First consultative meeting on risk reduction in Gujarat’s schools
In February 2008, FOCUS organised the first in a series of consultative meetings for major stakeholders involved in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in schools in Gujarat. The meeting marked the establishment of a ‘partnership of learning’ for school-based DRR projects by enabling the sharing of methodologies and processes. Representatives from Oxfam, SEEDS, Handicap International, the Gujarat State Education Board and the Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority were among the participants.
FOCUS presented the processes and tools it had developed under its school safety project funded by European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office.
At the end of the meeting, Oxfam expressed its interest in replicating the FOCUS model on a pilot basis within its own preparedness programme in Gujarat.
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Focus Humanitarian Assistance is an international group of agencies established in Europe, North America and South Asia to complement the provision of emergency relief, principally in the developing world. It helps people in need reduce their dependence on humanitarian aid and facilitates their transition to sustainable self-reliant, long-term development. Focus Humanitarian Assistance is affiliated with the Aga Khan Development Network, a group of institutions working to improve opportunities and living conditions, for people of all faiths and origins, in specific regions of the developing world. Underlying the establishment of FOCUS by the Ismaili Muslim community is a history of successful initiatives to assist people struck by natural and man-made disasters in South and Central Asia, and Africa.
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