The Second Session of the Global Platform on DRR, held in Geneva last June 2009, proposed that by 2011 national assessments of the safety of existing education and health facilities should be undertaken, and that by 2015 concrete action plans for safer schools and hospitals should be developed and implemented in all disaster prone countries.

Similarly, disaster risk reduction should be included in all school curricula by the same year. These targets have emerged out of the 2008-2009 World Disaster Reduction Campaign on Hospital Safe from Disasters.

The campaign thus builds on the Global Platform Outcomes and also upon the Kuala Lumpur Action Plan, which was requested by Ministers at the 3rd Asian Ministerial Conference on DRR.

WHY a million safe schools – hospitals campaign

The Pledging Campaign is….

simple Involve individuals, groups or

institutions Be unified for both schools and hospitals Raise public awareness and create a

demand for safe schools and hospitals Encourage local/national governments

to take measures;

I PLEDGE …

To make people aware about safe schools and hospitals

To be prepared in case of emergencies and disasters

To contribute time, effort or resources to make schools and

hospitals safer

Pledgers

Become volunteers for the advocacy for safe schools and hospitals

Become safety and disaster preparedness leaders or actors

Become disaster risk reduction supporters or contributors

The Pledge has 3 components Public Awareness Emergency and Disaster

Preparedness Disaster Risk Reduction

Who can pledge

Individual – student, parent, teacher, patient, doctor, nurse, etc

Community, Organizations, Institutions

Local and National Government Business groups and corporations Donors

What can you do- As a pledger ?

By displaying a poster on safe schools or hospitals in bulletin boards of classrooms, offices, etc.

By conducting seminars and lectures in schools & hospitals.

By organizing and participating in emergency drills in schools or hospitals.

By organizing a safety and disaster management committee.

By conducting multi-hazard inspection of schools and hospitals

Partners

Further partners considering are:- EU DG Development - EU DG ECHO- AusAID

Global Launch & Planned National launches

08 April 2010, Manila, Philippines To be hosted by the National Disaster Coordinating

Council (NDCC), Department of Health, Department of Education

To be supported by UNISDR, ASEAN Secretariat, EMI, and other partners.

19 April, Islamabad, Pakistan To be launched during the ERRA Conference

~ May, New Delhi , India Planned to be launched & hosted by NDMA With the support of MHA, Ministry of Health, Education

Department, NIDM, UNCT, SEEDs India, GHS. Safe Schools workshop will follow the launch involving

Planning Ministry and state level decision makers.

Invitation to Governments and Partners

Plan for national launches Translate website and documents

into local languages Promote related activities at the

national level

Campaign Slogan

Make a Pledge, Save a Life.

Campaign Website

http://www.safe-schools-hospitals.net/

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You can pledge also by :

Several Project Submissions by Partners to 7th DIPECHO Call for proposal for SEA

For example: UNISDR, ASEAN, EMI and ASEP to focus on Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, the Philippines, and Viet Nam;Duration: 1 June 2010 (15 Months)Expected outcomes : The Philippines - development of guidelines for school safety inspection, capacity building, pilot inspection of selected schools. Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, and Viet Nam - advocacy and capacity building on school safety inspection. Regional – development and translation of advocacy materials, dissemination and development of capacity building programme for school inspection.

Other possible opportunities….

AECID, Ministry of External Affairs and Cooperation, Govt. of Spain is willing to provide grants to help implement concrete projects  towards improving safety of schools and hospitals. Resources to be directly provided to the

partners UNISDR to endorse proposals

Other DIPECHO regional call for proposals