districts with 24 participants, Red Cross District volunteers;

• Support to develop the District Disaster ResponseCommittee to prepare disaster preparedness plan for all3 program districts and development of 2 model VDCdisaster preparedness plan from all program area; and

• Support to strengthen the Emergency Operation Centreat NRCS National Headquarters.

Objective 3: Assist institutionalization of disastersafety concepts

• Partnership and networking with key government andnon-government institutions of education sector;

• Training course development and consolidation;

• District and local level stakeholder meetings;

• Orientation for districts level government officials andVDC secretary on Disaster Preparedness; and

• Information & knowledge dissemination and advocacy.

EXPECTED OUTPUTS / BENEFICIARIES

• 323 risk reduction measures/ activities in schools andcommunities;

• 400 teachers and management committee members and3600 students trained in Disaster Preparedness;

• 1600 teachers, students and community members trainedin Light Search and Rescue and Basic First Aid;

• 55 schools prepare and implement Disaster PreparednessPlan and conduct annual drill;

• 550 households prepare Home Disaster PreparednessPlan;

• 55 small scale mitigation works implemented;

• Students' conference at district and national level; and

• Central and district level government institutions andother stakeholders actively engaged in the program

Beneficiaries Direct

Approximately 40,000 people (students, teachers and commonpeople)

Mr. Ranjan DhungelProject Engineer

National Society for EarthquakeTechnology- Nepal (NSET)Sainbu Bhainsepati Residential Area, Lalitpur, Nepal,Tel: 5591000, Fax: 5592692Email: nset@nset.org.np, URL: www.nset.org.np

Indirect

Approximately 250,000 persons.

PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

The program is being implemented jointly by the Nepal RedCross Society (NRCS) and National Society for EarthquakeTechnology-Nepal (NSET) through NRCS district chapters

• A National Program Steering Committee (NPSC)comprised of senior officials from NRCS and NSETwill continue to provide overall guidance, supervisionand monitoring.

• A District Level Program Steering Committee (DPSC)will be formed under the NRCS DCs to provide overallguidance, supervision and monitoring. Project engineerof NSET shall be an active member of DPSC.

• A Joint Curriculum Development Team (JCDT) ofNRCS and NSET will continue to review, adapt, developand finalize the training curricula as required.

Mr. Pitambar AryalDirector, Disaster Management Department

Nepal Red Cross SocietyNational Headquarters, Red Cross Marga, KalimatiKathmandu, NepalTel: 4273734, 4270650, Fax: 4284611, URL: www.nrcs.org

For further details:

Nepal Red Cross Society

BACKGROUND

National Society for Earthquake Technology-Nepal (NSET)and Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) is implementingDisaster Preparedness for Safer Schools in Nepal 2 (DPSS2)Program in the financial support from the American RedCross (ARC) in Bhaktapur, Nuwakot and Rasuwa districts.The program was first implemented during 2009- 2010 intwo districts (Bhaktapur and Nuwakot). This program is thecontinuation of first phase adding one district.

The program aims to aware, train and prepare schools andcommunities for disaster safety and institutionalizing safetyconcepts. DPSS 2 program includes development andadaptation of training curricula on school based disasterpreparedness, delivery of training courses, preparation andimplementation of school disaster preparedness plans,disaster preparedness drills, household preparednessplan, model of VDC level preparedness plan,district disaster preparedness plan, capacity buildingof local government/ technical staffs, communityawareness and establishment of links betweencity/community preparedness plan and schoolpreparedness plan. The second phase of theprogram envisions implementation of disasterpreparedness training and disaster preparednessactivities in selected schools of three districts inNepal.

GOAL

Reduce the number of deaths, injuries, and socio-economic impact from disaster through buildingsafer and more resilient schools and communities.

OBJECTIVES

1 Improve disaster safety of public schools andcommunities;

2 Enhance the disaster management capacity ofimplementing organizations; and

3 Assist institutionalization of disaster safety concepts

SCOPE OF PROGRAM

Three year program (Feb. 2011-Jan. 2014):• Awareness, training and disaster preparedness activities

in 220 schools of 3 districts in Nepal• Program Districts: Nuwakot, Bhaktapur, and Rasuwa

KEY ACTIVITIES

Objective 1: Improve disaster safety of publicschools and communities

Training programs- School Based Disaster Preparedness Training of Trainers

(SBDPTOT), 5 day course, 4 training in 3 districts with25 participants in each, 2 teachers from each programcoverage school

course for all selected 25 new core schools of 3 districts;school teachers and students of selected schools

- Basic First Aid Training (FA), 4 day course, 55 trainingsfor all core program schools with 24 participants; teachers,students and Red Cross volunteer of selected 550 schools

- Light Search and Rescue Training (LSAR), 4 day course,10 trainings in 3 districts with 30 participants; teachersand Red Cross volunteers and community people ofselected 55 schools

- Disaster Preparedness Planning/Vulnerability & CapacityAssessment Training (DPP/VCA), 3 day course, 1 trainingin each of 3 districts with 30 participants; teachers andstudents and community member of selected 55 schools

• Disaster Risk Reduction and PreparednessActivities

- Vulnerability and risk assessment in all 55 coreprogram schools;

- Formation of Student Disaster Safety Clubs;- Strengthening Junior/Youth Red Cross (J/YRC);- Preparing and implementing School Disaster

Preparedness and Response Plan;- Implementing of model mitigation works focused

on non-structured safety for 55 core programschools;

- Door to door visit for awareness raising and supportto prepare household preparedness plan;

- Disseminating DP message through Radio and TVProgram

- Support for Students’ conference in districts andnational level

- Drill in 55 Schools on Disaster Preparedness; and- Dissemination of Handbook on School Disaster

Preparednes

Objective 2: Enhance the disaster managementcapacity of implementing organizations• Training for District Level Disaster Response Team

(DDRT), 3 day course, 1 training for all 3 program

- First Aid Training of Trainers ( FA TOT), 8 day course1training for 3 districts with 24 participants, programstaffs, Volunteers and Teachers

- Basic Disaster Management Training (BDMT), 3 day