GLOBAL DIMENSION - last updated 07/01/05

Resources:

1. Oxfam: Tsunami in Asia - support for teachers

2. Global Dimension - links to resources

3. Citizenship-global - links to guidance

4. Dealing with Crises and Teaching about Traumatic Events

5. Teachernet

6. BBC natural disasters

Humanitarian aid, reports and articles

7. Department for International Development

8. UK Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC)

9. Global aid organisations

10. International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

11. Appeal for Tsunami hit famillies of Tamil Nadu

12. TUC Aid Tsunami Appeal

13. Aceh Emergency - TAPOL Urgent Appeal

14. UNESCO

15. UN officials tour countries hit by tsunami disaster

16. UN reports over $2 billion in pledges for the tsunami relief effort

17. BBC News

18. Guardian Special Report

19. Could the tsunami disaster be a turning point for the world?

20. Q&A: The weight of debt

1. Oxfam: Tsunami in Asia - support for teachers

The disaster in Asia has shocked and saddened us all. Oxfam has put together online support for teachers that enables young people to explore and understand key issues relating to global catastrophes.

You can access our free online Dealing with Disasters resource here:

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/teachers/latest.htm

There is also information about what Oxfam is doing in the affected countries, and how schools can help.

Please pass this on to your teacher networks, and do let us know if you have relevant online material that you think we should be linking to. Email links to iallen@oxfam.org.uk

2. Global Dimension

Links to information on teaching resources for all key stages including Natural Disasters published by the Humanities Education Centre, a short resource that looks at how to introduce media stories about natural disasters to primary aged children, and presents ideas for discussion and reflection. The issues covered in the resource include hurricanes, earthquakes, water and floods and famine, and gives ideas about further resources and activities.

http://www.globaldimension.org.uk

3. Citizenship-global

Links to information to support the global dimension to Citizenship education, including guidance on dealing with sensitive and controversial issues.

http://www.citizenship-global.org.uk/info.html

4. Dealing with Crises and Teaching about Traumatic Events:

Guides for helping children express themselves, deal with trauma, and build community from US teachers' site.

http://www.esrnational.org/sp/we/healing.htm

5. Teachernet

This Y7-Y11 assembly explores the consequences of earthquakes. It examines the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and goes on to look at the effects of earthquakes in developing countries today.

http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/management/assemblies/index.cfm?mode=searchdisplay&id=55&history=keyword

6. BBC natural disasters

BBC 'hot topics' site on natural disasters, including earthquakes, floods & storms, tidal waves & droughts, Could natural disasters devastate Britain? What do you know about disasters? Do you feel at risk? Timeline of events

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics/naturaldisasters/tidalwaves.shtml

7. Department for International Development Asia earthquake and Tsunamis

How you can help: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/news/files/emergencies/asian-earthquake-help.asp

Situation Reports: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/news/files/emergencies/asian-earthquake-sitreps.asp

8. Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC)

The Disasters Emergency Committee is an umbrella group of UK aid organisations - including ActionAid, British Red Cross, Oxfam - working to provide clean water, food and shelter to thousands. To call from the UK dial 0870 60 60 900.

http://www.dec.org.uk/

9. Global aid organisations

BBC link to global aid organisations that have launched urgent appeals for donations to help survivors of the Indian Ocean earthquake disaster, including the Hindu Forum Disaster Relief Task Force, Islamic Relief and Medair.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4131881.stm

10. International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

News stories, press releases, operation updates and appeals for funds

http://www.ifrc.org/what/disasters/response/tsunamis/index.asp

11. Appeal for Tsunami hit famillies of Tamil Nadu

AID, an organisation with strong presence in Tamilnadu, would like to do both short term and long term help in the form of relief and development works to the survivor families and their communities. For further information, please contact: 0121-5555854 in UK or 0091-44-26272336, for India, email:aidindia@btinternet.com, aiduk@btinternet.com

http://www.aidindia.org.uk , http://www.aidindia.net

12. TUC Aid Tsunami Appeal

Brendan Barber, TUC General Secretary: 'The breathtaking levels of death and devastation caused by the earthquake and tsunamis in south east Asia has shocked and saddened everyone around the world.'

Urgent appeal to help regional trade unions to rebuild and re-equip themselves.

http://www.unicef.org.uk/emergency/emergency_detail.asp?emergency=20&nodeid=e20

13. Aceh Emergency - TAPOL Urgent Appeal

To donate directly to civil society organisations on the ground in Aceh, contact TAPOL, the Indonesia Human Rights Campaign,Tel/Fax: 01420 80153, Email: plovers@gn.apc.org, Internet: http://tapol.gn.apc.org

14. UNESCO

Indonesian tsunami: Director-General convenes the Task force on prevention of natural disasters

http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=1202&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

15. UN officials tour countries hit by tsunami disaster

4 January 2005 – As Secretary-General Kofi Annan flew to South Asia to attend a global conference to coordinate aid for countries devastated by last week’s tsunami, United Nations agency heads toured the area to fine-tune responses to the disaster that killed nearly 150,000 people, injured 500,000 more and left up to 5 million lacking basic services.

http://www.un.org/news/

16. UN reports over $2 billion in pledges for the tsunami relief effort

1 January 2005 – With some 40 countries offering support for the victims of the tsunami disaster, over $2 billion in pledges had already been recorded for the emergency and recovery phase, a senior United Nations relief official said today.

That was more than all of the pledges to all humanitarian appeals in 2004 combined…

http://www.un.org/news/

17. BBC Asia Quake Disaster site

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/world/2004/asia_quake_disaster/default.stm

18. Guardian Special Report

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tsunami/0,15671,1380306,00.html

19. Could the tsunami disaster be a turning point for the world?

4 January 2005, The Independent - As the international aid effort grows and George Bush launches a fresh appeal, we ask politicians and commentators if 2005 might see a new determination to tackle global poverty

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=597488

20. Q&A: The weight of debt,

BBC News, Tuesday, 4 January - UK Chancellor Gordon Brown wants the world's richest nations to freeze foreign debt repayments for countries hit by the Asian tsunami disaster. The move would allow countries such as Thailand, India, Indonesia and Sri Lanka to focus money on reconstruction.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4145007.stm

Patricia Gilbert

Membership Development Officer

Development Education Association

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Tel: +44 (020) 7490 8108

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www.citizenship-global.org.uk

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Deborah Gadd