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Disaster Preparedness for Safer School Project, Nepal

Aynur Kadihasanoglu
December 19, 2014
American Red Cross evaluation summary titled 'Evaluation Findings: Nepal Disaster Preparedness for Safer School-2 (DPSS-2) Project,' implemented by the Nepal Red Cross Society in the Disaster Preparedness sector. The left column covers context, project goals, objectives, duration, beneficiaries, locations, hazards, partners, and research methodology; the right column shows a photo of a young girl pointing to a posted notice on a wooden building, alongside actionable learning and recommendations on project design, sensitizing school headmasters, and collaboration with the Education Ministry.
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 and C to A) approaches,
using schools as the centers and the students as the agents to promote a
culture of safety and disaster preparedness among the communities.

Topics

Urban Resilience

Country

Asia Pacific , Nepal

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