A one-week training for twenty-five partner staff from three partner NGOs and seven government departments from Ethiopia and Moyale was conducted in Marsabit, Kenya from February 8-13, 2010. This training was the second phase of Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction facilitation training after the first was conducted in Yabello, Ethiopia in January 2010. Two participants from Isiolo, Kenya, also attended and shared experiences on the use of songs in local vernacular to sensitize people on disaster risk reduction.

Later, between 22 February and 3 March, training was held for the Marsabit and Mandera District Steering Groups. The training brought together sixteen staff from Mandera and twenty others from greater Marsabit district. It was co-funded by IIRR under the regional capacity building project and European Commission Humanitarian Organization (ECHO) through the Cordaid Nairobi office. As part of the training, a two-day field practicum was conducted in Gimbe and Mansille community where the Community Organization Facilitation and Assistance (CIFA), an IIRR partner in Moyale, has field projects. The facilitation was done by Hassan Hulufo and Janet Nyaoro of IIRR with the help of partner staff Mohamuod Duale and Mohamed Dagane from the Rural Agency for Community Development and Assistance (RACIDA) and Umuro Godana from Pastoralist Integrated Support Programme (PISP).