This Participants Manual is a reference resource to be used in the "Joj blong yumi i help long taem blong disasta" training program together with the Facilitators Manual. The training program teaches Christian Church leaders and groups in Vanuatu about disaster management.
Christian Churches in Vanuatu are a strong network that can help all people (not just their own members) before, during and after a disaster. The activities in the training program teach Church leaders to work with all in their community to prepare and respond to natural disasters.
Assessment of weaknesses and opportunities regarding Port Vila's vulnerability to climate change and disaster risk.
Drft report on likely impacts of climate change on the greater port vila area ,and strategies of urban planning to offset these impacts.
Games for Youth
Experience has shown the effectiveness of transmitting information about climate change risks through games and exercises based on participation, role-playing, decision making and other forms of artistic expression. This type of learning, involves sensations, feelings, new behaviours and response to various stimulus through simulated actions.
Below are a few games that are used by other National Societies to work with children and youth on climate change. Read the objective to find out which games might be most suitable for your group.
Cartoon illustrating how we should get rid of our rubbish in such a way that won't have environmental impacts.
Around the world, weather patterns are shifting
and farmers are scrambling to adjust as the
leading edge of climate change is arriving.
In quite a few places, growing seasons have
expanded, in others they have contracted. Sea
levels are rising and water tables are shrinking.
For agriculture, climate change is no longer
conjecture but a fact of daily life.
Ol scientist ol agree se klaemet istap
jenis. Hemia nao wanem oli singaotem
global warming. Igat fulap samting i
contribute long global warming. Hemi igat
increase blo urganization, deforestation
mo rapis fasen blo sakem ol agrikajarol
waste. Klaemet jenis hemi causem ol
samting olsem rise blo silevel mo
temperaja.