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Displaying 15 of about 303 resultsPrepare with Pedro is a free youth preparedness program created by the American Red Cross. This resource is designed to teach young children and their families how to stay safe during disasters and emergencies through fun activities such as crosswords, coloring pages, matching games, and more.The activity book is available for digital download in s…
Rain has finally brought relief to Thailand, but the country is still recovering from the record-breaking heatwave that gripped Southeast Asia throughout April and early May. Three dozen districts across Thailand's 77 provinces saw record temperatures in April, with 26 provinces suffering from heat soaring over 40 degrees Celsius.Extreme temperatur…
Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean (UNDRR-ROAMC) invite MCR2030 Local governments and participating entities to share good practices and lessons learned on local governments engagement and Collaboration with their local communities for disaster risk red…
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European University Cyprus and CERIDES are excited to announce the implementation of the 1st online hackathon #HackHEUREKA, within the framework of the DG-ECHO – funded project HEUREKA.
Challenge
Apply your ideas, creative skills, and programming expertise in order to create a proto…
The Scalability Assessment and Planning Toolkit guides Scaling and Assessment Planning with corrective actions to strengthen or enable scaling up. While scaling up is complex and fraught with challenges, using the SAP Toolkit ensures your initiative has the best possible chances for scalability and will set you on the path to effectively scaled initiati…
This study examined the emergency preparedness activities of 20 schools in four districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan, that had recently been severely affected by floods. Through face-to-face interviews and a structured questionnaire, the study presents data on the four pillars of emergency preparedness: emergency planning, prepar…
The past decade has seen an increased focus within research and practice on placing children at the centre of efforts to reduce disaster risk, including those risks associated with climate change. An increasing body of research demonstrates that children can, and do, play an active role in reducing disaster risks, and the benefits of involving chil…
This study aimed to complement other recent studies on the barriers to achieving children’s right to a free basic quality education, and to identify significant sources of inequities in educational participation, particularly as the result of hazards, disasters, and climate-change impacts.
The study sought to generate evidence-based documentation…
The goal of the research is to understand and reveal the impact of Dzud on Preschool, Primary and Secondary education in order to provide short- and long-term recommendations for education stakeholders in Mongolia. The research methods used include three interrelated components:
1. Case study research in 10 schools (including 6 that were “Extremely Aff…
The purpose of this research is to understand and identify the potential for child-centred disaster risk reduction (CCDRR) approaches to have measurable impact on household risk reduction and resilience. Disaster risk reduction (DRR) advocates promote educating children, parents, and teachers to identify hazards and risks, learn and implement risk reduc…
This paper provides a theoretical foundation for children’s involvement in disaster risk reduction activities. The paper reviews and analyses the literature on children’s participation, on their developmental capacity to participate, and on disaster risk reduction activities involving children.
This paper finds that participation yields numerous potent…
This report highlights that 372,000 people drown worldwide each year. Drowning is among the ten leading causes of death for children and young people in every region of the world. The report sets out the evidence showing a range of effective drowning prevention strategies, and makes a number of recommendations for concrete measures to be taken by nation…
This Children in a Changing Climate coalition report argues that children should be a focus of efforts to address climate change and play an active part in the decisions that shape their present and future.
In developing countries, climate change is projected to exacerbate the top 5 causes of death for children under 5. Children are the least res…
This is a research and analysis report intended to provide a brief and readable context analysis, providing the essential information for individuals and organisations to be able to:
Advocate effectively for school safety at national level (or in federated countries, at sub-national level), and • ensure that any expenditure of time and…
This special edition showcases once again the active involvement and the role of young people in sharing knowledge of evidence-informed best practices, science and technology, emerging trends, challenges, and solutions in the implementation, monitoring, follow-up, and review the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) (2015-2030) and the DR…