- Action Planning Workshop for Tomorrow's Khokana held in Lalitpur
- "Action Planning Workshop for Tomorrow's Rapti Valley (Deukhuri) Capital City" Held in Lamahi, Lumbini Province
- Media Interaction held on plan for Tomorrow’s Rapti Valley (Deukhuri) Capital City
- Art Competition on Tomorrow’s Rapti City held in Rapti Valley (Deukhuri) Capital City
- National Tabletop Simulation Exercise by NDRRMA MOHA
- Workshop on Earthquake Hazard Assessment and Aftershock Forecasting was held in Lalitpur
- 26th National Symposium on ‘Earthquake Risk Reduction and Management in Nepal’ held in Kathmandu.
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Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in the Education Sector
A one day Workshop on Integration of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) & Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) was held on 24th April, 2014 at Simikot the headquarter of Humla District with an objective to identify and prioritize the local disasters and its impacts on different VDCs of Humla and the ways to mitigate the risks. The workshop was participated by a total of 63 personnel representing various government, nongovernment, private, media, and education sector in Humla district. Disasters and impact of climate change in national level and local level were widely discussed in the workshop.
5 - Day training program on Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
The workshop was followed by a 5 day training program on DRR and CCA during 27 April – 1 May 2014.The main objective of the training program was to make the residents of Humla district aware on various aspects of DRR and CCA. The training was participated by a total 24 participants of which 6 were female and 18 male representing DEOs of Humla, School teachers, NGOs, media, commerce and trade, Health sector and others involved in social works.
During the five day training different aspects of disasters that are more frequent in Nepal such as the flood, landslide, earthquake, fire, epidemic etc. were discussed and further impacts of climate change and adaptation to climate change were also discussed. Local disasters such as severe snowfall, rock toppling, epidemic (rabies), GLOFs etc. were also included in the discussion.
The training included group work where the participants were divided into groups and different tasks were assigned to each group such as identifying the potential disasters in their locality, preparedness to mitigate its impacts, preparing evacuation plans, simulation exercises and incorporation of DRR & CCA in annual plan of Schools.
A program for Integration of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) & Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) in education sector has been started in five districts Humla, Bajura, Achham, Dhanusha & Saptari under the leadership of DoE with support from UNICEF and NSET. The program will run till June 2015 with the objective of Enhancing Children Safety and Community Resilience through Integration of Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Education Sector. The expected goals from this program are as follows:
| • | Comprehensive School Safety Framework (Guideline and Action Plan) developed, endorsed and implemented by the Government |
| • | School and District Annual Strategic Implementation Plans integrate CCA and DRR components including budget allocation |
| • | Increased capacity of children, parents, teachers and education stakeholders/ to build a culture of safety and resilience in schools and communities |
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