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SARITSA FOUNDATION (SARITSA CHARITY TRUST)( )
A Mobile University For Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Change
"Reach to People, Talk to People and Prepare People“
Builds capacity to reduce risks from disasters and climate change by reaching to “Door Steps of vulnerable people "A People Centered People Led andto “Door Steps of vulnerable people "A People Centered, People Led, and
People Owned Resilience and Safety Culture Methodology.
(A b it f U it d N ti I t ti l f Di t R d ti
P l l d d l d DRR k h f i i h
(A web site of United Nations International for Disaster Reduction‐UNSDR)
People led and people owned DRR workshops for university youth
Type: Training Courseyp gDate: 1819 Jan 2013Location: India (Gandhinagar, Gujarat) Venue: Campus of Deen Dayal Upadhyay Petroleum UniversityVenue: Campus of Deen Dayal Upadhyay Petroleum University
Main organizerS it F d tiSaritsa Foundation
DescriptionSaritsa Foundation recognizes the critical role of youth in creating a responsive society to cope with disasters. Towards this mission, Saritsa
Foundation in partnership with Deen Dayal Upadhyay Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India is organizing awareness and preparedness workshops for University staff, and student’s. The team of experts will prepare the participants to be awareness raisers amongstprepare the participants to be awareness raisers amongst youth to sensitize Disaster Risk Reduction at societal level.
Saritsa Foundation advocates and practices People Centered, People Led and People Owned mechanisms of resilience and Safety Culture. It continuously endeavors to mainstream local people, Youth, Women, Persons with Disabilities to
th t i i i f Di t d Cli tempower them to minimize from Disasters and Climate Change.
The objectives are: 1) To raise awareness, impart education and training with use of local resources for innovations. 2) To sensitize youth on their role and responsibility towards preparing people of their society at local level to minimizepreparing people of their society at local level to minimize losses in Disasters. 3) To seek cooperation from educational institutions to be3) To seek cooperation from educational institutions to be partners to educate youth to recognize their duty to prepare their people of the society to minimize losses in Disasters.
Saritsa Foundation has a mission to reach to people, talk to l d l t b l t i thpeople and prepare people to be equal partners in the
process of disaster management. It recognizes the importance of building capacity to have resilient youthimportance of building capacity to have resilient youth, resilient families and resilient community at bottom of the pyramid where most vulnerable live and face disasters often
in rural and urban India.
It is an ongoing mission by Saritsa Foundation to build a momentum to mainstream the people to share information, expertise and local resources as well as imparting educationexpertise and local resources as well as imparting education and practical training to make participants to mind map risks to their community and develop viable responserisks to their community and develop viable response mechanism. It is being implemented with minimal resources with commitment, accountability and innovative partnerships.
The team of Saritsa Foundation conducted a workshop for youth of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Petroleum University on 18 and 19 January 2013.
Th k h d d b ild i f h fThe workshop was conducted to build capacity of youth for earthquake, flood, Tsunami, cyclone, terrorism and Bomb blast Chemical Biological and Nuclear Hazards Educationblast, Chemical, Biological and Nuclear Hazards. Education and training was conducted using interactive and participatory methodology away from lecture/teacher p p y gy y f /centered to learner centered linking and recognizing importance of RIGHT TO LIFE SECURITY duty of every person. The participants were actively engaged and involved throughout the workshop. They were guided to mind map vulnerabilities to their areas and evolve insightmind map vulnerabilities to their areas and evolve insight and understanding to draw an action plan to protect in disasters.
They were made to use local resources to respond to disasters during demonstrations and mock drills. The final session was designed to assess impacts of learning to make workable plans to respond to live scenarios .
The Participants were guided to reach to vulnerable people in Rural and Urban areas and raise their awareness andin Rural and Urban areas and raise their awareness and level of preparedness to protect.
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Appreciation Letter from Appreciation Letter from UniversityUniversity
Th k Y !!Th k Y !!Thank You !!Thank You !!
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