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Displaying 135 of about 1698 resultsThe purpose of this article, published in Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 15 No. 3, is, depending on the views of principals and teachers, to determine the level of preparedness of primary schools towards prospective earthquakes from the aspect of the effectiveness of school principals; and to develop some recommendations due to the obtained re…
To combat desertification is to preserve the natural heritage of the world's dry-lands and contribute to the eradication of poverty. These educational tools aim to stimulate the younger generation, so that the development of today's world does not harm the generations of tomorrow. Following on the success of a pilot phase, UNESCO launched an educational…
This poster presents earthquake drills as practised in Iranian schools.
This textbook for B.A. students is to give them an approach of the natural resources and heritage of El Salvador.It covers fields such as: geology, mineralogy, paleontology, soils, hydrology, climate, flora, earth invertebrates, vertebrates. Describes phenomena like volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, but no mention of disaster reduction.
Some 80 people, including government officials at national and provincial level, representatives of UN agencies, as well as national and international NGOs, convened in Jakarta on 16 and 17 May 2005 for a two-day lessons learned and best practices workshop on the national and international response to the tsunami disaster of 26 December 2004. Experience…
This document is a short pictorial for boat builders and donors as to the boat building situation in NAD. The intent of this paper is to demonstrate the concerns arising from poor quality boat building for safety of fishers. Further, it is to provide a few guidelines for better boat building for the future.
The report points out some of the concerns that come with the sudden development of a vulnerable community. This document is by no means an exhaustive report. It is more of a case study of the Irulas in Cuddalore district. This document is intended for dissemination among a wider public and can be used for training and learning purposes too. Essentially…
This report outlines Oxfam’s many achievements, the challenges it faced and the sometimes painful lessons it has learned. Oxfam and its partners have made, and continue to make, a positive and lasting impact on people’s lives. Since the tsunami struck, they have assisted an estimated 1.8 million people. Hundreds of thousands of tsunami survivors now hav…
The tsunami was IFRC largest relief operation ever. Across the affected countries, some 25,000 Red Cross/Red Crescent volunteers offered help, distributing food, tents and toiletries, collecting dead bodies, clearing rubble and carrying out first aid. Many of them were themselves victims of the tsunami, yet their dedication never failed. The funds raise…
Six months after the Indian Ocean tsunami, Mercy Corps is providing assistance for more than one million survivors of the disaster. This report outlines Mercy Corps' financial accountability, program strategy and country-by-country achievements after six months of intensive relief and recovery work.
This issue of Humanitarian Exchange focuses on the emergency response to the devastation caused by the earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean on 26 December 2004. As a natural disaster, the tsunami was unparalleled, hitting 13 countries in Asia and east Africa. The unprecedented scale of the destruction and the immediacy of the images beamed around…
This report highlights the value of involving communities in their own recovery, the benefits of long-term over an exclusively short-term focus, and the need to establish community independence over dependence, rather than continuing to foster a cycle of a cycle of dependence.
Immediately after the tsunami in December 2004, Plan started emergency relief efforts in Sri Lanka, India and Indonesia. As Plan was already operational in these countries, it was able to act quickly, utilising its extensive experience and well established contacts. In Sri Lanka, Plan focused on the devastated district of Hambantota, where it has worked…
Newsletter: Housing by people in Asia, no. 16, August 2005
Among the tsunami’s victims were tourists, tycoons, a prince and many ordinary traders, workers, pilgrims and families enjoying their day off. But it was overwhelmingly the poor who suffered the greatest losses and the poor who are having the hardest time rebuilding their lives and communities…
EQTAP presentation about promoting Safety and Sustainability of Asia-Pacific region through earthquake and tsunami disaster reduction.