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Ruins of a building in the aftermath of an earthquake.
Youth and Young Professionals (YYPs) of CRRP has come together to try and explain that disasters are not natural; we should work on reducing our disaster risks - reduce existing risks and ensuring that no new risks are created.
Disasters result when a natural or human induced hazard affects a human settlement which is not appropriately resourced or organized to withstand the impact, and whose population is vulnerable because of poverty, exclusion or socially disadvantaged in some way. A natural hazard becomes a disaster when it combines with exposure and vulnerability to cause loss of life, hurt and injury to people, along with economic loss.