Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has held a disaster management training workshop for 40 headmistresses of public schools in Qatar, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education’s Training and Educational Development Center. Under the umbrella of the QRCS School Program, the two-day event covers a wide range of topics relation to disaster management and risk reduction, including Introduction to Disaster Management, Risk Analysis, Field Assessment and Coordination, Sociopsychological Support, Nutrition and Food Security, Health in Emergency, Water and Sanitation, and Shelter. The sessions are instructed by a group of QRCS’s disaster management specialists and internationally certified volunteers. Huda A. Hamdan, Projects Expert at QRCS and the program’s coordinator, said, “The purpose of this workshop is to educate the principals of schools on the basic of dealing with disasters, the importance of preparedness for minimizing casualties and losses, and the organizations responsible for disaster response”. Today’s lectures discussed the concept of disaster, types and duration of disasters, disaster management cycle, risk analysis, risk reporting matrix, vulnerability and capacity assessment (VCA) tools, community mapping, and data sorting and analysis. According to Ms. Hamdan, this is one of five workshops to be held during November, with a total 200 attendees divided on five groups, three for men and two for ladies. She emphasized the interest of principals to attend the workshops, in light of the remarkable success of QRCS School Program over the past few years. “In the second semester, similar training workshops will be held for the same principals on first aid and health education,” she revealed. Najlaa R. Al-Kuwari, a participant who works as headmistress of Rawdat Al-Shifaa Bint Abdul-Rahman Al-Ansariya School for Girls, stated, “This workshop is useful in equipping school leaders with the know-how to deal with disasters, both at schools and beyond, as well as to support local community in the case of emergency”.