News and announcements

Two schools at Antigua were recognized by the National Office of Disaster Service (NODS) for their disaster preparedness management programme on International Day for Disaster Reduction...

Over 50 children from 13 countries from Asia Pacific met today at the United Nations Conference Center in Bangkok to celebrate the International Day for Disaster Reduction and discuss how they can play a more active role in preventing disasters...

On the International Day for Disaster Reduction, Ines Smyth argues that a gendered approach is the best way to ensure effective DRR. 'This is an opportunity to celebrate how people and communities are reducing their risk to disasters and raising awareness about the importance of DRR'...

A compilation of safety plans for 29 schools was released by Thiruvananthapuram City Corporation Mayor K Chandrika on the occasion of the International Day for Disaster Reduction observance...

CDKN's guest blog for the International Day for Disaster Reduction is from Maggie Ibrahim. She shows that working with meso-level (district level) government has been crucial to ensuring safer and more resilient livelihood strategies in communities...

'steps should be taken to impart training to the teachers of Primary Training Institutes across the country on disaster preparedness to reduce loss of lives and properties during any natural calamities in the country in future'...

Speaking at the commemoration of this year's International Day for Disaster Reduction celebrated at the University of Nairobi, Minister for Special Programs Esther Murugi has sounded an alert to the public to keep off areas thought to be vulnerable to incidents of flooding and mudslides...

'The Disaster Risk Reduction day provides us with an opportunity to educate children on the health impacts of extreme events experienced in the UK such as floods and heat-waves. There is much we can do to lessen the devastating impact natural disasters can have on public health through engaging in education about risk reduction'...