Why this Initiative? The Second Session of the Global Platform on DRR, held in Geneva last June 2009, proposed that by 2011 national assessments of the safety of existing education and health facilities should be undertaken, and that by 2015 concrete action plans for safer schools and hospitals should be developed and implemented in all disaster prone countries. These targets have emerged out of the World Disaster Reduction Campaign on Hospital Safe from Disasters. The campaign also builds on the Kuala Lumpur Action Plan, which was requested by Ministers at the 3rd Asian Ministerial Conference on DRR, held in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia in December 2008.

Why safe schools and hospitals? People in unsafe schools, hospitals and health facilities are at the greatest risk of losing their lives. Children in schools and the sick in hospitals and health facilities are the most vulnerable people in times of disaster. When schools are damaged, learning opportunities are disrupted, and the quality of education drops. When hospitals and health facilities are destroyed, the treatment of the sick is hampered and the saving of victims during a catastrophe becomes difficult. The safety of schools, hospitals and health facilities has to be enhanced to address the increasing risk due to climate change and other disasters, both natural and man-made.

Purpose Involve everybody - individuals, groups or institutions Raise public awareness and create a demand for safe schools and hospitals

Who can pledge? Everybody can pledge Individual – student, parent, teacher, patient, doctor, nurse Community, Organizations, Institutions Local and National Governments Business groups and corporations Donors

The Pledge has 3 components Public Awareness - make people aware about safe schools and hospitals Emergency and Disaster Preparedness - be prepared in case of emergencies and disasters Disaster Risk Reduction - contribute time, effort or resources to make schools and hospitals safer

What it means to pledge? The commitment is your commitment, embodied as a person, a family, a society, an organization, a government enterprise or entity action. You should choose a school, hospital or medical facility, you will start the promise of action. Have each person's commitment. You can guarantee a simple task, a complex project or a large investment. Depending on your ability, time and resources, you can choose the appropriate role of the pledges into three categories:

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From right to left: Representative of UNESCO Office Jakarta; Chairman of the Indonesian National Platform for DRR; Chairman of the National 1MSSH Campaign; Vice Minister of National Education; Coordinating Minster for People’s Welfare; Minister for Health, Chairman of the National Agency for Disaster Management; Indonesian Ambassador, Permanent Delegation of UNESCO in Paris.

Coordinating Minister for People’s Welfare Officially Launching the 1 Million Safe Schools and Hospitals Campaign in Indonesia From right to left: Chairman of the National 1MSSH Campaign; Vice Minister of National Education; Coordinating Minster for People’s Welfare; Minister for Health, Chairman of the National Agency for Disaster Management; Indonesian Ambassador, Permanent Delegation of UNESCO in Paris.

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Planned national launches Pakistan (October 2010) India (November 2010) Thailand (sometime 2010) China (2011) Malaysia (December 2010?) Myanmar (2011?) Cambodia (2011?)

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