ParsQuake: Earthquake Education in the Global Persian Community
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The global Persian-speaking community is highly vulnerable to earthquakes. This includes millions of people living in cities, towns, and villages in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, as well as members of diaspora communities worldwide. With the support of PARSA Community Foundation and in collaboration with Teachers Without Border, ParsQuake addresses this vulnerability by developing localized and culturally sensitive earthquake education literature to raise the standard of Persian civic engagement and leadership on issues of earthquake awareness, education and mitigation.
(1) To create a self-sustaining global network of Persian teachers and school administrators that are connected to Teachers Without Borders' global network of teachers, emergency education specialists, scientists and educational resources;
(2) to develop a locally-relevant and culturally sensitive earthquake emergency education teacher training program in Tajikistan, as a springboard for project scalability into Iran and Afghanistan; and
(3) to secure the people and tools needed to support a long-term program that creates opportunities for Persians to become civically engaged in efforts to increase earthquake awareness, education, and mitigation.
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