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As part of a class I took on Humanitarian Assistance we headed into the woods for a three-day simulation that re-created a situation with 100,000 refugees on the Chad-Sudan border. 40 degree overnight temperatures, mock cholera and measles outbreaks, my team leader being kidnapped by rebel forces, a mass grave and braving the MREs (meals ready to eat) were just a few of the challenges we contended with. Our team formed the World Food Program teamed with 6 other NGO teams to do a rapid assessment and come up with plans dig latrines, purify water, get food in, build field hospitals to stem the rapidly rising mortality rates. Lots of work, and very realistic, but lots of fun too.

There are lots of photos in this gallery and here is a video of the mock BBC newscast that was really fun and “aired” on Saturday night.  You can read more about the simulation in this Boston Globe article.