Children and Disasters Annotated Resource List

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Children, Youth and Environments 18(1), 2008 Children and Disasters Annotated Resource List Sara Gill Department of Sociology Colorado State University Lindsey Gulsvig Larimer County Adult Protection Services Fort Collins, Colorado Lori Peek Department of Sociology Colorado State University Citation: Gill, Sara, Lindsey Gulsvig, and Lori Peek (2008). “Children and Disasters Annotated Resource List.” Children, Youth and Environments 18(1): 485-510. This annotated resource list includes information on agencies and organizations around the world that help children prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural and human-made disasters; descriptions of educational materials and other resources aimed at informing children and youth about disasters; references to books written for children and youth about disasters; references to reports and books on children’s experiences in disasters; and a summary of electronic mailing lists established to connect those concerned with child and youth disaster risk reduction, education, and protection. The list does not include references to peerreviewed journal articles on the topic of children and disasters and is limited to resources published in English. We used a variety of sources to compile these materials. We began by emailing colleagues who subscribe to the Children, Youth, and Disasters Network, the Disaster Risk Reduction Education Network, and the Hazards and Schools mailing lists and asking for their recommendations for resources to include in the list. Next, we conducted literature searches using the University of Colorado Natural Hazards Center’s HazLit database and the University of Delaware Disaster Research Center’s library database. Finally, we conducted numerous Internet searches, using terms such as “child,” “youth,” “disaster,” and “emergency.” Although we attempted to be as comprehensive as possible in our search for materials on children and disasters, the list below is not exhaustive. If you have additional suggestions for information that should be included, please contact Lori Peek (lori.peek@colostate.edu).© 2008 Children, Youth and Environments Children and Disasters Annotated Resource List 486 Agencies and Organizations ActionAid International http://www.actionaid.org/ ActionAid is a global anti-poverty agency that works with the world’s poorest people in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. ActionAid recognizes that poor people are vulnerable in disasters, and because women and girls are likely the poorest of the poor, they are especially at risk. ActionAid works with those with limited access to information, a lack of resources, and inadequate government protection to try to reduce suffering during times of disaster. ActionAid responds in the immediate aftermath of disaster by providing food, water, medicine, and shelter to people in need, and also continues to work closely with poor communities to help with rebuilding and to reduce the risk of future disasters and conflicts. American Red Cross http://www.redcross.org/services/youth/0,1082,0_326_,00.html The American Red Cross offers several services that are aimed at youth. The organization’s goal is to provide young people with meaningful opportunities for education, training, and volunteer/community service so they remain a part of the Red Cross throughout their lives. Young people up to age 24 make up 35 percent of all Red Cross volunteers. With training, youth and young adults may become involved in many areas of Red Cross Disaster Services, including disaster education, disaster preparation in their local community, and disaster response through Red Cross disaster action teams and youth disaster corps. Camp Noah http://www.elca.org/disaster/resources/05-08-10-noah.asp Camp Noah is a United States-based program supported by Lutheran Disaster Response. Camp Noah is a free, week-long day camp that focuses on children affected by natural disasters. The goal of Camp Noah is to decrease children’s trauma-related stress by allowing children to process their emotional and psychological responses within a faith-based context. Camp Noah camps run approximately two to six months post-disaster and use structured curricula that follows the disaster cycle of recovery and applies the Old Testament Bible story of Noah and the Ark. The program is aimed at children from kindergarten through sixth grade. Child Health International Large Scale Disaster (CHILDisaster) Network http://www.aap.org/disaster/ The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is an organization of 55,000 pediatricians from over 60...