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Risk RED Risk Reduction Education for Disasters http://www.riskred.org

• Contribute to school and student safety through the Risk RED's school safety activities and the Coalition for Global School Safety

• Join international networks (via PreventionWeb) including the Disaster Risk Reduction Education Network and the Children and Youth in Disasters Network.

• Share your online resources through a social tagging site for the disaster risk reduction education community at the Disaster Risk Reduction Library. Learn more about social tagging through a presentation from Ian O’Donnell (245 kb in PDF).

Get involved in disaster risk reduction education!
Using hands-on models to teach about school safety by IMMOD in Bodrum, Turkey.

Marla Petal (CV) holds a Ph.D. from UCLA in Urban Planning. She brings 30 years of experience in community organization, planning and administration in social programs including 7 years in urban community-based disaster risk reduction. She has lived and/or worked in Turkey, England, Japan and the USA and has also worked throughout Central Asia and in India. Petal initiated and managed the Istanbul Community Impact Project and Basic Disaster Awareness Program in Turkish Schools projects for Bogaziçi University, and coordinated the Central Asia Earthquake Safety Initiative for GeoHazards International. Her commitment to community-based disaster mitigation is reflected in the broad range of public, non-profit and corporate stakeholders engaged in these programs. She has led participatory development of dozens of curricula and public education materials, and published and presented widely. Volunteer work includes two terms as a California School Board Member and active member of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.

Ilan Kelman (CV) holds a Ph.D. from Cambridge University in disaster risk reduction. He brings ten years of experience in research and applications related to risk education especially as applied to small islands. He has lived and worked in Barbados, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK, and the USA while working in small islands of Europe, the Pacific, and the Caribbean. Kelman has published widely in academic journals, at academic conferences, in books, and for nonscientific audiences. He has authored numerous consultancy reports, and made public presentations and media appearances around the world, He is also an accomplished photographer. Volunteer work on disaster-related topics has ranged from public first aid duties to national disaster risk reduction policies to developing a plan for local crisis preparedness.

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• Educational and Curriculum Materials Development, Exchange, and Evaluation
  Risk RED develops educational materials with a focus on adults (the general public), children, and schools. Risk RED is an active member of the Hyogo Framework for Action, Knowledge and Education Platform, assisting in the collection of materials for the UNESCO and ISDR physical libraries for disaster risk reduction education, and supporting development of the Global Online Library for Disaster Risk Reduction Education. Examples:

  • Tackling disaster myths, such as by promoting The Need for an Evidence-Basis for Earthquake Survival Tips (109 kb in pdf).

  • School Safety Resources, including:

    • "Mother Slide Show", case study template, and advocacy resources developed for the Coalition for Global School Safety (COGSS). The case studies are collaborative efforts with content partners who localize the materials. You are invited to use the template to create your own local version.

    • School Disaster Reduction and Readiness Checklist (137 kb in pdf), with thanks to Sanjaya Bhatia, Patrizia Bitter, Balaka Dey, Rebekah Green, Yasamin Izadkhah, Anup Karanth, Ilan Kelman, Bishnu Pandey, Marla Petal, Zeynep Turkmen, and Suha Ulgen.

  Additional material developed by other organizations, which are not otherwise available online, are posted here temporarily, until the Global Online Disaster Risk Reduction Library is fully functional:

  • Draft Design Training Workshop on School Community Safety (9 kb in Rich Text Format).

  • ActionAid Nepal's School Safety Approach and the Scaling Up Strategy (443 kb in pdf).

  To see all current links on school safety, please go to http://www.drrlibrary.org and search for the term "school safety".

  • Activities for adults and children related to disaster preparedness: "Go-Bag" Scavenger Hunt for children aged 6-12 (164 kb in pdf) and "Go-Bag" International Display for all ages (171 kb in pdf).

  • Disaster Resilience for Community Responders, a curriculum for helping professionals for delivery by skilled mental health educators. The curriculum incorporates materials developed by BU KOERI Disaster Preparedness Education Program and is also available in Turkish.

• Research Briefs and Policy Briefs, Literature Reviews, and Publications
  Research and policy briefs and literature reviews are developed to bridge the gaps amongst different sectors and to link knowledge and action. These are designed to provide field workers and decision-makers with a rapid overview of research findings and links to key resources and are customized to meet client needs.Examples:

  • "Risk RED Bulletin". 2007. October 2007: Communities of Practice (151 kb in PDF).

