Children and youth

This document presents the results of a training on Youth Leadership for Disaster Resilience in Myanmar conducted by the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center and other organisations.

The benefits of training youth volunteers are the following:

• They will

This document presents the results of a training course on child-centered disaster risk management organised by the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center in China. The program introduced a new concept to the region by focusing on reducing risks and building

This paper reviews progress in the integration of disaster risk reduction (DRR) into Australian school curricula programs and support materials since 2005. Researchers such as Ronan and Johnston (2005) stress the importance of school disaster education

The purpose of this paper is to share the implemented strategy, activities and the process of cooperation between the educational community in the municipality of Amadora (Portugal), the Civil Protection Local Authority and the local campaign “Resilient

This study explores the presence and nature of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) within the syllabi of the basic school system in semi-arid Northern Ghana. Significant gaps were identified between the disaster pedagogy outlined in the syllabi (theory) and

Temperatures in less than one in six English classrooms were considered adequate throughout the year, according to the first Building Schools for the Future programme report. Overheating is of particular concern as it can not only reduce educational

The regional programme for “Disaster Risk Reduction to Improve Resilience of Communities and Institutions in the South Caucasus” has been launched today in Yerevan. The programme, in its fourth phase, aims to make communities in areas prone to natural hazards less vulnerable, and to boost their resilience to natural and man-made hazards.

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