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Title<br />
No Strings. Tales of Disasters (English)<br />
http://www.nostrings.org.uk/naturaldisastersfilms.php<br />
Provention Consortium. 2007. Community<br />
Risk Assessment Toolkit<br />
http://www.proventionconsortium.org/?pa<br />
geid=39<br />
Format<br />
Target<br />
Audience<br />
(Primary)<br />
35<br />
Summary Description<br />
of vulnerable people. They also<br />
incorporate experiences<br />
developed by other agencies,<br />
such as the work done in the<br />
Philippines by the Asian Disaster<br />
Preparedness Center.<br />
Video Children A series of four short DRR puppet<br />
educational films: Tsunami,<br />
Earthquake, Volcano, Flood /<br />
Landslide. The key messages the<br />
films contain are quickly absorbed by<br />
children, and learning is fun. The<br />
films’ main character, Badu, teaches<br />
through negative example, always a<br />
bit too laid back, lazy or downright<br />
greedy to take disaster preparedness<br />
seriously, and he is contrasted with<br />
the Little Girl character, who gets it<br />
right.<br />
Online<br />
resource<br />
International<br />
NGOs and their<br />
partner<br />
organisations,<br />
local<br />
government<br />
staff, risk<br />
researchers<br />
and community<br />
based<br />
organisations,<br />
In addition to examining natural<br />
disasters, the film entitled Flood /<br />
Landslide, looks at manmade<br />
contributions, such as illegal logging,<br />
and the importance of protecting the<br />
immediate natural environment.<br />
This document details a toolkit<br />
aimed at strengthening community<br />
level risk assessment practice. It<br />
also focuses on ways of<br />
influencing disaster risk<br />
management decisions, policies<br />
and plans at sub-national and<br />
national levels.<br />
Four main features from the toolkit<br />
are discussed:<br />
Comments<br />
+Even though the films were<br />
developed for children, they are<br />
suitable for adults. Short enough to<br />
be shown to an audience without<br />
them feeling as if they are being<br />
spoken “down to.”<br />
+ Films are short 5 – 10 minutes<br />
and can therefore be easily<br />
incorporated into a session for<br />
illustration, or can be used to<br />
stimulate discussion.<br />
+Helpful portal: provides links to<br />
other materials.