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The African Youths Organization (AYO) aims to build community disaster resilience and support local-level implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action in Nigeria. A comprehensive approach to disaster risk reduction requires a combination of changes in practices at the local level with changes to national and international policies. The African Youths Organization (AYO) works to forward disaster risk reduction at the local level.
1. Mobilization and documentation of views and experiences on disaster risk issues for African Youths, action plan for Disaster Risk Reduction for African Youths with some designated programmes approved by President of African Youths Prince Bright Akinola.
Erioluwa Samuel
Amos Olwafemi Moses
Idowu Bolaji Thomas
Mainstreaming DRR into the Education Curriculum for African Youths, and programming and Coordination of Rehabilitation of Vulnerability Community Programmes.
http://ayorgs.webs.com/
AYO plan and need help to building the resilience to African youths and communities to disasters, in Nigeria. This means reducing loss of lives and social, economic, and environmental assets when hazards strike.
African Youths ensure that disaster risk reduction and a local priority with a strong institutional basis for implementation, and that are able to develop and track progress through specific and measurable indicators have greater capacity to manage risks and to achieve widespread consensus for, engagement in and compliance with disaster risk reduction measures across all sectors of society. At times of disaster, impacts and losses can be substantially reduced if authorities, individuals and communities in hazard-prone areas are well prepared and ready to act and are equipped with the knowledge and capacities for effective disaster management.
Youths Sustain Development: AYO is a non-governmental organization and a grass-roots movement. AYO plays a role in the shaping and implementation of participatory democracy and constructive role in society. To enhance international understanding and friendship through educational, cultural and humanitarian activities involving the exchange of ideas and experiences directly among people of different countries and diverse cultures.
African Youths organization's activities in support of the Making Cities Resilient campaign.
chronic stresses: Stresses weaken the fabric of a city on a daily or cyclical basis.
high unemployment.
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.
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