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Displaying 9 of about 9 resultsDODOMA, 7 June 2018 - In September 2016, an earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck Nsunga in Kagera region, northwestern Tanzania, killing at least 19 people and injuring 253 others. A group of 15 boys from Ihungo Secondary School in Bukoba district were among the dead. Over 800 buildings were destroyed.
But under an initiative by the government, in partne…
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This course is designed to bring together key skills to mainstream inclusion into organisations and the wider humanitarian sector. The course builds capacity through building training skills on Sphere and increasing current knowledge on Gender, Age and Disability and supports understanding of ADCAP Minimum Standards for Age and Disabil…
This report presents the result of the formative study titled, Elements of Replicable Models to Increase Inclusion of Vulnerable Groups in Community Disaster Risk Management in the municipality of Sablayan in Occidental Mindoro, Philippines. The study was commissioned by Plan International USA in collaboration with Plan International Asia Pacific Region…
This 20th Anniversary, edition (Volume 21, No. 1) of the Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies (AJDTS) includes Research Papers on: disaster preparedness among wheelchair users; children coping with a sequence of earthquakes and aftershocks; and posttraumatic growth among psychologically healthy individuals. It also includes a Pr…
When a earthquake shook Bangladesh on April 25 last year, grade-X student Nuri Yashfi Karim panicked and forgot how she was supposed to respond in such events, reports the Dhaka Tribune. Yashfi, who studies at a Mohammadpur school, has been reading about disaster management – since grade-III. But, neither she nor her classmates followed the instructions…
PARIS, 27 June 2017 – Early warning technology is vital to save lives if a tsunami strikes, but public awareness of how to react is the critical factor, according to experts at an international meeting.
“Exposed communities need tsunami literacy,” Mr. Andi Eka Sakya of Indonesia’s BMKG Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysical Agency told the asse…
This paper draws on a case study in Christchurch to identify insights, realities, possibilities and obstacles in relation to the involvement in disaster preparedness of children with diverse disabilities. It reports on findings from focus group discussions and semi-structured interviews with children who have disabilities, their teachers and caregivers…
To reduce future earthquake injuries and casualties, it is important that people understand how their behavior, during and immediately following earthquake shaking, exposes them to increased risk of injury or death. Research confirms that protective actions can reduce injuries and that prior training can help prepare people to take appropriate actions.…
With children still traumatized and families struggling to prepare for winter, UNICEF is helping to provide psychosocial support and relief supplies following the 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck Afghanistan on 26 October.
Taloqan, Afghanistan – “I am scared. I don’t want to come to school alone,” says 10-year-old Samira, a student at the Bibi Haje…