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On September 27 2016, young people from Samaritan organisations all over Europe took to the streets to raise awareness for the importance of first aid training.
From 18-21 August 2016, almost 100 young people from ten countries came together to measure their skills in first aid and make new friends.
Starting with the 12/16 newsletter, SAM.I. members will receive updates on EU funding put together by the General Secretariat.
As we commemorate World Refugee Day 2016, SAM.I. member organisations continue to support refugees in Europe – with emergency aid as well as with integration projects.
The EC First Aid came together from 17-18 June 2016 in Cologne to finalise their recommendations on cross-border recognition of first aid certificates.
From 6-8 June 2016, the partners of INDRIX (Inclusive Disaster Resilience Index) met in Bolzano, Italy for their second meeting.
From 21 to 24 April, teams from the 8 Samaritan organisations participating in the flood project came together in Austria for a field exercise hosted by ASBÖ.
From 9-11 March 2016, the project ADAPT met in Nykøbing, Denmark for their third international workshop.
For more than one year, ASB and SSU have been supporting internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ukraine, who had to flee their home region. The project, which is a collaboration with the German Foreign Ministry, is now being extended.
From 25-26 February 2016, the project Cross-Border Samaritan Flood Preparedness conducted the first of its two concluding exercises and put the working results to the test.
