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Newsletter
Novel Approaches
Our efforts that protect people from disasters are not limited to what has been done before. Each community has its unique context. What works in one may fail in another.
That’s why we develop approaches that are both locally-appropriate and feasible. Our role is catalyst and advisor. By harnessing local ingenuity, our programs empower societies to take on their challenges with confidence, now and in the future, based in science and evidence, inclusion.
Videos
“A few years down the line, we could be really proud and say, we remember that time, so many years ago, when we made the first earthquake table in Bhutan.”
Ido Bruno
Industrial designer and professor, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Israel.
Projects
“I saw and sensed the magnitude of agony and suffering as well as the loss of lives in Aceh after the tsunami disaster of 2004, as the highest ranking Indonesian official supervising the rescue and evacuation of victims. This painful experience motivated me to support the noble endeavor of constructing a Tsunami Evacuation Park that will save more lives and mitigate more suffering,”
Alwi Abdurrahman Shihab
former foreign minister of Indonesia
Blog
Home Coming: A Story About How a Strong Earthquake Affects a Family with 'Left-Behind' Children, English-public version, was awarded first prize (book series) in the 2020 International Contest for Science Communication on Earthquake Preparedness and Disaster Reduction.
organized by Seismological Society of China
sponsored by International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior (IASPEI) and Asian Seismological Commission
