Coalition for Global School Safety&Disaster Prevention Education

We envision available knowledge and education applied to disaster prevention everywhere, and every school a safe school.

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COGSSDPE Newsletter - v2.2.pdf
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Groups

NETWORK MEMBERSHIP vs. ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP

COGSS&DPE Network Membership is open to all. However ACTIVE INDIVIDUAL Membership is limited to those people who participate actively in any one of the Coalition’s Workgroups or Task Teams or Ad Hoc Committees for at least 6 months in the course of any 1-year period. Active Members are expected to help in setting workgroup and committee objectives and contributing to the realization of these objectives. Working groups have access to their own closed discussion fora in addition to the public ones on the left. Working groups elect their co-chairs who serve on the COGSS & DPE Steering Committee. To become an active member please apply to join one of the groups below.

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FORUM - "VIEW ALL" DISCUSSIONS!!

You can see all of the discussions by clicking the "Forum" tab on the menu bar above or by clicking "View All" below. Featured discussions appear at the top of the list below. Otherwise discussions are organized into categories related to each COGSS & DPE working group or task team. To read and join in please click on the Category and then on the Subject. To contribute select "Add Reply". If no existing discussion fits your subject please select "Add Discussion" and choose a subject heading carefully to guide the thread.

To follow a discussion click one of the buttons at bottom of the discussion page. "Follow" to receive emails or "RSS" to read it when you like with your favorite RSS reader. To learn more about Social Networking tools see these great Commoncraft videos: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=85430831156CFFE5

Forum

IGCR

Urban Environmetnal Management

Started by IGCR in 2009 Forum Discussion Archives Oct. 22, 2009.

Rebekah Green

Educational Continuity Planning 2 Replies

Started by Rebekah Green in 2009 Forum Discussion Archives. Last reply by Rebekah Green Dec. 18, 2009.

Garry de la Pomerai

affiliate to an Interest Group Please 4 Replies

Started by Garry de la Pomerai in 2009 Forum Discussion Archives. Last reply by Chandima Kularatne Sep. 18, 2009.

Events

Notes

COGSS Mother Slide Show

Created by Marla Petal Apr 29, 2009 at 6:07pm. Last updated by Marla Petal Apr. 29, 2009.

Resources

Created by COGSS & DPE Steering Committee Apr 2, 2009 at 1:52pm. Last updated by COGSS & DPE Steering Committee Apr. 2, 2009.

How to upload videos from YouTube

Created by Marla Petal Jan 29, 2009 at 4:14pm. Last updated by Marla Petal Jan. 29, 2009.

Notes

Created by Marla Petal Nov 25, 2008 at 6:42pm. Last updated by Marla Petal Jan. 3, 2009.

ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS

Created by Marla Petal Dec 4, 2008 at 9:23am. Last updated by Marla Petal Dec. 6, 2008.

SETTING UP GROUPS

Created by Marla Petal Dec 1, 2008 at 3:50pm. Last updated by Marla Petal Dec. 2, 2008.

How to upload your photo

Created by Marla Petal Dec 1, 2008 at 3:33pm. Last updated by Marla Petal Dec. 1, 2008.

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Andy Oreta

ONE Million Safe Schools and Hospitals

Under the One Million Safe Schools and Hospitals Campaign, people, communities, organizations, business and industry, civil society and governments are encouraged to make a pledge - actions that can be taken by various stakeholders in their own way – to make schools and hospitals safer now to survive catastrophes. You will pledge for a school or hospital.

YOU can make an ONLINE PLEDGE in any of the following roles:
> To be an ADVOCATE for safe schools and hospitals
> To be a LEADER in eme… Continue

Posted by Andy Oreta on November 11, 2009 at 2:00am

Andy Oreta

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROMOTE SAFE SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROMOTE SAFE SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS

UNISDR, WHO, UNESCO, World Bank and other partners will launch the One Million Safe Schools and Hospitals Campaign. To promote the campaign, case study reports about safe schools and hospitals will be featured in the website and reference materials (a compilation of best contributions may also be published).. In this regard, we invite contributions. Please be guided by the format below.

Format of Case Reports for the Safe Schools and… Continue

Posted by Andy Oreta on November 11, 2009 at 1:55am

Solmaz Mohadjer

TEACHING SCIENCE THROUGH EMERGENCY EDUCATION: A PILOT PROJECT

Teachers Without Borders' Program Coordinator, Solmaz Mohadjer, and TWB Member, Zach Adam, attended the European Science Education Research Association conference in Istanbul, Turkey, in August 31-September 4.To learn more about the conference, visit www.esera2009.org

Here's the abstract of their paper:

TEACHING SCIENCE THROUGH EMERGENCY EDUCATION: A PILOT PROJECT

Teachers Without Borders (TWB) has recently begun exploring a science education approach th… Continue

Posted by Solmaz Mohadjer on November 5, 2009 at 9:04am

Andy Oreta

Format of the Case Report for Safe Schools and Hospitals

Format of Case Reports for the Safe Schools and Hospitals Campaign

The case reports are brief stories related to schools or hospitals on any of the following
• Lessons learned from past disasters
• Success stories on disaster risk mitigation of safe schools/hospitals
• Inspiring stories of community involvement in promoting safe schools/hospitals

Guidelines:

1. Maximum overall length: 2,000 – 2,500 words.About two pages.
2. Provide colour photos in jpeg format, high resolution (300 dpi… Continue

Posted by Andy Oreta on October 23, 2009 at 1:41am

Roderick Marallag

Flood, was it by God or by man's omission?

Philippines is no stranger to typhoons. Typhoon Ondoy (internationally known as "Ketsana") broke records, hit Manila where i was staying last week. It left a horrifying results. It affected more than 2 million people devastating large areas of properties. It killed about 300 people. Week after, typhoon "Pepeng" also slashed northern part of the Philippines where my family in the province stay.

Filipinos suffered from the onslaught of back-to-back storms. Many schools, hospitals, infrastructures… Continue

Posted by Roderick Marallag on October 4, 2009 at 2:50pm

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