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Displaying 105 of about 106 resultsLittle is known about children’s experiences and involvement in disaster preparation and recovery, in particular in low- and middle-income countries. Eliciting community members’ perspectives on the 2015 floods in Tamil Nadu, India, may generate useful insights for improving services in low-resource settings.
This qualitative study aimed to understand…
This brief highlights how localised, bottom-up disaster risk management (DRM) enables communities to have a say in building appropriate resilience mechanisms. This can only be effective if community-based disaster risk management (CBDRM) is founded on an understanding of the complexities of vulnerability, and the interdependencies of the risks that caus…
The brief outlines what is known about Child-Centred Risk Reduction (CCRR) education approaches that have proven effective in improving household risk and resilience levels. The need for improved program design and practice-based research is highlighted.
The Research-into-Action Brief series provides concise summaries of academic and grey literature on…
How does disaster risk reduction work in one of the important states of India: Assam? What kind of lessons can building resilience in Assam offer for Asia? This issue has a strategic list of activities and ideas.
This issue of Southasiadisasters.net focuses on the theme of 'Building Resilience for All: Lessons from Assam for Asia'. It highlights some o…
Research with flood-affected children reveals serious impacts on well-being but also a desire to take on a role in flood risk management.
Lancaster University researchers found that factors impacting on children’s well-being include: loss of valued personal and family possessions, friendship networks, familiar spaces, education; experience of fear, anx…
Disaster-prone Vietnam is susceptible to rapid-onset emergencies like storms, typhoons, and flooding annually. During these times, children are unable to go to school due to unsafe conditions and parents fearing for their children’s safety. Approximately 70% of the population is living in coastal and low-lying areas, resulting in high vulnerability to e…
Save the Children is working to ensure that children in crisis situations, including disasters, are not deprived of their right to education. We prioritise children’s participation in learning, believing that through their active contributions, children gain a greater understanding of disaster preparedness. They can be effective communicators of risk, a…
KOBE – The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, the global roadmap to reduce disaster losses and strengthening the processes for doing so by 2030, highlights the pivotal role of stakeholders working in science, engineering, technology, and innovation (SETI). In particular, it states that science and traditional knowledge are…
ISTANBUL, Turkey, 27 March 2017 – Turkey’s efforts to curb the threat of earthquakes and harness the power of youth to tackle hazards have been honoured with a pan-European award for innovative approaches to reducing disaster risk.
Turkey’s Directorate General for Education, Culture and Research at the Ministry of Youth and Sport received the Damir Cem…
INCHEON, Republic of Korea, 21 October 2016 – Disasters present a whole host of risks for children, from threats to their health, psychosocial well-being, protection and nutrition, to disruption of education, all with potentially long-lasting consequences. According to UNISDR’s flagship Global Assessment Report, at least 66 million youngsters are affect…
Colourful murals have been used to deliver life-saving messages on COVID-19 in some of Fiji’s poorest communities. Young community members, along with local artists, used their painting skills to create vivid images that have delivered simple yet powerful messages on how to stay safe from the virus.
The initiative was developed by the Fijian G…
Resilient infrastructure protects people during disasters and enables communities to recover quickly in the immediate aftermath of a crisis.
Two examples from Vanuatu during and after Tropical Cyclone Harold – a Category 5 storm – illustrate the point powerfully.
During the devastating storm, the two classrooms of Balon School on the island of Santo…
By Charlie Dreaver
Year five and six students at Maraekakaho School in the Hawkes Bay region, have been using the computer game Minecraft, and Lego bricks, to map their community.
Researchers from the University of Auckland, Auckland University of Technology and East Coast LAB came up with the idea to teach children about local hazards and what resour…
Children can play an important role in talking about climate change in their communities.
By Aimee Neaverson
“How are waves made?” asks a child from a group of eight-year-old students in Ywar Thit primary school in Meiktila Township, Myanmar.
Ywar Thit is over 100 miles from the sea, but the children have been learning about flooding at school and,…
The UNESCO Regional Office in Dakar will support the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) to organize a community and school outreach awareness raising program on flooding, in the riverine communities of Jarra Soma and Basse, in the Lower River Division of the Gambia, between 8 and 12 May 2018.
Jarra Soma and Basse in the Lower River Division of…