To enhance regional capacity for disaster privention-Future outlook of educational actives for disaster preventionyasuda@irides.tohoku.ac.jp

Yasuda1, C. J. Yi1, R. Nouchi1 & A. Suppasri1
1International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, Japan.

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Human Damage in Philippines
Death number: 6,201
121/722 children
between age of 6 and 12 years oldin Tanauan.

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Reasons☆Storm Surge has never been expected☆Advance preparation was insufficient☆Evacuation drill for Storm Surge wasnot enforced☆No education program has been existed
to provide wisdom to survive→ Bias3

Recognition
There was the time to be an evacuation

They do not know the meaning of the word

Delayed evacuation＝Drowning42011.3.11Great East Japan Earthquake
885children under age of 19 years old were killed.
What’s the reasons?

→ Bias

Tsunami has never been expected
Advance preparation was insufficient
Evacuation drill for tsunami was not enforced
No education program has been existed toprovide wisdom to survive
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Okawa elementary school, Ishinomaki city

活かされなかった50分間
Tsunami inundation level

Important!!

Students were unable to use the time for
evacuation when tsunami reached totheir school 50 min after the earthquake
Unfavorable conditions:Location
No roof to climb up
No route to the hill behind
No evacuation plan for tsunami

日頃の訓練に基づく,素早い判断と行動！

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Tsunami attacked but the saved life

All Saved
Tsunami inundation level

Yoshihama elementary school
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Ishinomaki city

Yoshihama
School,All saved

all students saved
10 teachers saved

4-5km far from the coast

Okawa
school, bigdamage
74 students killed, of 108
10 teachers killed, of 11999What is the difference between“Wind wave” & “Tsunami”?

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The aims of these educational activities
Provide appropriate knowledge
about natural disasters☆Improve recognition
Cultivates response capability☆Improve decision
Continue evacuate drill☆Improve the ability to take action

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YUI project is starting! Elementary school : 5th grade• In Phillipin 4schools 218students• In Japan 70schools 4,000students•

In Thailand, In Hawaii(U.S.A), In Indnesia

1. Lecture
2. Group work
– Team work（Leader，Supporter，Cooperative relation，Discussion），Result（evacuation map）
– Game : Gensai handkerdhief
3. Group presentation

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GENSAI(Disaster damage prevention)Pocket

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出前授業風景 Scenery of a visiting lecture
1.座学 Lecture (knowledge)

4. 発表会Presentation

2.グループワーク Group work

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In Phillipines
Group work

Group photo

Drill

Lecture (knowledge)

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DrillGroup photoLecture (knowledge)

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Results
Q . Natural disasters such as a typhoon are dreadful ?

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Results
Q. My family or myself might be injured whennatural disaster happens.?

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Results
Q . My life will become safer if the anti-typhoon procedure is taken and evacuation drill is carried out
periodically. ?

20ResultsQ. What I heard, seen and learnt today is useful.?

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Cycle of enhance regional capacity
for disaster prevention
Independencesys

Avoid Risk

Regional
contribution

Caring offriends

Risk recognition decision
School education(Supplementary books)

The watch inthe region
Support system

ChildrenStudent

Disaster reduction improvement
support tools

Family education

Relationshipwith friends
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Large earthquake has occurred during the trip.
TimeStatus

Immediately after☆It was a power failure.

3minutes after☆Mobile phone is notconnected

30minutes after☆It's getting dark.

Decision

Action3days after24