UNB, Dhaka :
The government, Unicef and Brac on Saturday launched Bangladesh’s first youth-driven national disaster risk reduction strategy and held the final round of national Kishori-Kishor Summit in Savar.
The two-day summit was held at Brac Centre for Development Management in Savar.
The three previous summits were held in Comilla, Barisal and Bogra. Declarations from all the four regions were compiled to create a national combat strategy for youths against
climate change and its consequences.
Bangladesh is one of the countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, suffering financial losses worth more than Tk 180 billion from disasters, Brac said quoting 2009-2014 BBS data.
Bibi Rohima Kochi from Bhola said, “I had never met people from other districts. I was only aware of disasters in Bhola. Through this convention, I was able to learn about disasters from other districts and how we can all work together to stop climate change.”
The experts who attended at the summit discussed additional topics, including barriers to the growth of adolescents and ways to overcome them, child marriage and sexual harassment during disasters, the recent rise in terrorism, and the effect of disasters on education and health.
The activities included participatory problem solving for disaster risk reduction, inspiring storytelling to find innovative solutions, and preparing a yearly action plan to combat disasters.
The experts present at the summit included Director of Brac’s disaster management and climate change programme Gawher Nayeem Wahra, Director of Brac’s education programme Safiqul Islam, adv UM Habibunnesa Habiba from Narpakkha, Unicef representative Jamil Hasan, Palki Ahmed from UNDP and Gender Specialist Sheepa Hafiza.
The government, Unicef and Brac on Saturday launched Bangladesh’s first youth-driven national disaster risk reduction strategy and held the final round of national Kishori-Kishor Summit in Savar.
The two-day summit was held at Brac Centre for Development Management in Savar.
The three previous summits were held in Comilla, Barisal and Bogra. Declarations from all the four regions were compiled to create a national combat strategy for youths against
climate change and its consequences.
Bangladesh is one of the countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, suffering financial losses worth more than Tk 180 billion from disasters, Brac said quoting 2009-2014 BBS data.
Bibi Rohima Kochi from Bhola said, “I had never met people from other districts. I was only aware of disasters in Bhola. Through this convention, I was able to learn about disasters from other districts and how we can all work together to stop climate change.”
The experts who attended at the summit discussed additional topics, including barriers to the growth of adolescents and ways to overcome them, child marriage and sexual harassment during disasters, the recent rise in terrorism, and the effect of disasters on education and health.
The activities included participatory problem solving for disaster risk reduction, inspiring storytelling to find innovative solutions, and preparing a yearly action plan to combat disasters.
The experts present at the summit included Director of Brac’s disaster management and climate change programme Gawher Nayeem Wahra, Director of Brac’s education programme Safiqul Islam, adv UM Habibunnesa Habiba from Narpakkha, Unicef representative Jamil Hasan, Palki Ahmed from UNDP and Gender Specialist Sheepa Hafiza.
