SESSION 17: DISASTER RISK
REDUCTION AND EDUCATION
Learning Objectives
1. Define DRR and its implications in relation to
disaster management.
2. Understand priority actions identified under
Hyogo Framework for Action, and particularly
education-related
3. Understand why disaster risk
reduction/mitigation are increasingly important.
4. Identify critical components of school safety.
5. Review DRR actions that MoE and education
actors can support to be practically implemented
at school, community and sector levels.
Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
Disaster Risk
Reduction:
Seeks to minimise
vulnerabilities and
disaster risks
throughout a society, to
avoid (prevention) or to
limit (mitigation and
preparedness) the
adverse impacts of
hazards within the
broad context of
sustainable
development
Everyone is
involved in DRR!
Hyogo Framework for Action
The Hyogo Framework for Action (2005-2015) - represents five goals and
priorities for action on Disaster Risk Reduction over the next 10 years.
1. Ensure that disaster risk reduction is
a national and a local priority with a
strong institutional basis for
implementation
2. Identify, assess and monitor
disaster risks and enhance early
warning
3. Use knowledge, innovation and
education to build a culture of safety
and resilience at all levels
4. Reduce the underlying risk factors
5. Strengthen disaster preparedness
for effective response at all levels
Why DRR?
•
Disasters are increasing in frequency and impact
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The poorest of society are most
affected
•
Children are proportionally the
most vulnerable when
disaster strikes
•
Disasters make the
poorest even poorer
•
DRR is more cost
effective than relief and
recovery in the long-term:
$1 versus $4
Disaster Risk Reduction Activities
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Emergency Preparedness
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Livelihoods support (including cash transfers, insurance, vouchers)
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Early Warning Systems
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Inclusion of DRR in Education curricula
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Increasing awareness of DRR at all levels
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Designing DRR materials for communities and schools
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Building cyclone-resistant schools and hospitals
School Safety
The critical components of school safety are:
1. To save lives and prevent injuries
2. To prevent interruption of education
3. To develop resilient society able to reduce the
social, economic, and cultural impacts of recurring
hazards
DRR and Education
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Building a culture of resilience and safety through
education
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Incorporation of DRR in national school curricula
Teacher training on DRR
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Training on school-level risk
assessment
Development of DRR
resources and guidelines
Building and retro-fitting
school infrastructure to be
disaster-resistant
Strengthening disaster
preparedness in education
•
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Exercise: Design of DRR Education
Activities
In groups, focus on designing
DRR interventions for each
of the following levels:
1.
For children and teachers at
school level
2. For communities in disasterprone areas
3.
For the Education Sector as a
whole and wider government