Building the resilience of communities against natural disasters Role of ICT

Objectives of this session Brief look at role of ICT in Disaster Risk Reduction with 3 case studies Hands on experience with the UNESCO Tsunami Teacher and DRR resources on the Open Training Platform Complete yesterday’s session – installing Sugar on a Stick educational software

3 case studies Orissa, India : Block Disaster Info Centres Indonesia : Community Radio Solomon Islands : village stations Hands on application: Tsunami Teacher

Orissa Block Disaster Management Information Centres

2001 floods Organic growth Volunteerism Women self-help groups Youth groups Local NGOs

Telecentre management model Consolidated in a telecentre network Model scaled up to 4000 centres

Indonesia Role of Community Radio in Disasters

Community radio in disaster recovery and management Coms infrastructure destroyed Many journalists killed Left Aceh isolated Radio only viable ICT Initially used in ER Then focus on R&R

Support from aid orgs Dialogue mechanism needed Deal with healing and trauma Mobilise communities CR voices interests of local people Linking displaced people Helped open up Aceh Community radio in disaster recovery and management

CR and importance of social networks Dispel rumours Builds solidarity Hubs for groups involved in recovery Listening groups mobilised for collective actions Watchdog

Technical issues AM/FM and licensing Availability of receivers Mobile phones and CR Internet and CR Web based content Standard procedures Funding CR works with community

Solomon Islands April 2007

Solomon Islands People First Network PFnet Rural community stations Started 2001 – peoplefirst.net.sb 13

Community Radio and DRM Education – Information Building social solidarity

Online Site PDF version is on the server in folder: Leeming/Wednesday You can also request a copy of the Tsunami Teacher on CD to be mailed to you – send to (please state that you have seen it demonstrated at the ITU workshop)

WikiEducator Collaborate to create educational resources on DRM Create a project portal page on W.E. and collaborate to develop resources for disaster management. Works well as a “community of practice” and linked to telecentres and community radio (i.e. create DRM learning programmes for radio) UNESCO Open Training Platform Open Courses – Certificates in Disaster Management

Sugar Labs now develops the Sugar user interface and learning software for children

SOAS Where to get the latest SOAS image Need LiveUSBCreator USB format tool

Installing and running Install LiveUSBCreator Prepare Flashdrive (we have done this for you on the one provided) note: use FAT Run LiveUSBCreator with the latest SOAS image Boot up on the desktop or laptop Add extra activities from Download and then use another flashdrive and import using the “Journal activity”

Installing Sugar on a Stick Instruction sheet on server and printed Software on server /Leeming/SOAS – Iso (image) file for SOAS 4 (Mango Lassi) – LiveUSB Creator – USB format tool We have 8 flashdrives Try your own (but use USB format tool - FAT) Delete contents and let someone else have a go

Running SOAS Warning- these are development versions, some things may not work 100% please return to the Sugar Labs website to see if new versions are released! Boot priority Latest version needs a helping hand booting (press shift key and enter “linux0” at prompt) Install other XO activities when running using 2 nd flashdrive or download using the Browse activity (needs Internet connection) Laptops provided, wireless not detected by SOAS (sorry!!!)