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THE NEPAL EARTHQUAKE

WHAT IS A DISASTER?

Page 3 You don’t bother revising and fail your exams. Your house burns down but you are fully insured. You lose everything in a flood. Thousands of people in your area are affected. Local roads and bridges have been swept away. WHAT IS A DISASTER?

Page 4 AN EARTHQUAKE HITS NEW ZEALAND Who helps?

Page 5 AN EARTHQUAKE HITS NEW ZEALAND Who helps?

Page 6 AN EARTHQUAKE HITS NEPAL Who helps?

NEPAL EARTHQUAKE 25 April 2015

Page 8 WHERE IS NEPAL? India China

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WHY ARE SOME DISASTERS WORSE THAN OTHERS?

Page 15 THERE ARE MANY TYPES OF DISASTER Floods Weather - related Droughts Weather - related Earthquakes Geological Storms Weather - related

Page 16 The vulnerability of people living in a disaster area. The resilience of the people affected by a disaster. Whether governments, people and other organisations are prepared for a disaster. THE IMPACT OF A DISASTER DEPENDS ON…

Page 17 Carrefour-Feuille, Haiti, before the 2010 earthquake VULNERABILITY

Page 18 RESILIENCE A grain store in an area of Tanzania affected by drought

Page 19 Inside Lebanon – not going to school Emergency supplies being loaded for a flight to Nepal BEING PREPARED

Page 20 London, UK Niamey, Niger …the wealth and resources of a country’s government and people. THE HUMAN IMPACT OF A DISASTER IS INFLUENCED BY...

Page 21 Inside Jordan – arriving at the border THE HUMAN IMPACT OF A DISASTER IS INFLUENCED BY… …the degree of inequality within a country. Rio de Janairo, Brazil

RESPONDING TO DISASTERS

Page 23 RESPONDING TO DISASTERS Humanitarian response: meet people’s basic needs just after a disaster. Development: rebuild following a disaster. Building resilience: support people to protect themselves against disasters. Campaigning: persuade governments to do more to support poor people at risk from disasters.

Page 24 HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE Water Sanitation

Page 25 DEVELOPMENT A school in Sri Lanka rebuilt following the 2004 Tsunami.

Page 26 BUILDING RESILIENCE A latrine raised above the level of floodwater in Bangladesh

Page 27 CAMPAIGNING Demanding that rich countries take action on climate change at an Oxfam Climate Hearing.

GET INVOLVED

Page 29 Get involved

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