ACEE2010 Oreta 1MSSHC Paper

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NEWS FLASH!





















What can we do to

reduce the riskin schools and hospitals

especially due to naturalhazards and climate

change?







ONE MILLION SAFE SCHOOLS AND

HOSPITALS CAMPAIGN:Promoting Awareness, Preparedness

and Risk Reduction

Jerry Velasquez (UNISDR)

Andres W.C. Oreta (ASEP-DLSU)Renan Ma. Tanhueco (DLSU)

Florante Salvador (DLSU)



Schools and hospitals are powerful symbolsof social progress and development.

Education

Health

Schools

Hospitals



People in unsafe schools and hospitals areat the greatest risk of losing their lives!



We must take

steps to reducedisaster riskespecially due to

climate changeand naturalhazards in

schools andhospitals.



UNISDR launched a campaign to raisepublic awareness and to create a demandfor safe schools and hospitals.



The official campaign website is found at http://safe-schools-hospitals.net/



The campaign message is

Make a Pledge, Save a Life.



Objectives of the Campaign

To raise public awareness and create a demandfor safe schools and hospitals that will:

Protect the lives of school children and thesick by ensuring that proper safety measures

are installed; Assure the continuity of the functions of

hospitals and health facilities in the treatment of the sick, and provide safe places in schools

at all times; Improve the risk reduction capacity of all

stakeholders of schools, hospitals and healthfacilities.



Everyone is encouraged to pledge online tomake schools and hospitals safer especiallybefore a disaster strikes.

A pledge is anexpression of acommitmentto take action

by individualsor institutions.



3 Priorities of the Campaign



3 Types of Pledges



As an ADVOCATE,

you promote peoples awarenessabout safer schools and hospitals.

YOU CAN

Post a poster

Send a letter

Organize an event

Give a lecture orseminar



As a LEADER,

You prepare people foremergencies and disasters.

YOU CAN

Learn first aid

Conduct drills

Conduct trainings

Join disaster preparednesscommittees



As a CHAMPION,

You contribute or initiate actionstowards risk reduction.

YOU CAN Donate a fire extinguisher

Conduct site assessment

Investigate building safety Retrofit buildings



Civil Engineers have an important role inmaking schools and hospitals safer .

Developing Assessment/InspectionGuides

Site Vulnerability Assessment

Building Inspection

Structural and NonstructuralAssessment

Structural Retrofitting



Make a Pledge NOW!http://safe-schools-hospitals.net



STEP 1: Type of Pledge



STEP 2: Pledger Info



STEPS 3 & 4: Institution Info



Locate your Pledge



Spread the Word

Email signature



Accomplish Your Pledge andShare Your Success Story





Updates: The campaign is being supportednow at the national level in the ff countries:

Philippines

India

Thailand Pakistan

Indonesia

Peru

China



Updates:Pledged Institutions

per Country

As of11/30/2010

Country Schools Hospitals Total

Afghanistan 4 4 8

Angola 0 1 1

Brunei 2 1 3

Cambodia 0 18 18

Canada 0 1 1China 0 1 1

Costa Rica 1 0 1

India 27 0 27

Indonesia 13846 153 13999

Iran 1 0 1

Japan 1 0 1

Kenya 1 0 1

Laos 1 1 2

Malaysia 3 2 5

Myanmar 1 0 1

Nepal 1 0 1

Nigeria 0 1 1

Pakistan 0 1 1

Panama 0 1 1

Papua New Guinea 0 1 1

Paraguay 0 1 1

Peru 1 0 1

Philippines 64355 2300 66655

Pitcairn 1 0 1Qatar 1 0 1

Taiwan 4 1 5

Thailand 12 2 14

Turkey 0 1 1

United States 1 1 2

Viet Nam 1 3 4

Total 78265 2495 80760



Be One of the

Partners and Supporters





Have you pledged already?

If NO, Make a Pledge Now!Its just a click away.

If YES, Congratulations.Youre now a pledger.



Remember that when you pledge

and act to make schools andhospitals safer asan Advocate, Leader or Champion,

You may save a life,

And You

becomea HERO!

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ACEE2010 Oreta 1MSSHC Paper