Enhancing public awareness of natural disasters through education January 18, 2005 - Education plays a key role in preparing people to deal with natural disasters. The issue was discussed at the recent World Conference on Disaster Reduction (Kobe, Japan). UNESCO co-organized a session on "Knowledge, Innovation and Education to Build a Culture of Safety and Resilience". Thematic session on Knowledge, innovation and education to build a culture of safety and resilience World Conference on Disaster Reduction Press Release

 

		New issue of Forced Migration Review focuses on education in emergencies January 28, 2005 - (UNESCO) - The January issue of Forced Migration Review contains 28 articles by international experts in the field of education in emergencies and reconstruction. The magazine is produced with the assistance of Christopher Talbot of UNESCO’s International Institute for Educational Planning and Eldrid Midttun, adviser for education at the Norwegian Refugee Council. More

		ELDIS reports on reactions to the Tsunami disaster in the Indian Ocean January 26, 2005 - (ELDIS) - This week's issue of the online ELDIS News Monitor focuses on reactions to the Tsunami disaster in the Indian Ocean. ELDIS is a gateway to information on development issues, providing free and easy access to a wide range of online resources. More

		Website on relief effort in Indonesia January 26, 2005 - United Nations Media Center for Tsunami Disaster maintains a website on relief efforts in Indonesia. It also includes information on education projects in the devastated regions. The aim is to provide schooling to 60,000 children and appropriate learning facilities, materials and training in psychosocial support for teachers. More

		Details on the impact of the tsunami on Sri Lanka's education system January 25, 2005 - (Ministry of Education of Sri Lanka) Two new reports describe the damage caused by the tsunami to schools in the coastal areas of Sri Lanka and propose a plan for rebuilding the damaged schools. They are published by the Education Ministry of Sri Lanka. More

		Tsunami destroys hundreds of schools January 14, 2005 - (UNESCO) Teachers unions estimate that over 75,000 teachers have been affected by the tsunami. 'It is going to take possibly months to get a true picture of the destruction in the education sector especially in the far flung islands in Indonesia which till today have not been reached by government or humanitarian aid organizations," comments the Chief Regional Coordinator in Asia of Education International, Aloysius Mathews. More

		UN launches $27 million flash appeal for education after Tsunami January 7, 2005 - (UNESCO) Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today launched a $977 million flash appeal for emergency aid to tsunami victims. Some $27 million are needed for reestablishing education in Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Seychelles, Somalia and Sri Lanka. This amount will cover the critical work of some forty UN agencies and NGOs from January to the end of June 2005. More

		Reestablishing schooling in South Asia January 3, 2005 - UNESCO "We must ensure that there is no interruption in schooling,” says UNESCO's Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura following the tsunami that last week ravaged eight Indian Ocean countries. UNESCO's Education Sector is mobilizing all of its partners to bring swift psychological and pedagogical support to young people, and to establish structures that will allow the school programme to continue until schools are rebuilt. More

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