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Knowledge sharing and awareness building to enable people to make informed decisions and take informed actions during natural hazards from local to institutional knowledge
Bangladesh: Move to stem drowning deaths during floods
17 Aug 2010, WB
Drowning is the leading cause of death during Bangladesh’s flooding season from June to September, making it one of the top killers, according to the International Drowning Research Centre in Bangladesh set up with Australian government funding, to prevent drowning through research and advocacy...
Extracts of progress reports by progress indicator on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action
- Indicator 3.2 [PDF, 116Kb]School curricula , education material and relevant trainings include disaster risk reduction and recovery concepts and practices
- Indicator 4.2 [PDF, 102Kb]Social development policies and plans are being implemented to reduce the vulnerability of populations most at risk
- Regional conference on disaster risk reduction through schools08-09 Sep 2010, Kenya (Nairobi)
- Regional conference on disaster risk reduction through schools29-30 Sep 2010, Thailand (Bangkok)
- First meeting of the European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction (EFDRR)06-08 Oct 2010, Sweden (Gothenburg)
- Disaster Management and Humanitarian AssistanceUH, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Emergency ManagementFleming College, Peterborough, Ontario
- Disaster ManagementGlobal Fields Inst, Nairobi, Kenya
- Teacher's guide to earthquake education2010, Between Bulls and Mosquitoes; TWB
- Earthquake emergency education in Dushanbe, Tajikistan2010, Between Bulls and Mosquitoes
- Educational kit on natural disaster risk reduction2010, UNESCO Cairo; UNISDR - ROAS
From ISDR System and other DRR actors
- Core commitments for children in humanitarian action2010, UNICEF
- Living with disasters and changing climate: children in Southeast Asia telling their stories about disaster and climate change2010, Save the Children Sweden
- Adaptation to climate extremes in developing countries: the role of education2010, WB
- Launch of 'One million safe million schools and hospitals Initiative'2010, UNISDR
- Tsunami - building better for next time2009, UNISDR - AP
- BBC World Debate: ‘Prevent or React’2009, BBC
External Online Resources
- Between Bulls and Mosquitoes: Earthquake lesson plans (in English and Chinese)
- CADRI: UN Disaster Management Training Programme manuals collection
- Con los pies en la tierra: a DPAE educational resource on earthquake in Bogotá (in Spanish)
- Education for hazards
- Education tool kit: disaster risk reduction begins at school
- Effective education for disaster risk reduction: a social networking site for teachers who want to make a difference
- Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)
- Global volcanism program
- Natural disaster awareness tool catalogue
- OIKOS: interactive game and information on hazard impact, mechanism, mitigation and simulation (in many languages)
- Only you can prevent forest fires: SmokeyBear.com
- Portail éducatif francophone sur les risques naturels (in French)
- RRA - Risk Reduction Africa (in English, French and Portuguese)
- Selemat Project
- USGS: Earthquake hazards program (USA)
- websismo
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