As a part of the School Earthquake Safety Program (SESP) being implemented by National Society for Earthquake Technology (NSET), the School Physical Improvement Program, being implemented by Department of Education (DOE), and as part of the Disaster Education Program of Maiko High School, Kobe, Japan the three institutions jointly organized the Students’ Summit for Earthquake Safety- 2008 during 14-17 August 2008 at Kharipati, Bhaktapur, Nepal in close collaboration with ActionAid Nepal, Bank of Kathmandu Ltd, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Save the Children Alliance Nepal, UNICEF, and USAID.
The residential 3-day Summit drew a total of 137 participants including 96 students and 41 teachers from 41 public schools of 13 districts of Nepal, a delegation of 17 Japanese participants including 3 teachers and 10 students from Maiko High School of Kobe and 4 delegates from Support for International Disaster Education (SIDE) – a Japanese NGO created by previous students of Maiko High School.
Campaign theme of the Summit was “Let’s Keep Our Schools Safe from Earthquakes”. Objectives of the Summit were:
The two days training included:
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Raising earthquake awareness of participating schools and institutions by sharing of knowledge and experience among schools of Nepal and between Nepalese schools and Maiko High School of Japan |
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Promote in Nepal international good practices including rich experience of Japan on earthquake safety, especially after the Kobe Earthquake of 1995. |
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Provide a common platform for cultural exchange among school children nationally and internationally and for discussing methods of developing and implementing School Earthquake Preparedness and Evacuation plan. |
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Develop understanding and fraternity among school students of different parts of Nepal and with students from Kobe, Japan. |
The 3-day Summit program included physical exercises and games, cultural programs, earthquake drills, lectures and discussion on aspects of earthquake and preparedness, and practical exercises on developing School Earthquake Preparedness/Response Plan.
The Summit ended with a “Bhaktapur Resolution 2008” in which the students, the teachers, the activists committed to work further to ensure 1) all schools to be made earthquake safe, 2) to promote inter-school and international collaboration in school earthquake safety, and 3) proposed to expand the summit outreach to other seismic countries of the Asia.
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