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Disaster risk reduction begins at school: 2006-2007 World Disaster Reduction campaign

To inform and insure the future of our communities, the UN/ISDR secretariat and its partners have made disaster risk education and safer school facilities the two key themes.
Educational materials

Tsunami, lessons learnt from Japanese story : inamura no hi (Bengali for children)

""Inamura no Hi"" means fire of rice sheaves. ""Inamura no Hi"" is a story of a man who noticed a precursor of a large tsunami at the earliest stage and led village inhabitants to a high ground by burning harvested rice sheaves. This story was based on a

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Tsunami education kit: responding to the Asia earthquake and tsunamis

When Red Cross first heard news that an earthquake causing one of the worst ever tsunamis had hit the coast of Sumatra it immediately set the wheels in motion to help the victims of this natural disaster. Staff and volunteers from many Red Cross and Red

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Tsunami, lessons learnt from Japanese story: inamura no hi (Tamil for children)

""Inamura no Hi"" means fire of rice sheaves. ""Inamura no Hi"" is a story of a man who noticed a precursor of a large tsunami at the earliest stage and led village inhabitants to a high ground by burning harvested rice sheaves. This story was based on a

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Tsunami, lessons learnt from Japanese story: inamura no hi (Nepalese for children)

""Inamura no Hi"" means fire of rice sheaves. ""Inamura no Hi"" is a story of a man who noticed a precursor of a large tsunami at the earliest stage and led village inhabitants to a high ground by burning harvested rice sheaves. This story was based on a

Educational materials

Tsunami, lessons learnt from Japanese story: inamura no hi

"Inamura no Hi" means fire of rice sheaves. "Inamura no Hi" is a story of a man who noticed a precursor of a large tsunami at the earliest stage and led village inhabitants to a high ground by burning harvested rice sheaves. This story was based on a true

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Earthquakes and tsunamis: teacher's guidebook pre-elementary school

Earthquakes are as inescapable as the weather. Even Mars and the Moon have them. Here on Earth, seismologists report that every year there are a couple of million earthquakes strong enough to be felt, a thousand or so that can bring down chimneys, and

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Tsunami, lessons learnt from Japanese story: inamura no hi (Hindi for children)

""Inamura no Hi"" means fire of rice sheaves. ""Inamura no Hi"" is a story of a man who noticed a precursor of a large tsunami at the earliest stage and led village inhabitants to a high ground by burning harvested rice sheaves. This story was based on a

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