Disaster risk reduction and young children: assessing needs at the community level

  Available online: http://www.preventionweb.net/files/27602_asiachildrendisasterriskreduction3s.pdf

This guidebook provides background information on Early Childhood Development (ECD) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), and sets out processes for assessing the capacity and needs at community levels to further identify future steps to improve ECD in DRR. Furthermore, it addresses the vulnerability faced by children and the efforts to mitigate underlying causes of these vulnerabilities. Beyond national and international, policy and political issues, DRR occurs within communities and at the programme level. DRR processes and activities have the potential to address the special needs of young children and research indicates that resilience within the ECD sector could be an important DRR factor for young children.

Language(s): English

Tags: Capacity development ; Disaster Risk Management (DRM) ; Vulnerability ; Social aspects ; Region II - Asia ; Region V - South-West Pacific Add tag