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1.I pledge to organize emergency drills for fire and earthquake. | 2.As a mother of a school child I pledge to advocate to my daughter's school the importance of safe school. I will contribute time and knowledge to educate the students and teachers about this campaign, and advocate to the school administrators. | 3.As an advocate I pledge to raise the level of awareness of DepEd teaching and non-teaching employees on disaster risk reduction in schools through the development and distribution of IEC materials on DRR. | 4.To introduce "school-watching" activities in schools to conduct disaster risk assessement to assess their safety. | 5.To conduct seminar on school safety, create awareness and ask techers and student to pledge for safe school.
 

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People in unsafe schools, hospitals and health facilities are at the greatest risk of losing their lives when a disaster strikes. We can improve the safety of schools, hospitals and health facilities to address the increasing risk due to climate change and other disasters - natural and man-made.

The One Million Safe Schools and Hospitals Campaign is a global advocacy initiative to make schools and hospitals safer from disasters. This initiative is part of the 2010-2011 World Disaster Risk Reduction Campaign on "Building Resilient Cities - My city is getting ready!" You can help make schools and hospitals safer through a simple click.

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Indonesia Pledges Safety of Over 3,000 Schools and 100-plus hospitals
Created by Web Master on 7/30/2010 1:24:45 AM

INDONESIA PLEDGES SAFETY OF OVER 3,000 SCHOOLS AND 100-PLUS HOSPITALS Education and Heath ministries join “One Million Safe Schools and Hospitals Campaign” Jakarta, 29 July 2010 – Indonesia today committed to increase the safety of 3,156 schools and 105 hospitals as part of its engagement to the One Million Safe Schools and Hospitals Campaign, launched globally in Manila last April 2010. “Hospitals and schools are critical infrastructures that are particularly at risk when disasters s... (Read More)
Indonesian schools and hospitals join UN initiative to promote disaster risk reduction
Created by Web Master on 8/26/2010 3:55:32 AM

20 August 2010 – Thousands of Indonesian schools and hospitals have signed up to a United Nations campaign to encourage authorities to better protect such structures in vulnerable areas from the impact of future natural disasters. The campaign, launched last year at the UN-backed Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, commits participants to either take disaster risk reduction measures, better prepare for potential disasters or raise public awareness about the issue. The initiative has a... (Read More)
Pakistan: NDMA to launch “One Million Safe Schools and Hospitals” Program in July 2010
Created by Web Master on 5/26/2010 8:39:56 AM

To discuss the launching of "One Million Safe Schools and Hospitals" global program in Pakistan, a meeting with the concerned stakeholders was held on Wednesday, 19th May, 2010 at the National Disaster Management Authority, Prime Minister's Secretariat... (Read More)
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SEEDS’ journey towards enabling children with disabilities
Created by Web Master on 3/31/2010 1:01:19 PM

The School Safety Initiative is committed to capacitate a whole generation that is susceptible to emergency situations and demand the right to a safer future. SEEDS’ mission to reach out to the most vulnerable and socially marginalized as well as its efforts to implement an inclusive Disaster risk management effort has led to the inception of a model school project in Dhali village of Shimla District in State of Himachal Pradesh, India. The ‘Deaf , dumb and blind school ‘ which was established by the child welfare council of Himachal Pradesh to impart education to children with special needs is one of the model school in which SEEDS has successfully implemented a one of its kind interv... (Read More)
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