Literature Review on Disaster Resilience Education

TARGET GROUP: CHILDREN AND PUBLIC

OBJECTIVES

·        To examine the best practices in Japan and other countries to enhance individual knowledge of disaster resilience among children and public in the Maldives and further strengthen those programs.

SUMMARY

The Maldives are a group of scattered islands in the Indian Ocean, located to the south west of Sri Lanka. It consists of approximately 1,190 coral islands grouped in a double chain of 26 atolls, spread over roughly 90,000 square kilometers, making this one of the most disparate countries in the world. The Maldives archipelago stretches 823 km north to south and 130 km east to west. Over 99% of the Maldives is made up of the sea: only 0.331% (115 square miles) of its 35,000 square mile surface area is dry land.

Disaster is a sudden, calamitous event bringing great damages, loss and destruction and devastation to life and property. The damage caused by disasters is immeasurable and varies with geographical location, climate and the type of the earth surface/degree of vulnerability. This influences the psychological, socio-economic, political and cultural state of the affected area and people. Especially the children who end up being the most vulnerable group.

REFERENCE

https://www.adrc.asia/aboutus/vrdata/finalreport/FY2018A_MDV_fr.pdf