Education for safety, resilience and social cohesion

Glossary of basic terminology on disaster risk reduction

Comprehensive school safety: working towards a global framework for climate-smart disaster risk reduction, bridging development and humanitarian action in the education sector

This framework is aimed to bring child-centered and evidence-based efforts to promote disaster risk reduction throughout the education sector and to...

Child-centred disaster risk reduction: building resilience through participation

This publication provides an overview of Plan’s child-centred disaster risk reduction work. The report presents the results and recommendations of a...

The Benefits of a child-centred approach to climate change adaptation

This report aims to present a scoping study that highlights some of the evidence in an economic argument for a child-centred approach to climate...

Comprehensive school safety: a toolkit for development and humanitarian actors in the education sector

This toolkit is intended for education sector planners, policy-makers and program developers as well as humanitarian assistance providers, and...

From caring about to caring for: case studies of New Zealand and Japanese schools post disaster

This article presents two case studies of the experiences and the responses of schools in New Zealand and Japan in the immediate aftermath of the...

Introduction to disaster risk reduction in education, training module 1

This manual has been designed with a focus on disaster risk reduction in education, which goes beyond education in emergencies. The content of the...

Advancing child protection through interagency initiatives

This document provides a brief summary of the IRC's interagency involvement in the child protection sector....

Protecting and nurturing young people in armed conflict and through recovery: setting higher standards through experience and innovation

This fact sheet describes IRC youth-focused programs aimed to meet young people's developmental needs during wartime and through post-conflict...

Children and disasters: understanding impact and enabling agency

This report contributes to building an improved understanding of 1) how different intensities of disaster affect children in different contexts and...

Disaster and emergency preparedness: guidance for schools

This Handbook is written for administrators, teachers, support staff, and other individuals involved in emergency and disaster preparedness at school....