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Building the resilience of communities against natural disasters

Building the resilience of communities against natural disasters. Role of ICT. Objectives of this session. Brief look at role of ICT in Disaster Risk Reduction with 3 case studies Hands on experience with the UNESCO Tsunami Teacher and DRR resources on the Open Training Platform

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Building the resilience of communities against natural disasters

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  1. Building the resilience of communities against natural disasters Role of ICT

  2. Objectives of this session • Brief look at role of ICT in Disaster Risk Reduction with 3 case studies • Hands on experience with the UNESCOTsunami Teacher and DRR resources on the Open Training Platform • Complete yesterday’s session – installing Sugar on a Stick educational software

  3. 3 case studies • Orissa, India : Block Disaster Info Centres • Indonesia : Community Radio • Solomon Islands : village email stations • Hands on application: Tsunami Teacher

  4. Orissa Block Disaster Management Information Centres

  5. 2001 floods • Organic growth • Volunteerism • Women self-help groups • Youth groups • Local NGOs

  6. Telecentre management model • Consolidated in a telecentre network • Model scaled up to 4000 centres

  7. IndonesiaRole of Community Radio in Disasters

  8. Community radio in disaster recovery and management • Coms infrastructure destroyed • Many journalists killed • Left Aceh isolated • Radio only viable ICT • Initially used in ER • Then focus on R&R

  9. Community radio in disaster recovery and management • Support from aid orgs • Dialogue mechanism needed • Deal with healing and trauma • Mobilise communities • CR voices interests of local people • Linking displaced people • Helped open up Aceh

  10. CR and importance of social networks • Dispel rumours • Builds solidarity • Hubs for groups involved in recovery • Listening groups mobilised for collective actions • Watchdog

  11. Technical issues • AM/FM and licensing • Availability of receivers • Mobile phones and CR • Internet and CR • Web based content • Standard procedures • Funding • CR works with community

  12. Solomon Islands April 2007

  13. Solomon Islands People First Network PFnetRural community email stationsStarted 2001 – peoplefirst.net.sb 13

  14. Community Radio and DRM Education – Information Building social solidarity

  15. PDF version is on the server in folder: Leeming/Wednesday You can also request a copy of the Tsunami Teacher on CD to be mailed to you – send email to u.wolf@unesco.org (please state that you have seen it demonstrated at the ITU workshop) Online Site http://ioc3.unesco.org/TsunamiTeacher/tsunami_hlp.htm

  16. WikiEducator Collaborate to create educational resources on DRM Open Courses – Certificates in Disaster Management http://wikieducator.org/CEMBA_CEMPA/Course_Outlines Create a project portal page on W.E. and collaborate to develop resources for disaster management. Works well as a “community of practice” and linked to telecentres and community radio (i.e. create DRM learning programmes for radio) UNESCO Open Training Platform

  17. Sugar Labs now develops the Sugar user interface and learning software for children http://sugarlabs.org

  18. SOAS • Where to get the latest SOAS imagehttp://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick • Need LiveUSBCreatorhttps://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/ • USB format toolhttp://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd-on-usb-disk

  19. Installing and running • Install LiveUSBCreator • Prepare Flashdrive (we have done this for you on the one provided)note: use FAT • Run LiveUSBCreator with the latest SOAS image • Boot up on the desktop or laptop • Add extra activities from http://sugarlabs.orgDownload and then use another flashdrive and import using the “Journal activity”

  20. Installing Sugar on a Stick • Instruction sheet on server and printed • Software on server /Leeming/SOAS • Iso (image) file for SOAS 4 (Mango Lassi) • LiveUSB Creator • USB format tool • We have 8 flashdrives • Try your own (but use USB format tool - FAT) • Delete contents and let someone else have a go

  21. Running SOAS • Warning- these are development versions, some things may not work 100% • please return to the Sugar Labs website to see if new versions are released! • Boot priority • Latest version needs a helping hand booting (press shift key and enter “linux0” at prompt) • Install other XO activities when running using 2ndflashdrive or download using the Browse activity (needs Internet connection) • Laptops provided, wireless not detected by SOAS (sorry!!!)

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