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This Summer School marks a significant step in advancing international humanitarian education through applied, field-based learning. Between 15 and 26 June, the students of HumanResponse Erasmus Mundus Joint Master embarked on a two-week journey during the Summer School dedicated to the theme: “Strengthening Local and International Coordination in Response to (Un-)Natural Disasters, Health Challenges, and Displacement.”
The Summer School was hosted by the Cape Verdean higher education partners - the Universidade de Cabo Verde and the Universidade de Santiago.
Understanding past crises proved essential to shaping future responses. Humanitarian response following a volcanic eruption requires both specialized expertise and meaningful engagement with affected populations; in this context, lessons drawn from the 2014 eruption and the subsequent displacement – examined in collaboration with Civil Protection, municipal authorities, and the National Directorate of Health – provided critical insights into coordination and resilience.
Contacting with vulnerable population at Praia municipality neighborhoods of Jamaica and Paiol helped the students to have direct contact and explore the main challenges these communities face with droughts, floods and landslides, expanding their knowledge on how to integrate local and scientific expertise in a coordinated platform where all voices are heard.
Academic leadership and practitioner expertise ensured a strong link between theory and practice. From Iscte, the Scientific Directors of the Consortium, Joana Azevedo and Cláudia Pereira, were joined both by professors and academics Dora Rebelo, Raquel Matias, Susana Santos, and Mehmet Ali Uzelgun, contributing diverse perspectives grounded in both research and field experience.
Over the course of two intensive weeks, students immersed themselves in dynamic workshops and special lectures, engaged directly with key stakeholders, and participated in field trips.
Guided by experts and specialists, the HumanResponse students explored the most pressing issues of our era: humanitarian action, climate change, and human displacement. The students gained competencies and sharpened their skills, preparing them to become Humanitarian Action specialists, able to operate in multi-crisis contexts and with global challenges, leasing with different target-groups and stakeholders.
The Erasmus Mundus HumanResponse peruses therefore the main objective: to empower specialized professionals from countries affected by conflict and natural disasters, equipping them with the essential tools to manage humanitarian programmes with efficiency, professionalism, and unwavering coordination across multiple stakeholders.
Fueled by new knowledge and renewed purpose, these future humanitarian specialists now set their sights on Uganda at Makerere University where they will continue their Master's programme in the third semester.
One step at a time - HumanResponse is shaping a generation ready to answer the world's greatest challenges combining scientific interdisciplinarity with civil society organizations, local communities and global voices from the South and the North.
