REDXPRÉSENTATION DE PROJETS INNOVANTS ET D’INITIATIVES LOCALES

REDx : PRÉSENTATION DE PROJETS INNOVANTS ET D’INITIATIVES LOCALES

Boîte à outils pour l’éducation à la réduction des risques de catastrophes, à l’adaptation aux changements climatiques

et à la protection des écosystèmes pour les enfants des écoles primaires à Haïti

Natalia CORRO BARRIENTAS,Coordinatrice des programmes de réduction des risques de catastrophes,

plateforme d’intervention Amériques-Caraïbes (PIRAC)

Thuy-Binh NGUYEN,Référente technique Réduction des risques de catastrophes / Adaptation

aux changements climatiques à la Croix-Rouge française

TITRE DE PAGE

DRR, CCA AND ENVIRONMENPROTECTION EDUCATION IN HAITI

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Haiti, a country exposed to extreme weather events, climate change and environment degradation.

Haiti is considered the third most affected country by extreme weather events in terms of lives and economic losses.

Photo: Hurricane Matthew in 2016 (AP)

• 1.125 million people affected• More than 546 people died• Estimated total damage around $1.89 billion.• Over 400 schools damaged, 130,000 children affected• 150 other schools functioned as shelters

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DISASTERS IN HAITI

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1- Massive deforestation2- Inefficient waste and sewage management3- Overexploitation of coastal resources

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ENVIRONMENT DEGRADATION IN HAITI

Haiti is equally considered one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change.

During the last four decades:• average temperatures have risen, • rainy season start three months later • more severe droughts in dry seasons and heavy rainfall

during the rainy seasons. • Sea level rise and a succession of storms. • Increase in saltwater influx and the rise of the oceans

tends to salinate the soil.

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CLIMATE CHANGE IN HAITI

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Our proposal to RiskAward:

STRENGTHENING THE RESILIENCE OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS CHILDREN TO EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS AND NATURAL HAZARDS IN HAITI

Direct effect:

Family: child and/or parent/caregiver’s morbidity and mortality (e.g., a child drowns in a flood or contracts illness from contamination of food or water, death or illness of parent or caregiver).

Mental health problems: Not only are disasters themselves stressful and frightening, but children can suffer psychological harm from the damage to their homes and possessions; from migration; from the grief of losing loved ones; from seeing parents or caregivers undergo stress; from neglect and abuse; and from breakdowns in social networks, neighborhoods, and local economies.

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IMPACTS OF DISASTERS ON CHILDREN’S HEALTH

Indirect effect: disaster’s impact on the supply of health care.

Destroying, damaging, or straining health infrastructure

Compromising other water and sewage infrastructure that can have an impact on child health and increase exposure to vector-borne diseases.

Indirect effects: Income shocks would reduce the demand for health inputs.

The need to relocate or reconstruct housing, replenish food reserves, or replace lost livestock may crowd out critical early childhood health investments (e.g., nutrition and immunization).

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IMPACTS OF DISASTERS ON CHILDREN’S HEALTH

OUR APPROACH: AUXILIARY TO THE GOVERNMENT

Ministry of Education (MENFP) approved a plan in 2018 for the “éducation relative à l’environnement” (ERE) in agreement with the Ministry of Environment is working to implement environmental-based curriculum.

MENFP is also working with DPC to implement DRR-based curriculum, but no links between Environment and DRR curricula

The project proposal supports a DRR-CCA-Environment Protection education in Haiti.

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OUR APPROACH: STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS

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OUR APPROACH: ECOSYSTEM-BASED DRR AND CCA

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MERCIPOURVOTREATTENTION !