We’re a participatory humanitarian practice which focuses in on Training, Consultancy and Research.  This Home Page summarises our five key Strengths.  Firstly, we combine a rich experience of overseas humanitarian practice with Australian-based emergency management work. We also have a small cadre of experienced Global Humanitarian Practitioners (GHPs) – see our Consultancy Page, with whom we share advice and ideas. Secondly, disasters are complex events, and over the years we have developed four key diagrams (which are used extensively throughout our training) which bring together a better clarity and understanding of these events. A DRM Framework article explaining these diagrams can be found in our Resources Page. Thirdly, we’ve incorporated all this knowledge and experience into our accredited Participatory Disaster Risk Management (PDRM) training program, which is delivered in both workshop and online formats.  See our Training Page for more details. Fourthly, we’ve developed, and update quarterly our TorqAid Toolkit (found on the Resources Page), which includes both a Global Humanitarian and Development Bibliography and a similar Aid Directory.   Fifthly, we fine-tune our training programs and diagrams to make them as ‘participatory’ as possible, by drawing down on comments and suggestions made by field practitioners and our students.  We also highlight in our PDRM training (Topic TC06) the fabulous Ten Seed Technique (TST) ranking tool which digs down deeper into better hearing and understanding a community’s strengths and challenges.