College & University Health, Safety, and Security Seminar

Kidnapping Case StudyOctober 21, 2011

July 2011

Dec 2008

Feb 2007

LDS “Footprint” in AfricaAnnual African Humanitarian Aid

• $20.5 million of goods and services provided in Sub-Saharan Africa

• 26 emergency responses to floods, drought, armed conflict, etc.

African Humanitarian Aid: Medical

• Neonatal resuscitation training programs in 8 countries with 8,500 medical personnel trained so far

• Projects for vision care: helping 60,000 patients in 4 countries

• Projects to support WHO measles campaigns: 5 countries

African Humanitarian Aid: Water

• Provided water to 673,000 people in 27 countries annually

African Humanitarian Aid: Wheelchairs

• Donations to 14 countries providing 5,000 wheelchairs

Our “Footprint” in Africa

• 250,000 members of the Church

• Congregations in 21 countries

• Approximately 400 chapels and other support buildings

Missionaries in Africa

• 17 missions• 1800 missionaries• 800 are U.S. citizens

Temples in Africa

Johannesburg, South Africa

Aba, Nigeria

Accra, Ghana

Past Expatriate Evacuations

• DR Congo• Congo Brazzaville• Burundi• Rwanda• Madagascar• Ivory Coast• Benin• Sierra Leone• Liberia• Egypt

BOYCE FITZGERALDInternational Area Director

RON RUMBLEArea Specialist

TYLER SWAINArea Specialist

ALEX SOLORZANOArea ManagerSouth America

CLINT FAIRBOURNArea Specialist

BRENT HYDEArea Manager

Middle East/Asia/Pacific

DAVID CHURCHArea Manager

Central America / Caribbean

MIKE ADAIRArea Specialist

Crisis Response Team

KYLE BROWNArea ManagerAfrica/ Europe

RYAN TAYLORArea Specialist

The First Phone Call

• Notification Protocol• Activate Emergency Response

Team• Infield ERT (Negotiators)• Supporting Materials

The Strategy

• Who we are• We want a safe resolution• Peaks and valleys• Slow down the process

WHEN WHERE HOWApartment Midnight 10 Gunmen

Highway Mid-morning 2 Blocking Vehicles

Home Early Morning 4 Gunmen

NEGOTIATIONS• $200,000 USD per

missionary•Reduced to $800 total

THINGS WILL GO WRONG

NIGERIAN POLICE

LESSONS LEARNED1. Be prepared.2. Identify Team Members3. Sufficient Manpower4. Decision Parameters5. Time Zones & Organization Decision Makers6. Flexibility7. Victim Debrief8. Victim Care9. Creature Comforts