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Emergency
Management Australia
www.ema.gov.au/schools
A comprehensive resource on emergency management for Australian students
and teachers, from late primary to late secondary school with many generic
lesson plans, images, history, links, and other information for learning
about all aspects of emergency management |
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California
Seismic Commission
http://www.seismic.ca.gov/ssc_K12.htm
The Commission investigates earthquakes, researches earthquake-related
issues and reports, and recommends to the Governor and Legislature policies
and programs needed to reduce earthquake risk. |
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New
Zealand’s “What’s the Plan Stan?”
www.whatstheplanstan.govt.nz
Earthquakes, floods, storms, tsumani, non-natural hazards, and volcanic
eruptions can be frightening because they strike at any time and often
without warning. This site teaches children to help their family develop
a plan and reduce the risk of danger in the event of an emergency. |
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India’s
National Disaster Management
www.ndmindia.nic.in/
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Site
du Réseau des Ambassadeurs (Environnement de travail)
www.prevention2000.org/cat_nat/reseau/page2.htm
Site de l'action Memo'Risks (Projet pédagogique) http://www.prevention2000.org/memorisks/ Portail éducatif
francophone sur les risques naturels, le site est un espace de réflexion
et d'échange sur les projets pluridisciplinaires en milieu scolaire (collèges
et lycées) dans le domaine de la sensibilisation et la prévention des
risques. Le site propose des ressources originales, recense et commente
pour les élèves et les enseignants les liens Internet disponibles.
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All
India Disaster Mitigation Institute
www.southasiadisasters.net/LR.htm
All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI), India is a community based
action research, action planning and action advocacy non-governmental organisation.
It works towards bridging the gap between policy, practice, and research
related to disaster mitigation, in an effort to link the community to the
(inter)national level humanitarian scenario. |
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SEEDS
India
www.seedsindia.org/schoolsafety/index.htm
SEEDS is a non-governmental organization working in the area of disaster
management in India and abroad. The organization carried out post-earthquake
relief and rehabilitation operations in Gujarat, and is now focusing on
preparedness programmes. |
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Proteccion
Civil Infantil
www.proteccioncivil.gob.mx/infantil/index.htm
El Sistema Nacional de Protección Civil (SINAPROC) es un
grupo de personas que pertenecen tanto al sector público (dependencias
de gobierno) como al sector privado que se ponen de acuerdo con las autoridades
de los Estados para hacer planes y programas para proteger a los ciudadanos
y a sus pertenencias de los peligros que representa un desastre. |
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The
Natural Hazards Project (NHP)
www.oas.org/nhp/schools_hemplan.html
The NHP lends support to the member states of the OAS to assess their vulnerability
to natural hazards and mitigate the effects of disasters. Its activities
include technical assistance, training and technology transfer through
intervention in development planning and project formulation. The NPH's
Hemispheric Action Plan for Vulnerability Reduction in the Education Sector
to Socio-Natural Disasters supports the design and implementation of activities
that focus on the reduction of natural disaster vulnerability in the education
sector. It has been designed for presentation to the government and non-governmental
organizations of the countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. |
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The
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency
www.cdera.org/preparedness/index.php
CDERA's main function is to make an immediate and coordinated response
to any disastrous event affecting any Participating State, once the state
requests such assistance. |
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The
Caribbean Disaster Mitigation Project
www.oas.org/CDMP/bulletin/school.htm
The Caribbean Disaster Mitigation Project (CDMP) is a coordinated effort
to promote the adoption of natural hazard mitigation and preparedness practices
by both the public and private sectors in the Caribbean region. The CDMP
is funded by the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) and
implemented by the Organization of American States/Unit of Sustainable
Development and Environment (OAS/USDE) for the Caribbean Regional Program
(USAID/CRP). |
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Organizations and NGOs |
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Search
and Rescue Assistance during Disasters (SARAID)
www.saraid.co.uk
S.A.R.A.I.D specialises in, many more lives, especially those of the children
can be saved through proactive measures, by the introduction of better
disaster resilient building design and construction methods and
by the introduction of education awareness and practical reactive procedures
within schools and the national curricula within disaster vulnerable communities
and countries. |
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The
Interagency Network for Education in Emergencies
www.ineesite.org/standards/default.asp
The Minimum Standards for Education in Emergencies, Chronic Crises and
Early Reconstruction were developed with the participation of over
2,250 individuals from more than 50 countries and represent the first step
toward ensuring that education initiatives in emergency situations lay
a solid and sound foundation for post-conflict and disaster reconstruction.
The INEE Minimum Standards was founded on the Convention on the Rights
of the Child, the Dakar 2000 Education for All goals and the Sphere Project's
Humanitarian Charter. |
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ActionAid
International
www.actionaid.org.uk/index.asp
ActionAid Interntional has combined forces to launch a project funded by
DFID focused on schools in seven of the 49 countries where this NGO is
active: Ghana, Malawi, Kenya, Haiti, Bangladesh, Nepal, and India. This "Disaster
Risk Reduction through Schools" project aims to involve students and teachers
as well as community leaders, parents, and school administrators in assessing
the safety of their schools and developing plans to make them safer. |
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Save
the Children Canada
www.savethechildren.ca/whatwedo/disaster.html
Save the Children Canada supports efforts to promote long-term development
after a crisis to empower families and communities to take part in reconstruction
efforts, and to strengthen their capacity to meet their own needs and to
protect their children |
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Plan-International
www.plan-international.org/action/disasters/
Plan-International assists people during the difficult times, providing
and coordinating materials, skills and knowledge to help them to rebuild
their lives. We work in partnership. Local people, parents and children,
teach us how we can best provide meaningful support to them, focusing not
just on their immediate needs, but also their future progression. |
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GeoHazards
International
www.geohaz.org/
GeoHazards International has embarked on an international effort to develop
an independent audit of school construction programs at the national level
in member countries in an effort to raise building code standards and enforcement
practices in OECD countries. |
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UN
Centre for Regional Development Disaster Management Planning
(UNCDR)
www.hyogo.uncrd.or.jp/projects/index.html
The UNCDR's School Earthquake Safety Initiative "Reducing Vulnerability
of School Children to Earthquake" woks to ensure that school children living
in seismic regions have earthquake safe schools and that local communities
build capacities to cope with earthquake disasters. |
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UNICEF
www.unicef.org/emerg/disasterinasia/index_30147.html
UNICEF provides life-saving assistance to children affected by disasters,
and protects their rights in any circumstances, no matter how difficult. |
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Asian
Disaster Preparedness Center ADPC
AUDMP
www.adpc.net/AUDMP/aboutaudmp7.html .
The Asian Urban Disaster Mitigation Program (AUDMP) is an eight-year program
designed to respond to the need for safer cities. The ultimate goal of
the program is to reduce the disaster vulnerability of urban populations,
infrastructure, critical facilities, and shelter in targeted cities throughout
Asia. |
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| More
on-line resources related to disaster risk education can
be found here |
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