Visit to Hatibandha, north Bangladesh, to see Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) programmes in flood risk areas. The work centred around Children’s Participation in DRR. This included hazard mapping, planning early warning systems, the importance of raining homesteads, protecting school materials from rising waters, first aid training and disease awareness. 17-23 March 2008.
(Photo: G.M.B. Akash/ Panos Pictures)
Journalist: Raekha Prasad, The Guardian
UKNO contact: Alistair Clay, Senior Press Officer.