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Justin Sharpe ASB Job vacancy - Inclusion and DRR Manager

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

Added by Justin Sharpe on October 16, 2009 at 9:51am — No Comments

Beryl Cheal DRR Competencies

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 Continue

Added by Beryl Cheal on October 1, 2009 at 2:00am — 3 Comments

Justin Sharpe Get children involved and EDUCATED in drills!

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

Added by Justin Sharpe on September 28, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Himadri Maitra Disaster management - awareness and preparedness in schools.

Teachers training programme -Training on fire safety Development of coloring book for the primary section Preparation of School DM plans -Schools to prepare DM plans based on the hazard that they are vulnerable to. Steps for preparation of DM Plans • Sensitisation meeting for awareness of Teachers, School Management and students. • Formation of School Disaster Management Committee Social Mapping - Schools - Class rooms in the school building - Laboratories - Play Ground - School Canteen - Libra… Continue

Added by Himadri Maitra on August 18, 2009 at 4:40pm — 1 Comment

Colonel N M Verma "Safer Schools and Safer Children"

Dear Friends, Give school children a chance to prepare for disasters and educate them. A country like India has millions of school children in rural and urban poor pockets who are vulnerable to disasters and impacts of climate change. They form the base of the pyramid of preparedness process, yet, there is little access of information, knowledge, thus capacity building. They do not have resources to make use of most valuable tools prepared by experts and practitioners of developed countries. Th… Continue

Added by Colonel N M Verma on July 21, 2009 at 2:40pm — No Comments

Himadri Maitra Disaster risk, development and the environment

Disasters are not random and do not occur by accident. They are the convergence of hazards and vulnerable conditions. Disasters not only reveal underlying social, economic, political and environmental problems, but unfortunately contribute to worsening them. Such events pose serious challenges to development, as they erode hard-earned gains in terms of political, social and educational progress, as well as infrastructure and technological development. The Millennium Declaration recognizes the ri… Continue

Added by Himadri Maitra on June 6, 2009 at 3:44pm — 2 Comments

Tania Return of the IDPs (to the Places of their Orogin) living in Tent Villages after October 8th 2005 Earthquake in Hazara and AJK- IDP Children's Views on the Return

When government of Pakistan declared that all the camps will be closed by 31st of march and all the IDPs have to return back to their places of origin, All the IDPs including children showed mixed reactions. Our child protection monitors who as part of UNHCR and UNICEF monitoring team were collecting the information about EVIs tried to convince the IDPs to return to their villages if they do not belong to the category of people who find it impossible to go back to their villages due to different… Continue

Added by Tania on May 24, 2009 at 5:05pm — No Comments

Justin Sharpe Dirty Bertie has revolting habits...

Great new resource from the NHS (National Health Service) aimed at getting younger children to wash their hands, these can be used as posters or as stories to share with the class! Good to see this here in the UK! BUT...Do you know of anything similar? If so upload it to this blog… Continue

Added by Justin Sharpe on May 24, 2009 at 8:31am — No Comments

Justin Sharpe Coughs and Sneezes spread diseases

Worried about the potential for a pandemic flu outbreak and its possible effect on education, I have put together a short (five slide) PowerPoint presentation for anyone working with children and young people, which gives practical ad… Continue

Added by Justin Sharpe on April 27, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Justin Sharpe You can lead a horse to water....

I am currently writing a paper for a disaster prevention in education conference in Taiwan and so have been researching about new curriculum in general, alongside curriculum materials. What is becoming clear is that although there is an ever growing proliferation of educational materials, made to address different facets of a range of hazards and responses, this will not lead to education that helps people make changes to their lifestyles to become better prepared. This is for several reasons.… Continue

Added by Justin Sharpe on March 25, 2009 at 10:59am — 1 Comment

Beryl Cheal Interesting Resources

Here are some resources that you might find interesting: Disaster Risk Reduction Begins at School, United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, http://www.unisdr.org/ Child-led Disaster Risk Reduction: A Practical Guide, Save the Children, Sweden/Redda Barnan, http://www.rb.se - or you can download it for free. Google the title. The Role of Schools in Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disaster, a paper I wrote for the conference in November on Rebui… Continue

Added by Beryl Cheal on February 15, 2009 at 7:29pm — No Comments

Solmaz Mohadjer Earthquake Education Workshops in Central Asia

Please visit www.bullsandmosquitoes.info for more information about earthquake education workshops in Central Asia. Continue

