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Countering disasters, targeting vulnerability This issue includes: - Editorial - Global ISDR - Disaster in the Region - Contributions - In the Spotlight: Communities - Partners in Action - Kids an Youth - Multimedia
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UNISDR Africa educational series, vol. 2, issue 1 This booklet is written to help community leaders to have a better understanding of the complex nature of water and its influence on our lives. Empowered with this knowledge, they can become pro-active in initiating steps within their community to reduce the risk from water-related disasters.
World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development (WCESD), 31 March – 2 April 2009, Bonn: In this concept note, DKKV and the UNISDR Thematic Platform on Knowledge and Education introduce their reflection on linking education for sustainable development and disaster risk management. The paper elucidates how disaster risk reduction supports educa…
This document addresses the “Local Risk and Disaster Management Strengthening in the Education Sector in Central America” project at the request of the CECC and as part of the framework of the PRRD (Regional Project for Disaster Reduction) of the CEPREDENAC, UNICEF and the UNISDR. The project financed by the European Union – Humanitarian Aid Office (EC…
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This policy note aims to provide a directional path for mainstreaming indigenous knowledge in disaster risk reduction by national authorities and ministries of disaster management and education, institutions of higher education in disaster management, and international and national NGOs in Asian countries. It addresses thematic areas such as: climate ch…
This issue includes: - Newsletter: Disaster risk reduction begins at school - Editorial - Global ISDR - Disasters and hazards in the Region - Contributions - Partners in Action - Education - Multimedia
This issue includes: - Editorial - Global ISDR - Disaster in the Region - Partners in Action - Education - Multimedia
Living with risk: turning the tide of disasters towards sustainable development This issue includes: - Editorial - Global ISDR - Disaster in the Region - In the Spotlight - Partners in Action - Kids an Youth - Multimedia
This issue includes: - Editorial - Global ISDR - Disaster in the Region - Contributions - Partners in Action - Kids an Youth - Multimedia
UNISDR and UNICEF have together produced an educational kit for children called “Let’s learn to prevent disasters!”. It includes the board game 'Riskland' whereby players learn about what they can do to reduce disaster impacts by answering questions and advancing along the board’s winding path. It aims to provide the educational community and children w…
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Educating children in disaster prevention is essential to increase communities’ resilience. The video features Riskland, a universal game that makes learning about disasters and how to be better prepared when they happen easy. In Spanish: Educar a los niños en la prevención para los desastres es esencial para aumentar la resiliencia de las comunidades.…
UN/ISDR Africa educational series, vol. 1, issue 3 This booklet describes us what can be done to protect the environment and in turn reduce the impact of disasters. It also provides definitions and explanations in school-friendly language, supported by success stories providing inspiration for others to contribute to disaster risk reduction by protecti…
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The Caribbean Safe School Initiative (CSSI) is the main framework to advance school safety in the Caribbean; it is the Caribbean contribution to the ‘Worldwide-Initiative on Safe Schools (WISS)’ and a partnership framework for advancing safe school implementation at the national level among Caribbean countries. CSSI now has a stronger emphasis on…
In December 2015, a resolution jointly proposed by 142 countries including Japan on the creation of a World Tsunami Awareness Day, was adopted by consensus at the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. The objectives of the World Tsunami Awareness Day are to raise public awareness of the risk caused by tsunamis and to enhance tsunami prepa…
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This paper presents the education kit entitled “Riskland: the fun way to learn how to prevent disasters” which was created in 2002 by the Latin American and the Caribbean Offices of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), and the United Nations Children´s Fund (UNICEF). It was designed for children between 8 and 12…

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