Pikes Peak Community College has more military and veteran students than any other college in Colorado, and partners with Army and Air Force units to provide customized education and training. One such partnership involves providing specialized training to the U.S. Army Female Engagment Teams.
Father God, we pray for the success of the for-credit, modified Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) class taught to female soldiers and offered by PPCC in collaboration with Penrose-St. Francis Health Services. These soldiers are part of the U.S. Army’s Female Engagement Teams (FET), created to better meet the needs of women in Afghanistan. The Army’s male personnel are not permitted to touch Afghani women and so are not able to provide care for them.
Thank you, God, that although these female soldiers are being trained as EMTs, the program’s curriculum has expanded to address a broader range of health care issues (wellness, nutrition, women’s health, etc.) and multiculturalism with an emphasis on Muslim women and adult education principles in how to train Afghani women as providers of rudimentary medical care and trainers of other Afghani women.