Resilience starts at home

Resilience starts at home🏡, and so should risk knowledge and risk mapping. 

🌍While disasters and climate crises affect everyone, their impacts are often disproportionate for children, girls, women, persons with disabilities, and economically and socially marginalized households.

🎤This learning was shared through an Ignition Presentation at the 5th National Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (NCDRR) on 13 October 2026 (Day 1), commemorating the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR).

💡Because effective anticipatory action begins with understanding risks where they matter most: at the household level.

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Youth issues on disaster risk reduction at national symposium

By: Phurba Sange Moktan

Youths shared ideas, opinions and experiences on the issues of youths on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) at National symposium held on Kathmandu. 

As a part of International Disaster Risk Reduction Day-11 (IDRR-11), national symposium entitled, “Importance of participation of Youths and Children in DRR in Nepal” was conducted at Kathmandu on October 13 with the joint effort of various youth organizations and other stakeholders where “paschim paaila” was one of them. The symposium basically focused on the issues of Youths and children and their role on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) which is definitely an issue for consideration.

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