Sawing, drilling, tearing down walls: In the local section of Sinzig, THW volunteers are instructing twelve Tunisian disaster management trainers how to handle tools and equipment. On Wednesday, they exercised in a derelict house in Oberzissen. On Tuesday, THW-President, Mr Albrecht Broemme, accompanied by THW’s Federal spokesman, Mr Frank Schulze, visited the guests from Tunisia.

During the first international in-house exhibition about the topic of water at the National Training School in Hoya, THW offers an opportunity for innovation to more than 20 exhibitors. The wide range comprises mobile equipment, which is operated by renewable energy, and flexible water containers. For two days, the water experts of THW will carefully examine the large spectrum of mobile drinking water treatment units and accessories for worldwide use.

The joint EU-project of civil protection and disaster management organisations as well as Red Cross societies for micro projects in South America and Kosovo is being launched. In the frame of the Volunteers in Capacity Building Projects (VinCaB), the first THW volunteer will leave for Columbia today.

Take 27 EU-member states, five other European countries and thousands of operational staff members. The result is the EU-Mechanism as a central instrument of civil protection at European level. THW’s personnel is always present. Again, to strengthen the cooperation between the players, numerous exercises are planned for 2013.