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UNESCO and its partners developed this comprehensive in-service training program in disaster recovery for more than 15,000 education sector personnel in the earthquake-affected areas in Pakistan. Sessions include earthquake preparedness, psychosocial support, multi-grade teaching and child protection. Disaster risk reduction is explicitly taught during one day of the 4-day program.

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Documents and publications

This report is an initial product of the IRP as it seeks to address the pressing needs of a specific audience: those government and other local officials or leaders, entrusted with the responsibilities for planning, managing and carrying out successful and resilient disaster reduction and recovery activities.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
International Recovery Platform
Documents and publications

This report, from the Office of the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, documents the status of the recovery effort at two years after the occurrence of the earthquake off the coast of Sumatra on December 26, 2004 and the tsunami it triggered.

Office of the Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery
Policies and plans
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National policies and plans

With this methodological instrument, the commission organizes the process to deal with emergencies that are the subject of a national emergency declaration by the Executive Branch.

Costa Rica - government
Documents and publications

This guide was published as a collaborative effort of ProVention, the World Bank's Hazard Management Unit, and the UN Capital Development Fund. It provides practical guidance on how to reduce the vulnerability of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) to disaster impacts as well as to more effectively support the recovery of their clients in the aftermath of a natural disaster.

World Bank, the
United Nations Capital Development Fund
World Bank, the
Documents and publications

During any crisis, children are the most vulnerable, too often lost in the chaos and confusion following natural disasters. In 2005, Save the Children was on the ground to care for children from Indonesia to Louisiana, helping to meet their needs for food

Save the Children International
Documents and publications

This update marks six months since a massive earthquake off the coast of Sumatra triggered the worst natural catastrophe in living memory. Within this relatively short period of time, a great deal has changed: the dead have been buried, the homeless have

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Documents and publications

The report points out some of the concerns that come with the sudden development of a vulnerable community. This document is by no means an exhaustive report. It is more of a case study of the Irulas in Cuddalore district. This document is intended for

United Nations Team for Recovery Support
Documents and publications

This report reflects on progress in the past two years and the contributions made to support the Government’s efforts by the World Bank, the Asian Development bank and the United Nations Team for Tsunami Recovery Support. It ends with an outline of what

World Bank, the
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
United Nations - Headquarters
Documents and publications

This document takes into consideration the components in commercial coastal aquaculture, pre-tsunami aquaculture problems and key points for successful aquaculture rehabilitation post-tsunami, suggesting 15 steps for rehabilitation of aquaculture in Aceh

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)