Seniors Working together with local government and municipality on disaster mitigation and resilience

Goal: Goal 3 - Strengthening resilience: measures that enable nations and communities to absorb loss and damage, minimize impacts and recover
Scope: Local
Country(ies)/territory(ies): Japan

Description

Japan's elderly population affected by East Japan Great Disaster lead recovery through their experience. Their recovery is not the same as the experience in the Awaji Kobe earthquake. They present a new disaster experience based on high deaths from tsunami. Their stories reveal that the elderly in Japan are not victims during a disaster but are important players in prevention and mitigation.

Targets

local government

Indicators

number of participants

Means of verification

pre and post survey opinion

Timeframe

April 2015 to March 2017

Attachments

Project description:

Started from here Minamisanriku-cho

Other:

Started from here,toMinamisnriku

Contact Person

Ms Yuko Kusano
representative, Miyagi Jo-Net