Program.
The graduating class of this unique three-year undergraduate program in emergency medicine, at BGU’s Faculty of Health Sciences, included 54 students. Courses were taught in English and Arabic to accommodate the Israeli and Jordanian students.
“I thank you for giving our students the opportunity to get the education and training they need to become lifesavers,” said Dr. Mohammed al-Hadid, president of the Jordanian Red Crescent, at the program’s graduation ceremony on BGU’s Marcus Family Campus in Beer-Sheva.
The program received its funding from the Israeli Ministry for Regional Cooperation (MASHAV), the European Union Partnership for Peace Program and from American donors.
Read more on the Baltimore Jewish Times website >>
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