SOS Children's Villages: Disaster risk reduction fails too many children

Civil society organisations call on the EU to prioritise children in Disaster Risk Reduction

On the occasion of International Day for Disaster Reduction, and in view of the Annual Conference of the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO) on the 19 October 2011, Plan International, SOS Children’s Villages and World Vision are calling on the European Union to ensure that child protection and participation is a priority before, during and after a disaster in all of the EU’s humanitarian and development programmes.