NEWS FLASH!

What can we do to
reduce the risk
in schools and hospitals
especially due to natural
hazards and climate
change?
 ONE MILLION SAFE SCHOOLS AND
HOSPITALS CAMPAIGN:
Promoting Awareness, Preparedness
and Risk Reduction

Jerry Velasquez (UNISDR)

Andres W.C. Oreta (ASEP-DLSU)
Renan Ma. Tanhueco (DLSU)
Florante Salvador (DLSU)
Schools and hospitals are powerful symbols
of social progress and development.
Schools

Hospitals

Health

Education
People in unsafe schools and hospitals are
at the greatest risk of losing their lives!
We must take
steps to
reduce
disaster risk
especially due
to climate
change and
natural
hazards in
schools and
hospitals.
UNISDR launched a campaign to raise
public awareness and to create a demand
for safe schools and hospitals.
The official campaign website is found at
http://safe-schools-hospitals.net/
 The campaign message is
“Make a Pledge, Save a Life.”
Objectives of the Campaign
To raise public awareness and create a demand for
safe schools and hospitals that will:
• Protect the lives of school children and the sick
by ensuring that proper safety measures are
installed;
• Assure the continuity of the functions of hospitals
and health facilities in the treatment of the sick,
and provide safe places in schools at all times;
• Improve the risk reduction capacity of all
stakeholders of schools, hospitals and health
facilities.
Everyone is encouraged to pledge online to
make schools and hospitals safer especially
before a disaster strikes.

A pledge is an
expression of a
commitment
to take action
by individuals
or institutions.
3 Priorities of the Campaign
3 Types of Pledges
As an ADVOCATE,
you promote people’s awareness
about safer schools and hospitals.
YOU CAN
• Post a poster
• Send a letter
• Organize an event
• Give a lecture or
seminar
As a LEADER,
You prepare people for
emergencies and disasters.

YOU CAN
• Learn first aid
• Conduct drills
• Conduct trainings
• Join disaster preparedness
committees
As a CHAMPION,
You contribute or initiate actions
towards risk reduction.

YOU CAN
• Donate a fire extinguisher
• Conduct site assessment
• Investigate building safety
• Retrofit buildings
Civil Engineers have an important role in
making schools and hospitals safer .
• Developing Assessment/Inspection Guides
• Site Vulnerability Assessment
• Building Inspection
• Structural and Nonstructural Assessment
• Structural Retrofitting
Make a Pledge NOW!
http://safe-schools-hospitals.net
STEP 1: Type of Pledge
STEP 2: Pledger Info
STEPS 3 & 4: Institution Info
Locate your Pledge
Spread the Word
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Accomplish Your Pledge and
Share Your Success Story
 Updates: Number of Pledgers

Types of Pledges
400
350
Total Number of Pledgers

300
250 Advocate
Leader
200 Champion
150
100
50
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Updates: The campaign is being supported
now at the national level in the ff countries:

• Philippines
• India
• Thailand
• Pakistan
• Indonesia
• Peru
• China
Updates: Country
Afghanistan
Schools Hospitals
4 4
Total
8
Pledged Institutions Angola
Brunei
0
2
1
1
1
3
per Country Cambodia
Canada
0
0
18
1
18
1
China 0 1 1
Costa Rica 1 0 1
India 27 0 27
Indonesia 13846 153 13999
Iran 1 0 1
Japan 1 0 1
Kenya 1 0 1
Laos 1 1 2
Malaysia 3 2 5
Myanmar 1 0 1
Nepal 1 0 1
Nigeria 0 1 1
Pakistan 0 1 1
Panama 0 1 1
Papua New Guinea 0 1 1
Paraguay 0 1 1
Peru 1 0 1
Philippines 64355 2300 66655
Pitcairn 1 0 1
Qatar 1 0 1
Taiwan 4 1 5
Thailand 12 2 14
Turkey 0 1 1
United States 1 1 2
As of Viet Nam 1 3 4
11/30/2010 Total 78265 2495 80760
Be One of the
Partners and Supporters
A HERO’S STORY:
Ye Zhipping
Ye Zhiping, the school principal
of Sangzao Middle School, is
noteworthy for saving
thousands of his students.
Concerned with the shoddy
construction of the school, he
pestered government officials
for funds from 1996 to 1999. He
 was granted  400,00 Yuan to
strengthen the existing
structures. After the 2008
Sichuan earthquake,  although
the school was seriously
destroyed, all 2,323 students
and staff emerged unharmed
 compared to the more than
10,000 children crushed in their
classrooms in other schools.
Have you pledged already?

If YES, Congratulations.
You’re now a pledger.

If NO, Make a Pledge Now!

It’s just a click away.
 Remember that when you pledge
and act to make schools and
hospitals safer as
an Advocate, Leader or Champion,
You may save a life,

And You
become
a HERO!