Children and youth

This case study is one of four commissioned by BRACED to assess the links between resilience and gender in partners' projects. It documents approaches used to promote gender equality within the BRACED Mercy Corps project, as well as the latent challenges

This report seeks to shine a light on the continuing impact that disasters have on education by profiling five specific events that struck the Asia-Pacific region in 2015.

How does disaster risk reduction work in one of the important states of India: Assam? What kind of lessons can building resilience in Assam offer for Asia? This issue has a strategic list of activities and ideas.

This issue of Southasiadisasters.net

This report explains the continuing impact that disasters have on education by profiling the 2015 earthquakes in Nepal. The findings reveal that:

• In countries where earthquakes caused large-scale disruption such as in Nepal, many children lost months

A greater humanitarian focus on schools before, during and after natural disasters will save lives, protect children and benefit communities and countries, Save the Children says in a report due out this week. Researchers estimate the lives of 200 million children per year will be severely disrupted by disasters in coming decades.

This Republic Act No. 10821 of the Government of the Philippines mandates the provision of emergency relief and protection for children before, during, and after disaster and other emergency situations. It refers to situations when children are gravely

Kapitan Alerto, advocate of the Office of Civil Defense - Cordillera Autonomous Region, is helping children prepare during the 3-day Basic Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) Training for public school teachers at Baguio City High School on April 13. To ensure civic preparedness, Baguio City held its first city-wide earthquake drill early in 2016.

​New and improved school education pages on the Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) website provide fun and engaging resources to teach children about hazards. The education material includes classroom lesson plans, teaching resources and interactive activities on fire, natural hazards, and safety and emergency prevention for children.