Children are undoubtedly one of the most vulnerable groups affected by disasters. A large number of children are suffered, injured or even loss their life in various disasters all over the world. This vulnerability is a result of peoples limited understanding about hazard risks around their environment, which causes lack of preparedness in dealing with disaster. Disaster Preparedness Awareness in School To promote disaster preparedness and risk reduction concepts in school education, IRC mobilises members of Youth Red Cross (Youth Red Cross - YRC) networking and volunteers in 33 provinces. Started from the end of 2006, IRC has implemented Disaster Preparedness Awareness in School Program as its efforts to promote disaster preparedness and risk reduction concept for children and youth. IRC develops the program by taking benefit from the extracurricular education provided for YRC as well as using peer education approach.
YRC members play important role and have opportunity to encourage their peer group both inside and outside of school. YRC members share the information with peer group to improve their life skills so they can reduce health problem as well as the impact caused by disaster. Children and youth share information together, identify problem, plan and develop collective solution through various risk reduction activities and behaviours. Positive behaviour from early stage will give improvement in children and youth life quality in the future and will influence adults to have the positive behaviour too.
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