Natural Disaster Youth Summit 2025 in KOBE
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In recent years, as natural disasters caused by climate change have become more severe, it has become more important than ever to foster disaster prevention awareness on a global scale.
NDYS has been held with the aim of nurturing future citizens who will be
responsible for building disaster-resistant cities by having youth from
around the world learn about the various issues caused by disasters and
work to solve these issues through international collaborative learning.
This marks the 30th anniversary of the KOBE Earthquake,Commemorating the 20th anniversary of NDYS "2025 in KOBE" was
held on March 22, 2025, at Kobe Municipal Fukiai High School, in collaboration
with schools in Malaysia, Georgia, Oman, India, Taiwan, and other coutries
& regions of the world online.
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Summary
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Tackling Climate Change: Creating a Sustainable Society
Many issues of disaster prevention now need to be considered at a global
level. We offer programmes to develop global citizens who want a sustainable
future.
This is a project in which children will learn the preciousness of human lives and how to reduce disaster impacts such as
earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, wildfires, floods, hurricanes, landslides,
tsunamis, droughts and so on through the communication and collaboration
with global friends.
NDYS was first organized in Hyogo in May 2004 and started from September
2004, commemorating 10th year of great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake, Japan
in 1995. We learned the importance of human lives and preparedness for
disasters.
In recent years, it has been pointed out that extreme abnormal weather caused by climate change may be linked to an increase
in large-scale natural disasters. Natural disasters such as heavy rain,
floods and wildfires are increasing in many parts of the world, and they become major obstacles
not only to people's lives, but also sustainable development. To take urgent action to combat climate change
and its impacts is an urgent global issue.
We would like to have presentation day on Saturday, March 22, 2025 from 14:00 to 16:30 (JST). We are looking forward to your participation.
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Programs
NDYS has three Programs. You can select one or more programs which fit
to your school curriculum.
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1. "Global Disaster Safety Map” program
Let's create global disaster safety map! |
Students will create a Disaster Safety Map of their school’s
surrounding areas or your neighborhood. Students will do research on the
environment near their school and put this information in the map, including
where is safe, where is dangerous and places they love and are proud of.
Add your ideas of how to help disabled people
too. Send the photo of completed disaster safety map to ndys@jearn.jp.
You may put your map on the Gallery of iEARN Collaboration Center, too. Students will have discussion
on the zoom meeting.
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| The first Disaster Safety Map
Exhibition
at Kaohsiung city in Taiwan (NDYS2006 in Taiwan)
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"NDYS2015 in Toyota"
Orientation & Disaster Safety Map Making |
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2.“NDYS Teddy Bear Exchange and Kid’s Safety Bag” program
As a subsidiary program, the NDYS Teddy Bears (NDYS Little Ambassadors)
will be exchanged between partner schools to strengthen the friendly bond
at the NDYS conference. Each School can make Kid’s Safety Bag (Emergency
bag), too.
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| 3. "Healing Power of Music from Trauma after Disaster" program |
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As you
may know natural disasters leave behind long-lasting and severe trauma. Music
can have a beneficial effort in helping people recover from Natural
Disaster. It will be wonderful, if we can share such music. As we believe the healing power of music, NDYS has decided to collaborate with iEARN Taisho-koto project from 2015. We would like you to introduce the music of your country which heals people’s hearts and makes people happy and alive. It will be ideal if you can send us your video or upload it onto YouTube. We will practice and play music through videoconference once a month.
| Music performance: SMP Islam Al Azhar 44 - Bekasi, Indonesia (NDYS2022) |
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Languages : English,
Japanese
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Student
Age Levels : 5-11 (Primary), 12-14 (Middle), 15-18 (Secondary)
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Dates : Sept 2024- Sept 2025
Curriculum area
Integrated studies, Science, Art, English,
Social studies, Risk Management
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outcomes |
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Natural Disaster Youth Summit 2025 Declaration
Local Disaster Safety Maps and Global Disaster Safety Map
Music performance "Healing Power of Music from Trauma after Disaster
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Kid’s safety Bag
Websites created by NDYS students, PowerPoint presentations, booklets,
websites in different languages, and a big friendly family of teachers
and students.
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