Emergencies

This lesson provides background information on the different kinds of natural disasters and asks students to match types of natural disasters (and human-made disasters) with their correct descriptions.

This lesson explores the difference between wants and needs. During natural disasters, families and communities lose many things, however there is a difference between what people need to survive compared to what they want.

This activity sheet, deveoped by UNICEF Australia, utilizes real-life stories from children affected by the Horn of Africa Drought, in order to provide students with more information about the emergency and about how UNICEF and its partners are responding.

Two years after the 12 January 2010 earthquake, the scars of disaster are still visible on the infrastructure, institutions and social systems of Haïti. They are also apparent on the bodies and in the minds of children, parents and caregivers. But as the second anniversary of this calamitous event (deemed the most destructive in recent decades) passes, there is also clear evidence of healing - and in some cases, of not just recovery, but meaningful and positive change that holds the key to realising the transformative agenda for children.

 

Thousands of Palestinian refugees live at a refugee camp in Lebanon. UNICEF helps ensure that children in refugee camps are able to access an education and continue their studies, despite endemic poverty.

Watch a video about secondary school children in Georgia who participated in a UNICEF program aimed to reduce disaster risk in an area that recently suffered from severe flooding.

Refugees fleeing Libya face challenges and violence at a refugee camp along the Libya/Tunisia border. Learn how UNICEF and its partners are providing water, sanitation and education services amidst this challenging environment.

Sebastian, a young boy in Haiti, describes his family’s ordeal after the devastating earthquake struck in January, 2010.