Uganda integrates disaster risk reduction into school curriculum

Hearing the call\drum.   Thank you Uganda.  HAITI, Malawi, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia next.

In the U.S. emergency management for kids for elementary and middle school.  FEMA EMI IS-100a for high school level is a start toward those first college credits.

Stepping up our ‘A Game’.  Push to K12 level as much as possible worldwide.  If only the HBCUs could agree on a general education requirement for all students.  We can and reshape our communities.

CDS.  CEO. BEMA.

Uganda integrates disaster risk reduction into school curriculum


Children in class learning about peace-building, conflict and disaster risk management (Photo: Ugandan National Curriculum Development Centre)
 
By Samuel Okiror

KAMPALA, 8 November 2016 – Ensuring that children understand hazards is the route to reducing their impacts. Uganda is making disaster risk education part of its curriculum in order to bring up a generation that knows how to deal with the threats that it faces.

Read more: http://www.unisdr.org/archive/50937

Kind regards, 


UNISDR Communications
UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

Conference. December 2016. Massachusetts Statewide Homeland Security Conference

Massachusetts Statewide Homeland Security Conference

Executive Office of Public Safety and Security

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Four Points by Sheraton – Norwood Hotel and Conference Center

1125 Boston Providence Turnpike, Norwood, MA 02062

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Please join us for a Statewide Homeland Security Conference with homeland security stakeholders from the Northeast, Southeast, Central, Western and Boston UASI regions. 

The participants will also include representatives from select state and federal agencies.

Potential Topics Include:

• Homeland Security Regional Council Presentations
• Emerging Threats Panel Discussion
• Potential Impacts of Climate Change in Massachusetts
• Building Bridges to Reduce Violent Extremism
• Cybersecurity Panel Discussion
• State Agency Presentations
• FEMA Updates
• Using Data To Help Guide Homeland Security Investments

Lunch will be provided

Seating is limited, so please register early 

Registration Deadline is Wednesday, November 23, 2016

To register for this meeting, go to www.eventbrite.com/e/ma-statewide-homeland-security-planning-regions-meeting-tickets-27467615377

If you have questions regarding this event, have a dietary limitation, need an auxiliary aid service, or accessibility information to participate, please contact Jeff Brownell, jeffrey.brownell@state.ma.us, 617.725.3325, or TTY 617-725-0261 by November 23rd