Season's greetings
Back in March 2002 I posted a request to this group for information
about children in disasters for a report by the UK office of Plan (see
below). I had a fantastic response, and I would like to give my sincere
thanks to the many members of the group who sent me very useful
material.
The report is now finished and can be downloaded from:
http://www.plan-uk.org/action/childrenindisasters/
Comments and feedback are welcome.
Please direct requests for paper copies of the report, questions about
Plan and its world-wide activities and funding to Helen Matson, Plan's
Communications Officer at mailto:[log in to unmask]
Comments and questions about the report itself can be sent to Helen and
me mailto:[log in to unmask]
With thanks again for the tremendous support,
Amer Jabry
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-----Original Message-----
From: Amer Jabry [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 05 March 2002 13:39
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Request for info on children, youths and disasters
Greetings. I am helping the UK office of Plan International, a child
focused NGO with operations in 42 developing countries, to produce a
report on children in disasters. Plan is not a disaster relief
organisation but will always assist communities in program areas that
are affected by disasters.
I would greatly appreciate any pointers to papers, research, lessons
learnt, etc on:
1) How disasters affect children and youths
2) How children and youths can participate in disaster response,
mitigation and preparedness efforts
A key element of Plan's approach is to encourage children to
meaningfully participate in its programs and projects wherever possible.
We are currently exploring how to use this approach in a disaster
situation so as to take better account of children's particular
vulnerabilities and capacities (in addition to those of the
communities).
With thanks
Amer Jabry
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