First Aid Exercises

WDMCC students were busy this week doing first aid exercises for the first time and it was amazing how the students managed to corporate doing the following exercises:

   Ø  Choking

   Ø  CPR

   Ø  Helping three injured people

Even though we lacked materials but we were creative enough to come up with ideas on how we can make our materials such as:

Ø  Scarf

Ø  Two liter bottle

Ø  Keyboards

Ø  Toilet paper

Ø  Chairs

Ø  Chalks

Ø  Brooms

The students were excited about the exercises because some of them never experienced the feeling of acting before. Some parts felt real and it was so touching to an extend that some of us were being shocked and forgetting that it was only acting, but what is good is that after the exercise we felt proud of ourselves and felt like true Emergency Managers.

I have learned that incidents can happen anywhere at any given time therefore it is important to have the basics of first aid so that we can be able to deal with small incidents that may occur in our daily lives. 

Enthusiasm Towards Mathematics

It is a great pleasure for us the students of WDMCC in Kanana. I am very proud of the way things have been running since from the first  year of my attendance here at the college.The second year has been very challenging especially when it comes to the subject of Mathematics because I have never done the subject in high school  and I saw it as a difficult subject that I could not understand it based on the signs that are being used. It was bit hard for me to understand but I was determined to learn even though it was difficult!

For the past few weeks we have been doing English; learning how to use literature when we read or write letters, poems and novels. English is very important for every Emergency Managers or Emergency students to know and understand how to use some of the punctuation when it  comes to reading and writing of English letters and etc.

The way things have been happening I have been trying to strike my brain so as to make sure that I understand Maths and English. It is hard for one to understand but it requires some efforts and determination to enable me individually so to make sure that they will benefit me in future. Being a student requires efforts to make sure that the dreams that I have set up become true in any other way.  

The importance of learning English and Maths.

It has been a challenge for me and some of the students here at WDMCC having lessons on English and Maths. English was not so difficult because we all have learnt it at school but the lessons that Mrs. Sandra sends to us it was a bit different from the one that we have learned during our high school time. But I can tell it has been a great time learning English in a different way, more especially when coming to the grammar rules, and working on our "Resume" it was my first time doing a Resume. I have never done it before. I only know how to type a C.V but it is different. I find it more interesting to do a Resume because it is something new to me; it has a photo of me and all the things that I have done in life and the experience that have. We are learning a lot from Mrs.Sandra, and she is so kind to all of us; we are great full to have her as our lecture.
Since we are going to the holidays we are looking forward to work hard when we come back to the class.

Maths is the subject that most of us here as learners have the problem with but with the help we get from our coordinator, White Semoisi, we are getting there slowly but surely. I have a problem with Mathematics because at school I did Maths literacy and I was not solving for x and now I am able to solve for it because most of our learners here they have done mathematics at high school. With their help, I am getting there. Mrs. Puja Carg is the person who is in charge for Maths lessons and she is doing great so far. She knows how to prepare us because she is sending notes and some practice so that we can work out the problems we have with Maths.So we want what is best for us as students and I can tell we are getting the best from both our lectures so far even though we are struggle a little with Mathematics we promise the best at the end.

Special thanks to our leaders Mrs.Jan Paschal, Mrs. Kay Goss, Mr. Landon Densley and all the lectures who are involved. God bless all of you guys!      

The importance of language for Emergency Managers

It’s really amazing to have added something new in our college since well we know that it’s crucial for Emergency Managers to be able to communicate fluently with other people. English is an international language, so it will be an advantage for one to know how to speak, read and write it.

Mrs. Sandra Provence is very patient with us and she is doing her level best to ‘cook us’ thoroughly, she has made us realize the importance of language and the mistakes that we make and end up losing the context of what we want to say, so far our English language skills is improving.

    As WDMCC students we are very excited and grateful to Mrs. Sandra and everyone who is involved in this college for granting us the opportunity to learn and be the best that we can be.    

The last lap

Everyone is busy in WDMCC.

The most important thing in life that take out people from dark to light is education, so let’s encourage young generation about the importance of education. Life is so simple when you have studied and believe that God is there to show us how to succeed in life. This year is for WDMCC students to complete what they have been studying. We can’t wait for the day we will be receiving our Associate Degree and later, our AEM certificate. It’s going to be like our dreams come true.

         We are about to hit our destination and there’s so much work to be done since Mathematics and English has been introduced in the syllabus. Looking at where we were to where we are now it brings hope and inspiration.   It is the last year, the last semester and lots of work we must complete before our exams and final Emergency Management essay. The most interesting thing is that we are learning new things- how to collect our resumes and how to make our references. We are doing well with Ms. Sandra Provence; she is showing her interest to us and help with world literature.

        Everyone here is busy doing his/her work to be completed because our graduation ceremony is around the corner, and no one will be graduating without completing the work. We also remember that we have to have 100 hours for General Management Training and 100 hours for Emergency Management Training.            

I cannot wait for that day! GO WDMCC GO!!!

   

AEM Application

Today is the 10th of January, an important day in my life: My Birth Day. I write about this because I feel it is also important as I believe what I am going to say is one of the developments that are going to change my life and that one of my fellow students.

As we are nearing our completion of two years here at World Disaster Management Community College, WDMCC, with just under six months remaining, we have started with the preliminary application for Associate Emergency Manager (AEM) certification.
Ms Valerie Lucus-McEwen, CEM, our Professor in the United State and one of the Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) commissioners in the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM), is mentoring us through the process of AEM application. She is giving us a 'taste' of what we should expect and what is expected from us as applicants.

We have browsed the IAEM website for more information on this application. There is a lot of information that we found on this website: The requirements of both AEM and CEM candidates; Various forms that should be completed. We have also received e-mails from some members of the commission who have promised to guide us and give us any information that we may require regarding our AEM application.

All students are happy to start with application process. The interesting part about this application is that we will be the first in South Africa, and few in Africa, to obtain such certification from IAEM. Well since this certificate is recognized globally, it will be valuable credential to have. It will also help us prepare for applying for CEM in the future.

GOOD LUCK to all WDMCC students!

A terrible accident in Mpumalanga

This is the terrible accident in Mpumalanga on Moloto road near Kwaggafofontein on Monday 11 November where a bus collided with a truck and 11 people where critically injured, 3 died at a hospital while 26 died at the incident scene.

The bus being taken away after the accident.