ABSTRACT
According to the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction disasters are defined as, a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources. A disaster, by contrast, is an event that causes serious disruption to the normal ways of a community or society involving extensive human, infrastructural, economic, or environmental losses that the affected community or society cannot bear on its own. It appears that DRR that employs student-centred teaching approaches result in better results than traditional teacher-centred and worksheet- and lecture-based approaches. Special consideration must be given to children's particular learning needs or cultural background. Children are one of the most vulnerable demographic groups in disasters. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that children account for 30 to 50 percent of disaster fatalities.
