CBM celebrates the International Day for Disaster Reduction 2018

What is Disaster Risk Reduction Day?

13 October is designated as International Day for Disaster Reduction to promote a global culture of disaster reduction, including disaster prevention, mitigation and preparedness. Every year the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Day recognises progress and encourages further efforts to build disaster resilient communities and nations.

This Day is an opportunity to acknowledge the substantial progress being made toward reduction of disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods and health and in the economic, physical, social, cultural and environmental assets of persons, businesses, communities and countries.

Theme for this year

The overall theme of the International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) in 2018 is reducing the economic loss of disasters which is Target (c) of the Sendai Framework.

The Sendai Framework - a blueprint for inclusion in DRR

The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, adopted in Japan in March 2015, has been widely hailed as the most inclusive of its kind; not only was the process leading up to the conference and the event itself extremely participatory of persons with disabilities, but the final document, with multiple references to accessibility, inclusion and universal design, provides an outline that can lead to a safer, more resilient world for all.