1. Philippines Typhoon Credit: Tata Abella-Bolo/Oxfam

2. What is a disaster?

3. Page 3 You don’t bother revising and fail all 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? a disaster?

4. Page 4 Storms hit England Wikimedia Commons Who helps?

5. Page 5 Inside Lebanon – where families live Storms hit the Philippines Who helps? Vincent Malasador/Oxfam

6. Super-typhoon Haiyan November 2013

7. Page 7 Photo: Erik De Castro/REUTERS

8. Page 8 Photo: EPA/DENNIS M. SABANGAN

9. Page 9 Photo: Erik de Castro / Reuters

10. Page 10 Photo: Kit Recebido/EPA

11. What makes some disasters worse than others?

12. Page 12 There are many types of disaster Floods Droughts Earthquakes Storms All photos: Oxfam Words and Pictures

13. Page 13 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…

14. Page 14 Inside Lebanon – where children play Carrefour-Feuille, Haiti, before the 2010 earthquake. Photo: Diana Hernandez Cordero/Oxfam Vulnerability

15. Page 15 Inside Lebanon – children’s chores Photo: Geoff Sayer/Oxfam Resilience A grain store in a drought-affected area of Tanzania.

16. Page 16 Inside Lebanon – not going to school Oxfam’s warehouse in Mindanao, Philippines – December 2012. Being Prepared Photo: Caroline Gluck/Oxfam

17. Page 17 Inside Jordan – Za’atari Refugee Camp Both pictures: Wikimedia Commons London, UK Niamey, Niger …the wealth and resources of a country’s government and people. The human impact of a disaster is influenced by…

18. Page 18 Inside Jordan – arriving at the border The human impact of a disaster is influenced by… …the degree of inequality within a country. Wikimedia Commons Rio de Janairo, Brazil

19. Responding to disasters

20. Page 20 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.

21. Page 21 Humanitarian Response Water Sanitation Photo: Justine Lesage/Oxfam Quebec Oxfam Words and Pictures

22. Page 22 Development A school in Sri Lanka rebuilt following the 2004 Tsunami. Photo: Howard Davies/Oxfam

23. Page 23 Building resilience A latrine raised above the level of floodwater in Bangladesh. Photo: Shehab Uddin / DRIK/ Oxfam GB

24. Page 24 Campaigning Demanding that rich countries take action on climate change at an Oxfam Climate Hearing. Oxfam Words and Pictures

25. Get Involved

26. Page 26 Get involved Organise a fundraising event www.dec.org.uk/ Learn and campaign with Oxfam http://bit.ly/1fEmwW8 John McLaverty/Oxfam

27. Page 27 Thank you www.oxfam.org.uk/education Oxfam Words and Pictures