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Children and Youth at the Center of
Disaster Risk Reduction
Nguyen Dieu Linh
Center for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change
Asian Pacific Forum: Youth Action on Climate Change
Bangkok, January 2011
Children’s Vulnerability
• The impact of global warming is expected to result up to 175
million children every year being affected by disasters brought
about by climate change
(Source: Child Rights Perspective in Response to Natural Disasters in S. Asia)
• Disasters around the world disrupt the lives of millions of
children, and can force many into armed conflicts, prostitution,
drugs trafficking and other dangerous survival activities leading
to violation of their rights
(Source: IFRC World Disasters Report 2006)
Presentation Content
• Why and how to consider children and youth
the main actors in Disaster Risk Reduction
• Case studies on child and youth-centered
Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
• My Center’s projects on child-centered DRR
Definition of the Terms
• Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
“Conceptual framework of elements considered with the possibilities to
minimize 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
(Source: International Strategy on Disaster Risk Reduction)
• Child-centered Disaster Risk Reduction
“Children and adolescents must not be perceived as mere victims but as
effective actors, taking into account their levels of physical, social and
emotional development, assessing their capacities and opinions, and
promoting spaces and mechanism for their full participation in the whole
process of disaster risk reduction”
(Source: Save the Children)
Why should involve children in DRR
•Children have a right to participation (as stated in the United
Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child)
•Children are able to convey messages with a meaning shared by
their families and peers
•Children are more willing to learn/change and develop a culture
of adaptation and mitigation
•Children offer immense creativity and the will to reduce risks
•Children are able to participate beyond a disaster preparedness
role
Do you know how to involve children and
youth in Disaster Risk Reduction?
How to involve children and youth in DRR
Begin at School
•Advocate relevant Departments to integrate DRR/CCA
education into schools (secondary or primary)
•Integrate DRR/CCA lessons into existing subjects: Civic
education, Geography, Physics or extra-curriculum ones
•Organize child-led activities at school and with communities
relating to DRR and CCA
•Organize extra curriculum activities with topics on DRR:
campaign, contest, child-to-child activity, summer activities
How to involve children and youth in DRR
•Peer to peer exchanges, using various forum and media to
promote young people’s perspectives to decision makers, local
authorities and young people on disaster risk reduction
•Expand children clubs to train and conduct propaganda on
DRR
•Organize children and youth to conduct campaigns: keep our
community clean, say no to plastic bag, protect our river, protect
our beach, protect our forest
How to involve children and youth in DRR
•Organize contests about DRR and environment: writing contest
or making documentary film about climate change
•The groups, clubs organized by children should be encouraged
with active and continuous support of adults.
•Communities, school and families should be sensitized to value
the participation and potential of children.
•Scale up the children activities to allow more children to
participate
How to involve children and youth in DRR
•Support children to conduct community activities to be
advocates for DRR/CCA at community and household level to
reach vulnerable group
•Promote children and community participation in the DRR/CCA
planning
•Advocate for and pilot environment protection small-scale
project with community and children participation
Case studies on child and youth-led
Disaster Risk Reduction
•Case study in Bangladesh: Saving for disaster
•Case study in Indonesia and Philippines: Raise
awareness through cultural means
•Case study in Vietnam: Child-led Disaster Risk
Reduction by Save the Children
Research Center for Disaster Risk
Reduction and Climate Change
• The Center’s goals are to conduct research, provide consulting
services on policies, strategies and implementation of disaster
risk reduction and climate change adaptation projects
• One of the main research areas: Children’s participation in
DRR and CCA activities
Our Projects on Child-centered
Disaster Risk Reduction
• Assessment of situations and needs and development of
project log-frame for a new project on “Safer schools and
communities in the face of natural disasters and climate change
in Vietnam”, under the 7th DIPECHO Action Plan for SEA
• Final evaluation of the project "Increasing reach of communitybased child-focused disaster preparedness and response”,
funded by DIPECHO
Our Projects on Child-centered
Disaster Risk Reduction
• “Development of an Information, Awareness and Education
Program for the Natural Disaster Risk Management Project”,
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the World
Bank (WB4 project)
• “Flood impacts on children, child drowning in the Mekong
Delta”, Save the Children Alliance in Vietnam
EXAMPLES OF OUR PROJECTS’
INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND
COMMUNICATION (IEC) MATERIALS
Fact-sheets on children and community
participation to cope with typhoon
20 November 2009
Hanoi
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Fact-sheets on how to protect children from
drowning during flood season in Mekong delta
20 November 2009
Hanoi
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IEC Materials
Factsheets
I.
Target users: Public audience at all levels,
particularly children
II. Pupose: To raise pubic awareness on safety
measures and preparedness and response
activities to cope with major disasters and its
impacts
III. Illustration and communication messages about:
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August 2010
Typhoon and Low Tropical Dipression
Flood
Flash flood and Landslide
Earthquake and Tsunamis
Hanoi
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Children’s Notebooks
20 November 2009
Hanoi
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IEC Materials
Children’s notebooks
I.
Target users: Primary: children and teachers; secondary:
family and community
II. Pupose: To raise awareness of safety measure before,
during and after a disaster
III. Communication messages for Kinh and ethnic minority
children (Pako-Van Kieu and Khome), focusing on 4 topics:
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Flash flood and landslide for Pako-Van Kieu’s group
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Typhoon for Kinh group
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Flood for Kinh and Khome groups in Mekong delta
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Child drowning for Kinh and Khome groups in Mekong
delta
August 2010
Hanoi
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IEC materials
Children’s 3D house game
I.
Target users: children and teachers in primary
and secondary schools
II. Pupose: To teach (educate) children about safety
measures in a household. What children and their
parents can do to cope with typhoon, flash flood
and flood.
III. Communication messages: Playing a game,
learning by doing for Kinh and ethnic minority
children (Pako-Van Kieu and Khome)
August 2010
Hanoi
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Children’s 3D house game: Model of Kinh’s
house in central region (Hue)
20 November 2009
Hanoi
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Children’s 3D house game: Model of Pako-Van
Kieu’s house in central region (Hue)
20 November 2009
Hanoi
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Children’s 3D house game: Model of Kinh’s
house Mekong delta (Dong Thap)
20 November 2009
Hanoi
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