Added by Solmaz Mohadjer on January 12, 2009 at 5:28am — 2 Comments

Justin Sharpe This clip of flooding should be shown as a "Do's & Don'ts" for floods in UK

I saw his on the BBC news site this morning...Can you spot where people have concreted EVERYWHERE and then try to drive through the floods only to get stranded....Education also needs to reach adults! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7781388.stm Have the Pitt Review people seen this by the way? This is a REALLY useful way of showing how flooding can be exacerbated by making the wrong decisions, from concreting your 'garden' to driving throug… Continue

Added by Justin Sharpe on December 14, 2008 at 1:55pm — No Comments

Justin Sharpe FEMA Launches Children-In-Disasters Initiative With IAEM, Save The Children but misses the point

An initiative to beintroduced by FEMA and Save the children to reduce their vulnerabilities in the event of a disaster has been launched, but fails to really hit the mark in my opinion. An extract published below from the press statement sounds rather grand, but is disappointing as it does not recognise the capacities of children in any way:
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is teaming up with the International Assoc
… Continue

Added by Justin Sharpe on November 18, 2008 at 11:30am — 3 Comments

Justin Sharpe The Shake Out Research Team Blog

To all on the shake out research team! This is where we can all add to the blog while we are here in Los Angeles for the shakeout. Below is some of my impressions of what we have seen and done so far! On monday we took part in certificated training for a multi hazards approach to school emerg… Continue

Added by Justin Sharpe on November 12, 2008 at 5:51pm — 1 Comment

Justin Sharpe Effective Education for DRR - It's NOT Rocket Science...

This short video below (click on the link to download) shows what can be done by teachers to initiate effective education for DRR in schools and the communities around them. These are VERY young children and yet thay are learning how to respond, where the hazards are in their area, how to avoid them and where the safe places are to evacuate to. They make their OWN hazard maps and share these with their pers and with adults. They are NOT scared or scarred by this experience, but they do LEARN and… Continue

Added by Justin Sharpe on September 1, 2008 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Rebekah Green Chinese Teacher in Trouble over Earthquake Photos

Here's a new article from the New York Times today: July 31, 2008 Sichuan School Worker Punished for Quake Photos, Rights Group Says By JAKE HOOKER BEIJING — A school employee in Sichuan Province was ordered to a labor camp for a year for taking photographs of schools that collapsed in the powerful May 12 earthquake and posting them on the Internet, a human rights group reported Wednesday. The worker, Liu Shaokun, 54, was detained at Guanghan Middle School on June 25, according to the group,… Continue

Added by Rebekah Green on July 30, 2008 at 9:23pm — 1 Comment

Justin Sharpe Second Life as a tool for learning about natural hazards and how to respond to them

I have been playing around in Second Life and examining its application for educational use. There's quite a community in there and it is possible to set up one for an organization or educational establishment. I wanted to set up a UNISDR island startin… Continue

Added by Justin Sharpe on July 6, 2008 at 11:10pm — No Comments

Justin Sharpe Translation of edu4hazards.org site - more help wanted!

I sent this out on the EN-DRR listserve in order to try and get more people involved with he translation of the edu4hazards.org site. If you can help with translation or know someone who can help please let me know! The text for the site in English is here Edu4hazards_text.doc Over a year ago I designed and built a website aimed at enablin… Continue

Added by Justin Sharpe on July 6, 2008 at 10:53pm — No Comments

Justin Sharpe Edu4hazards.org site with new teachers resources

Edu4hazards.org is a site that helps children understand what to do to protect themselves when faced with hazards such as flooding, earthquakes, tornadoes, lightning strike and more. The really important stuff about what to do is clearly set out with easy to understand instructions, while further information is included in a sub-menu for those who want to fund out more! You can visit the site at:… Continue

Added by Justin Sharpe on June 11, 2008 at 11:03pm — No Comments

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ASB Job vacancy - Inclusion and DRR Manager

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

Posted by Justin Sharpe on October 16, 2009 at 9:51am

Beryl Cheal

DRR Competencies

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

Posted by Beryl Cheal on October 1, 2009 at 2:00am — 3 Comments

Justin Sharpe

Get children involved and EDUCATED in drills!

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

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