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New World Hope Organization (NWHO) is an internationally recognized non-profit, non-governmental, non-religious & non-political organization. Which was established in 1996, focuses on Sustainable Development, Education, Health, Environment Preservation, Improve Agricultural Productivity, Women and Child Rights, Victims of Natural or Man-Made Disasters, Poverty Alleviation, Food, Emergency Relief and Program to Aid Refugees both locally and internationally.
School earthquake safety and preparedness training program
The aim of School Earthquake Safety and Preparedness Training project is to establish in 20 schools in 04 selected districts (05 schools per district) in one year. Minimum 500 students in each of these schools will be receiving disaster awareness and earthquake preparedness training through Lectures based on power point presentations, practical activities, short films and documentaries on earthquakes, workshops, practical life-saving skills and first aid training programme
NWHO's response:
The School Earthquake Safety and Preparedness Training project was started in 2009 with a purpose to promote a culture of earthquake safety in the schools of Pakistan.
The learning level of the students, who are the future of any country, depends also on the learning level of the teachers. There is greater need children’s education as well as training of master trainers in schools on earthquake preparedness.
In this project, NWHO staff work to mitigate hazards and to provide basic disaster awareness and earthquake preparedness training. The team works in project schools with school administrators, teachers, students, and parents to:
1.Identify potential hazards posed by furniture, equipment, partitions and windows that could fall, slide, or break and injure children during an earthquake;
2.Identify feasible mitigation solutions
3-Implement mitigation solutions in order of priority based on the nature of the hazard, the cost of mitigation, and other factors.
The objectives of the training were:
-To train teachers and school children to develop disaster management plan for their school including mitigation plan, preparedness plan and response plan.
-To train the school children, teachers and staff on life saving skills through Lectures based on power point presentations, practical activities, Short films and documentaries on earthquakes, workshops, Practical life-saving skills and first aid training programme
-To promote a culture of earthequke safety in the schools of Pakistan.
-To provide awareness on hazards and educate the school children, teachers and staff through lecture-cum-audio-visual method about the causes and effect of earthquakes, safety measures and process to follow during a sudden occurrence of an earthquake
-To impart knowledge on disaster risk reduction focusing on earthquake safety.
For more information please check the website: http://www.newworldhope.org/School%20Safety.html
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