Indonesian schoolchildren photo by flickr user Jeda Villa Bali, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic, http://www.flickr.com/photos/jedavillabali/5028127521
In a Jakarta Post report, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, BNBP’s director for disaster risk reduction asserted that investing in disaster mitigation programmes - requiring sizeable investments - will save lives and minimize losses. Indonesia will allocate US$444 million to disaster management in 2011, including education programmes. 'Children at school should know what they must do when disaster strikes,' Nugroho said. 'It should be taught across the country as part of the curriculum.'
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Education and school safety
Disaster risk communication
Governance
Financing DRR
Preparedness
Country and region
Indonesia