Discussion Forum (10)

Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (ASB) is one of Germany’s largest and oldest social welfare organisations. ASB’s
Indonesia Office is seeking to build on its reputation as a regional leader in providing disaster risk reduction
(DRR) and educational solutions for people with disabilities. ASB Indonesia is seeking an experienced
manager to oversee and deliver an institutional capacity building project on inclusive education funded
by the EC. The project is to be implemented in close collaboration with Yogy… Continue

I'm currently working in the Philippines on various DRR projects with schools and am wondering what DRR competencies have been developed. So many DRR activities are undertaken and that's good. But what are the competencies that these projects/activities are based on? Have some been developed? If so, where would I find them? I'd love to hear from folks, especially about DRR competencies related to schools. Thanks for any help you can give me. Beryl Cheal

So what's the point of talking about education, drills, planning in schools etc if the students don't know what is expected of them. In most drills that I have see students are relatively passive participants. I have also been running training as part of INSET to teachers and leaders at my school which included table top exercises. I had teachers take on different roles for a variety of likely situations: Lockdown, Bomb Threat and a road traffic accident outside of school. As there is a high vol… Continue