To reduce the loss of lives associated with tsunamis, support from Japan will enable UNDP to help strengthen early warning and disaster preparedness in 18 countries included in UNDP’s ‘5-10-50’ initiative: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor Leste, Tonga, Vanuatu and Viet Nam.

2.  COLLECT AND ANALYSE exposure data to identify tsunami high risk
schools
 REVIEW, UPDATE, TRANSLATE and DISSEMINATE education materials
on tsunami response and preparedness for schools
 REVIEW, DESIGN and CONDUCT tsunami evacuation drills in schools
 DEVELOP VISUAL PRODUCTS (videos, blogs, photo stories) recording
tsunami school drills
 SUPPORT HIGH LEVEL EVENTS around World Tsunami Awareness Day
through robust communications and outreach
 DEVELOP REGIONAL GUIDELINES for replicating and scaling up
tsunami evacuation drills
Project Purpose
#90Drills
Reduce the loss of lives of school
children in high tsunami risk areas
through better awareness and
preparedness.

3.  SOUTH ASIA - Bangladesh, Maldives, Pakistan,
Sri Lanka
 SOUTH-EAST ASIA - Cambodia, Indonesia,
Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand,
Timor-Leste, Viet Nam
 PACIFIC - Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon
islands, Tonga, Vanuatu
Target Countries
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4. Funded by: Government of Japan
(US$1.5 million)
Project duration: 1 June 2017 to 30 Nov 2018
PROJECT PARTNERS
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan; Embassies of Japan; JICA Country
Offices
• Global Centre for Disaster Statistics, Tohoku University
• International Tsunami Information Centre (ITIC)
• Indian Ocean Tsunami Information Centre (IOC-IOTIC)
• Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) - International Center for
Interdisciplinary and Advanced Research (ICIAR)
• Fujitsu Ltd.
• PulseLab Jakarta
IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS
• UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub, UNDP Pacific Office and Country Offices
• Ministries of Meteorology, Disaster Management, Education etc.
• Local governments
• Red Cross and other NGOs
• Hospitals, traffic police, armed forces
• School authorities, faculty and students
Project
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5.  7,787 PARTICIPANTS - students, teachers and
members of school administration have
participated in the drills
 20 SCHOOLS have organized tsunami education,
developed emergency evacuation plans, and
conducted drills
 7 COUNTRIES have actively engaged in the
implementation of the regional project
Results
#90Drills

6.  Tsunami education and evacuation drills held in
schools in Bali island and Aceh province
 Local government signed MoUs with eight hotels to
serve as evacuation points for the schools in Bali,
marking the beginning from school preparedness to
whole of society preparedness
Indonesia
#90Drills
6 SCHOOLS
2,621 PARTICIPANTS

7.  Tsunami awareness messages promoted through an
education-entertainment campaign
 Activities included a public folk games event, singing
and drawing competitions, rock concert, and bike
parade
 Celebrity ambassador Ms Nguyen Thuy Van, hugely
popular TV host
Viet Nam
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2 SCHOOLS
2,479 PARTICIPANTS

8.  One school, one island, one community
 First ever tsunami evacuation drill in the country
 School emergency evacuation plans available
since 2004 but never tested out
Maldives
#90Drills
1 SCHOOL
605 PARTICIPANTS

9.  First large scale tsunami evacuation drills held
simultaneously in six schools to mark IDDR day
 DMO initiates a safety drill in schools damaged in
the 2007 tsunami on WTAD 2017
 Virtual reality headsets are used to prepare
children for the drills
Samoa
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7 SCHOOLS
1,300 PARTICIPANTS

10.  Strong local partnership to collect data,
conduct a tsunami risk assessment, develop
tsunami hazard maps
 Construction of new evacuation routes and
safe areas
Solomon Islands
#90Drills
2 SCHOOLS
400 PARTICIPANTS

11.  First ever tsunami drill
 Strong support from the Government of Tonga
 New evacuation road built for the drill
 Observed by students of two other high schools,
who will have their school drills in the future
Tonga
#90Drills
1 SCHOOL
300 PARTICIPANTS

12.  First ever tsunami drill to commemorate World
Tsunami Awareness Day
 The drill was combined with the cleaning of the
shoreline near the school to highlight the
importance of the environment in preparing for
disasters
Pakistan
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1 SCHOOL
129 PARTICIPANTS

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