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Displaying 45 of about 106 resultsAround 6% of the population of India is impacted annually by the exposures to disasters and due to its unique geo-climatic situation, Indian sub-continent is very vulnerable to natural and man-made disasters.
Children are the most affected section during any disasters due to their physical and psychological nature. Therefore, building resilience in chi…
Earthquakes, floods, severe storms and other extreme natural events have always been a part of nature and history. More people have become vulnerable to disasters due to rapid population growth, increasing environmental degradation and poverty. As a result, disasters kill one million people and leave millions more homeless each decade. Sustained co…
The 3 – 5 year old children at the Nat Maw ECCD centre are busy playing, learning colours and singing songs. But this group of children and their teachers know what to do if a disaster strikes, and how to stay safe.
“Before, we didn’t know what to do if there was an emergency,” said Tin Moe Moe Win, one of the teachers at the centre. “Now we’ve had the…
While some mapping is conducted by professionals with sophisticated technical equipment, UNICEF has instead targeted youths as experts in mapping social and environmental risks in communities around the world. The goal behind this initiative is to enhance community engagement and participatory planning to more effectively reduce risk in vulnerable commu…
Balinese flock to village gatherings especially with cultural theatre - like a famous ‘Cenkblonk’ puppetry show. As an awareness-raising tool for community disaster resilience this uniquely Balinese strategy taught an entire region to deal with natural catastrophe.
A hotspot for rafting tourism along the mighty Unda River, the Balinese Regency of Klung…
As Cyclone Roanu approached the coast of Bangladesh last May, 10-year-old Mohammad Hossain worried about his father, a fisherman out at sea in the Bay of Bengal.
But the schoolboy, who lives in the Kutubdia Para neighbourhood of Cox's Bazar, a town on the southeast coast of Bangladesh, knew what to do. He sent his father, Ramzan Ali, a text message, as…
The first series of Climate Crisis Comics, which raise youth awareness of the climate crisis, and how young people can take action to prepare for hazards. This forms part of a digital climate change awareness campaign: developed in partnership with UNICEF, Indonesia's National Meteorology Agency and young climate change leaders in Indonesia, it has reac…
COMPDEC is a new, municipal civil defence authority. It has organised the first simulation in the history of the city.
The goal of this simulation is to evacuate the local school quickly and safely. The 250 children that are involved have been trained to help each other to go outside to a safe meeting point.
It…
Conference theme: Global Challenges in Disaster Risk Reduction and Response
Wednesday 21st June 2017
We welcome researchers, practitioners, NGOs, city professionals and the interested public to a day of thought-provoking discussions where our in-house and guest experts will present the latest research and issues in risk and disaster reduction, t…
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The International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) is a day to celebrate how people and communities are reducing their risk to disasters and to promote a global culture of disaster reduction, including disaster prevention, mitigation and preparedness. “Home Safe Home” is the slogan for IDDR in 2017 following a year in which 24.2 million ne…
MCR2030-AMC announces a short video contest 'Voices of the Community in the Americas and the Caribbean - Getting Ready for a Resilient Future', where local voices can tell a story, share ideas, practices, and experiences of their community in the theme of disaster risk reduction and resilience. Winner videos will be featured and credited across the Amer…
This newsletter features several updates and activities from the Resilience Development Initiative (RDI), an Indonesian think tank initiative that focuses on disaster, environmental change and sustainable development. Content in this issue includes:
Cianjur Field Survey: RDI collaborated with Save the Children in conducting a rapid risk ass…
Education Safe From Disasters Research
Urban Child-centred HVC assessment and planning tools
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries. We save children’s lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfill their potential. We work together, with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs i…
Research shows that inclusion is easier to put forward in policy guidelines than to translate into practice. This brief explores how inclusion is a long-term process that requires sustainable transfer of power to people, including children, who usually lack the ability to make decisions on matters that affect their everyday life.
Inclusion in disa…
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Critical thinking challenge to map out extreme weather and its impacts. Voting determines the most frequent and impactful hazards in the local community.
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Understand the difference between weather and climate.
Explore the link between the greenhouse gas effect, global warming, climate change, hazards and impacts w…