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NEWS | Phang Nga Schools Hold Evacuation Drills for Tsunami Preparedness
12 January 2018: Five schools in Phang Nga province in Thailand mobilized 1,717 students and teachers and tested schools’ readiness to respond to natural disasters. Read more >>
PHOTO | #90Drills Photos Featured at the World Bosai Forum
26 November 2017: An interactive #90Drills photo exhibition at the World Bosai Forum presents 24 of the best photos of tsunami education activities and safety drills from seven Asia-Pacific countries – Indonesia, Maldives, Pakistan, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Viet Nam. Read more >>
NEWS | Highly Vulnerable Karachi Schools Conduct Tsunami Evacuation Drills
07 November 2017: Students, government officials, civil society organizations and UN agencies came together today to commemorate World Tsunami Day by holding a tsunami school evacuation drill and cleaning the shoreline near their settlements.
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BLOG | Facing Destruction and Death: Lessons on how to Survive a Tsunami
04 November 2017: by Haoliang Xu, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General, and Director of UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific on World Tsunami Awareness Day. Read more>>
#90DRILLS | International Cooperation to Reduce Tsunami Risks in Asia-Pacific Countries
01 November 2017: A video summarizing tsunami prevention activities in Asia-Pacific countries was presented at the United Nations’ high-level World Tsunami Awareness Day meeting in New York today. Watch here>>
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VIDEO | Japan Pledges $1.5 million for Tsunami Awareness and Disaster Risk Information in Asia-Pacific
10 July 2017 - Six years on from the Great East Japan Earthquake, the Government of Japan has committed funding to UNDP to improve disaster risk information and carry out tsunami-awareness programmes in schools across the Asia-Pacific region. Read more>>
VIDEO | World Tsunami Awareness Day Builds Resilience Against Disasters
03 November 2017: “The most important aspect of disaster reduction is awareness of tsunami risks, and proper response measures among as many people as possible, particularly younger generations,” said Ms Satomi Okagaki, Senior Deputy Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Government of Japan.
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NEWS | Five Regions in PNG Targeted for Tsunami Preparedness Project
17 July 2017 – Five schools in tsunami-prone regions in Papua New Guinea (PNG) will benefit from a new tsunami preparedness project developed under the leadership of the National Disaster Centre (NDC). Read more>>
NEWS | Courtesy Call on Foreign Minister Taro Kono by Mr. Achim Steiner, Administrator for the UNDP
10 August 2017: Foreign Minister Taro Kono received a courtesy call from Mr. Achim Steiner, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The overview of the courtesy call is as follows. Read More>>
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By March 2018, 90 School Drills will Strengthen Tsunami Preparedness in 18 Asia-Pacific Countries.
As on 7 November 2017:
7,787
students, teachers and members of school administration have participated in the drills
20
schools have organized tsunami education, developed evacuation plans, conducted drills
7
countries have actively engaged in the implementation of the regional project
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Cedric Monteiro
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UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub
: cedric.monteiro@undp.org
Shairi Mathur
Disaster Risk Reduction Specialist,
UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub
: shairi.mathur@undp.org
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