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Child Centered Disaster Risk Reduction – Toolkit

“The purpose of the manual is to serve as a practical guide for DRR program implementers to train children on DRR through the HVCA [hazard, vulnerability, capacity assessment] process. It is meant for use by practitioners who have worked with children, have the skills to do so, and who want to implement a child-centred DRR program with them. This training program is meant to: 

1- Build children’s capacities in DRR

2- Enable children to analyze and monitor disaster risks, vulnerabilities, and capacities in their communities 

3- Help children plan for DRR activities they can initiate or participate in their communities 

4- Provide a space for children to contribute their perspectives to DRR in their communities 

5- Link children’s HVCA findings appropriately to local disaster management governance and planning. 

The training program outlined in this manual is NOT a stand-alone activity. It must be a part of either an overall child centred DRR program where children’s voices will be fully integrated or other programme work that aims to address children’s HVCA outcomes. An organization should never conduct a participatory HVCA with children (or any community members) unless it has the resources and political will to take forward their recommendations into appropriate actions. Otherwise, it is disempowering and unethical to use up so much of children’s time and extract information from them, without ensuring their benefit from the exercise.” (p.4)