Blog with us about the GPDRR13

“Child centered disaster risk reduction integrating with Climate smart interventions”

Thanks to M.Gurudutt Prasad for blogging with us - Child-centred DRR is on the agenda at the Global Platform on Day 2 with a featured event on the “Resilient Future We Want”. Do you know about the Children’s Charter for Disaster Risk Reduction?

Coastal area disaster mitigation efforts(CADME) is a coalition of twenty five organisations working together on disaster risk reduction integrating with climate smart interventions.

In 1977 at Divi Seema cyclone innumerable children were died and it was a tragic event in the history of disasters. The family members who were able to swim kissed their children saying goodbye and left them in the water abruptly as the children are obstacles to swim to save their lives. Mr.Veerayya who is the resident of Ramakhandam village revealed his situation in that disaster. He also left his 5 years male child named Sambhasivarao in the water and started swimming to save his life at least!!  After moving two yards in the water, he turned his head to have last sight on his son. Sambhasivarao was drowning in the water moving his hands,at the same time,the father also saw a thatched roof floating on  water. He went back to his son and he caught his son,s hair,pulled him out of the water and put him on thatched roof along with him and both of them floated in the water for 6 hours and found a tree in the water. Both climbed the tree and stayed on the tree for 15 hours. After receding the water flow, they got down and walked for 25 kilometers to reach the cyclone shelter. This live story is still available in Ramakhandam village near Machilipatnam Krushna district of Andhra Pradesh India.

Keeping in view of the vulnerability of children to disasters,we have initiated child centered disaster risk reduction at community and school levels. As a result of our intervention 693 Safe Schools have been formed in nine coastal district and as many as 2569 community children are capacitated to combat the disaster situations

Methodology:

Community and Children involved Vulnerability Analysis

Capacitating the community and children at Schoold by practical demonstrations

Focussed Groups Discussions and Training

Results: 

Capacitated youth about 256 vulnerable villages and Children in 320 vulnerable schools to combat the pre, during and post disaster situations.

School level carbon sequesters integrating disaster risk reduction.

Conclusion

It is a replicable intervention at any part of the world with no cost