  • "Risk RED Bulletin". 2008. May 2008: Guidelines for Development of Disaster Risk Reduction Public Educational Materials (67 kb in PDF), with thanks to Balaka Dey, Ilan Kelman, Bishnu Pandey, Zeynep Turkmen, and Ben Wisner.

• Leadership Development and Support for Field Practitioners and Researchers in Risk Communications
  Risk RED provides guidance and editing assistance for researchers and practitioners writing research briefs and case studies. For examples of research-based policy briefs from the ProVention Consortium's Applied Research Grants for Disaster Risk Reduction, see the Young Researcher Project Briefs.

• Research and Strategy Development to Link Knowledge and Action
  Risk RED consults in program review and strategic planning to strengthen education, training, and leadership development programs.

• Consultation and Training in Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction
  Team Members and Associates are leading international consultants providing hands-on process guidance and training in core competency areas for developing, testing, and maintaining community-based disaster risk reduction programs.

• DREAMS: Disaster Risk Educational Materials Content Management System
  The DREAMS Project is being developed to allow high quality educational materials to be shared, translated, adapted, and impact-tested, in order to scale up for wide dissemination of consistent disaster risk reduction messages to different audiences. The information architecture for DREAMS will be a dynamic, multi-lingual, multi-regional, multi-media content management database and related style sheets through which 'camera-ready' end-products can be made available for physical and electronic distribution and for adaptation for local cultures and purposes. Download the full DREAMS Concept Paper (68 kb in pdf).

Organizations interested in exploring possible collaborations for any of these activities are encouraged to contact Risk RED.

Less shoes, more education please (Suva, Fiji).
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2005.)

Kelman, I. (ed.). 2007. "Earthquake Safety of Schoolchildren". Special issue of Regional Development Dialogue, vol. 28, no. 2. Includes contributions from Risk RED people Ben Wisner, Bishnu Pandey, Djillali Benouar, Manu Gupta, Marla Petal, Nevra Ertürk, Rebekah Green, Sanjaya Bhatia, and Yasamin Izadkhah plus with thanks to Allan Lavell. Download the table of contents (124 kb in PDF)

Petal, M., R. Green, I. Kelman, R. Shaw, and A. Dixit. 2008. "Community-based construction for disaster risk reduction". Chapter 10, pp. 191-217 in L. Bosher (ed.), Hazards and the Built Environment: Attaining Built-in Resilience, Taylor and Francis, London, U.K.

Petal, M. and Y.O. Izadkhah. 2008. "Concept Note: Formal and Informal Education for Disaster Risk Reduction". Prepared for the International Conference on School Safety, Islamabad, Pakistan, May 2008, full text (137 kb in PDF).

Risk RED Bulletin. 2007. October 2007: Communities of Practice (151 kb in PDF).

Risk RED Bulletin. 2008. May 2008: Guidelines for Development of Disaster Risk Reduction Public Educational Materials, (67 kb in PDF) with thanks to Balaka Dey, Ilan Kelman, Bishnu Pandey, Zeynep Turkmen, and Ben Wisner.

Risk RED Newsletter. 2006. Volume 1, Number 1 (900 kb in PDF).

Risk RED. 2007. "Community-based Disaster Preparedness Worldwide". Poster at the Annual Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, USA, 11-12 July 2007, abstract (12 kb in PDF) and full text (172 kb in PDF).

Risk RED. 2007. "Risk Reduction Education for Disasters". Poster at the Annual Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, USA, 11-12 July 2007, abstract (12 kb in PDF) and full text (116 kb in PDF).

Risk RED. 2008. School Disaster Reduction and Readiness Checklist (137 kb in pdf), with thanks to Sanjaya Bhatia, Patrizia Bitter, Balaka Dey, Rebekah Green, Yasamin Izadkhah, Anup Karanth, Ilan Kelman, Bishnu Pandey, Marla Petal, Zeynep Turkmen, and Suha Ulgen.

Wisner, B., I. Kelman, T. Monk, J.K. Bothara, D. Alexander, A.M. Dixit, D. Benouar, O.D. Cardona, R.C. Kandel, and M. Petal. 2004. Report for the Radix Network, full text (461 kb in Word format).