What Does Child-Responsive Disaster Risk Reduction Look Like? | UNICEF

• 2023

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The video describes how child-responsive disaster risk reduction helps children like Akeyo, Matias, and Zainub stay safe during disasters. In Kenya, Chile, and Pakistan, programs teach kids to prepare for events like droughts and earthquakes. Governments provide support through cash transfers and early warnings. Children learn skills such as building emergency kits or planting trees to prevent landslides. The focus is on including children's needs in disaster plans while addressing issues like poverty and climate change. Investing in these strategies saves money long-term by reducing recovery costs after disasters occur.

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Focus Areas: Infrastructure Failure; Natural Disasters; Severe Weather; Violence

Audiences: Families & Children; Schools & Childcare Providers

Emergency Management Stages: Mitigation; Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Keywords: Child Welfare; Disaster Planning; Droughts; Earthquakes; Poverty Areas; Risk Reduction Behavior; Resilience, Psychological; Tsunamis

Institutions: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

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