Hi Justin,
The page is great. Just one comment: There is no information on what to do
after the event if the kid is all alone (e.g. dead or disappeared parents).
Remember all the children that were lost after the tsunami in Indonesia.
Maybe a general comment on contacting their embassy and knowing the numbers
of other family members abroad. That's all. The page looks very good. You
could also add a link to http://www.stopdisastersgame.org./, since it's a
page for kids, they can also learn a bit more by playing.
Regards,
Verónica Botero
PhD Student
Utrecht University - ITC
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Sent: Lunes, 30 de Abril de 2007 12:58 p.m.
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Subject: Kids guide to surviving hazards while abraod
Dear All,
I am a PhD student working with Maureen Fordham at Northumbria University,
on disaster education for children. I have been building a new website
which addresses what children should do in an emergency such as earthquake,
tsunami, hurricane etc while in a foreign country. This came about because
many of my students (I teach in a UK High school) travel to Turkey, India
Pakistan, Indonesia, USA etc where there is a higher risk of the
aforementioned hazards occurring. The address is :
http://www.geo-world.org/edu4hazards/
The idea is for children to explore the site and to discover how to protect
themselves, whilst also learning about the nature of the hazard at the same
time. I have purposely made the site less obvious in terms of navigation,
but there are instructions on the front page. I would welcome your views!
Please also note that the site is in beta testing and is not yet launched or
'live'.
Thank you,
Justin Sharpe
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