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page 87<br />

Turkey, August 1999: Asuma<strong>in</strong>, 7, sits beside her grandmother<br />

outside the tent where the family is now liv<strong>in</strong>g near their destroyed<br />

house <strong>in</strong> the north-western town of Gulcuk, epicentre<br />

of the massive earthquake that struck North-West Turkey that<br />

left more than 14,000 people dead, tens of thousands miss<strong>in</strong>g<br />

and 600,000 homeless.<br />

© UNICEF/NYHQ1999-0683/Horner<br />

Cambodia<br />

page 89<br />

A small boy listens as villagers, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g his parents, discuss<br />

the removal of landm<strong>in</strong>es and other UXO with officials from<br />

the Cambodian M<strong>in</strong>e Action Centre (CMAC), as well as which<br />

areas to clear first, <strong>in</strong> the village of O Chheukram near the<br />

western town of Pail<strong>in</strong>. This area, near the border with<br />

Thailand, is one of the most heavily m<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> the world.<br />

© UNICEF/NYHQ2004-0766/Thomas<br />

page 93<br />

A girl holds a poster show<strong>in</strong>g different signs that warn of the<br />

presence of landm<strong>in</strong>es, at Boeng Prolith Primary <strong>School</strong> near<br />

the western town of Pail<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong> Cambodia, as part of landm<strong>in</strong>e<br />

awareness efforts. The two bottom images on the poster<br />

show broken twigs and crossed sticks - landm<strong>in</strong>e warn<strong>in</strong>gs<br />

used by villagers when they encounter possible m<strong>in</strong>econtam<strong>in</strong>ated<br />

areas, until official warn<strong>in</strong>g signs can be put up.<br />

© UNICEF/NYHQ2004-0763/Thomas<br />

Fiji<br />

page 95<br />

Fijian Girl, 2003. © UNICEF/FJIA2003-00001/Ah Sam<br />

Indonesia<br />

page 99<br />

On 6 October, boys sort through school books and other<br />

salvaged educational materials at destroyed Elementary <strong>School</strong><br />

17 <strong>in</strong> the coastal city of Padang, capital of West Sumatra<br />

Prov<strong>in</strong>ce. Several hundred schools were among more than<br />

180,000 build<strong>in</strong>gs damaged or destroyed dur<strong>in</strong>g the earthquakes.<br />

Over the past two days, UNICEF has distributed<br />

15 school tents <strong>in</strong> the area, and an additional 228 are en route.<br />

© UNICEF/NYHQ2009-1516/Estey<br />

Lao PDR<br />

page 105<br />

In 1996 <strong>in</strong> the Lao People's Democratic Republic, sitt<strong>in</strong>g around<br />

a coffee table, women who work for the British dem<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g company<br />

MAG, discuss landm<strong>in</strong>e awareness posters designed by them<br />

at the company's office <strong>in</strong> Vientiane, the capital.<br />

© UNICEF/NYHQ1996-0843/Semeniuk<br />

<strong>Disaster</strong> <strong>Risk</strong> <strong>Reduction</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>Curricula</strong>: <strong>Case</strong> <strong>Studies</strong> from Thirty Countries

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