Pacitan is the first district in Indonesia to successfully achieve Open Defecation Free (ODF) status through the Total Sanitation and Sanitation Marketing program or STMB Program. This video illustrates STBM implementation that emphasized empowerment, participation, and community behavior change process.
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This 4-min video overview of the sanitation business model in Indonesia illustrates a one-stop shop sanitation business model targeted at entrepreneurs and other stakeholders. The video animation follows Mr. Budi, a sanitation entrepreneur who produces healthy toilet facilities at an affordable price. Mr. Budi’s experience highlights steps needed to become a successful sanitation entrepreneur, such
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The Maldives is prone to a number of hazards including tsunamis, earthquakes, flash floods, tidal waves, thunderstorms, tornadoes and waterspouts, strong winds, and drought. Therefore, early warning is essential in timely notification of alerts so that the general populace may be able to take the necessary precautions. In the case of the Maldives, if an early warning is introduced, it
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Nepal is ranked the eleventh most at risk country with regard to earthquakes, and the thirtieth with respect to floods. The communities also suffered from other disasters such as fires, windstorm, thunderstorms and landslides. Having implemented since 2009, the school based DP project employed the Children to Children and Children to Adult (C to C
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Bangladesh is one of the most disaster prone countries in the world and typically affected by disasters including floods, cyclones, river erosion, drought, tornadoes, landslides, and earthquakes. School children are considered the most vulnerable population group as a result of poor school construction and low level of awareness and preparedness that had already contributed to
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A year after Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) devastated central Philippines, a global guide on post disaster recovery is being developed by many countries including the Philippines to help build back better.
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ACAPS preliminary Briefing Note on Typhoon Hagupit Category 5 Typhoon Hagupit, locally known as Ruby, made landfall on the evening of 6 December over the town of Dolores in Eastern Samar province (Eastern Philippines). This may be the first of at least six landfalls the typhoon may make between 6 and 8 December. Hagupit’s 600km diameter means that
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Obstacles in daily life and especially in crises, are shared by all. With its countless mountains and rivers and a meandering coast, Vietnam is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries in the face of natural disasters. And the effects of climate change are only intensifying the severity and frequency of catastrophe. So what role do the most
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A study of feed-back loops and self-organization In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan swept through the Philippines , affecting the lives of 14 million people. The events, during and after the storm, have played out on a world-wide stage through millions of tweets, photos and updates on social media. In the same year comScore Report on Global Internet Usage reveals the following: Southeast Asia owns
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One of the research projects at the Zugspitze comes as a surprise to most visitors. Scientists from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) are working on GRIPS ,a device designed to improve tsunami early warning systems.The early warning system that Germany helped install in the Indian Ocean last year has a network of sensors at the
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