CBM film wins award at Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) conference
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Left to right: Matthew Hanning (CBM Country Representative in Indonesia), Kazol Rekha (subject of the winning video) and Nazmul Bari (Director at CBM partner organisation Centre for Disability in Development - CDD) with the award
A video produced by CBM Australia and partners, focusing on a young woman who lives in a flood prone region of Bangladesh, has won a top award at the first 'UNISDR Asia Disaster Risk Reduction Film Festival' in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Best film ‘Human Interest’ category
The 5th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) was held from 22 to 25 October 2012 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. During the conference, organisers held the first 'UNISDR Asia Disaster Risk Reduction Film Festival' with 47 films on DRR-related themes entered.
The CBM entry - developed as part of CBM Australia’s End the Cycle initiative - was nominated and received the award for the best film in the ‘Human Interest’ category.
This film is about Kazol Rekha, a young woman from Bangladesh, telling her own story and also talking about her role as a member of her village disaster preparedness committee.
Kazol herself was at the event in Yogyakarta, and shared her experience at technical conference sessions and a Q&A discussion with Matthew Hanning (CBM Country Representative in Indonesia) and Mr. Nazmul Bari, who is Director of CBM’s partner organisation Centre for Disability in Development (CDD).
The CBM entry - developed as part of CBM Australia’s End the Cycle initiative - was nominated and received the award for the best film in the ‘Human Interest’ category.
This film is about Kazol Rekha, a young woman from Bangladesh, telling her own story and also talking about her role as a member of her village disaster preparedness committee.
Kazol herself was at the event in Yogyakarta, and shared her experience at technical conference sessions and a Q&A discussion with Matthew Hanning (CBM Country Representative in Indonesia) and Mr. Nazmul Bari, who is Director of CBM’s partner organisation Centre for Disability in Development (CDD).
‘Kazol and the Flood’
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Kazol Rekha is a young woman living in a village in a flood-prone area of Bangladesh. Kazol is a wheelchair user following an accident where she had a spinal cord injury.
In this video she tells about her role on the Disaster Preparedness Committee, making sure people with disability are not forgotten when disaster strikes.
In this video she tells about her role on the Disaster Preparedness Committee, making sure people with disability are not forgotten when disaster strikes.
Prize money given to CDD
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Kazol Rekha at home working on her sewing machine
The award also came with a 10 million Indonesian Rupiah prize (about US$ 1,000), which will be donated to the Bangladeshi organisation 'Centre for Disability in Development' (CDD) from whom Kazol benefited as part of a CBM-supported programme. CDD plan to use this money to organise English courses for Kazol.
The importance of disability inclusion, and the Yogyakarta Declaration - Valérie Scherrer
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Valérie Scherrer
"This movie is a good chance to increase people’s awareness about the inclusive-disability issue in Disaster Risk Reduction. In fact, the disability issue became the one that stood out in the conference - how persons with disabilities, also children and women, are contributing to reduce the impact of disaster" Valérie Scherrer,
Senior Manager, CBM Emergency Response Unit.
In the closing ceremony, the Head of the Indonesia National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Syamsul Maarif, delivered seven items on the Yogyakarta Declaration.
Senior Manager, CBM Emergency Response Unit.
In the closing ceremony, the Head of the Indonesia National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Syamsul Maarif, delivered seven items on the Yogyakarta Declaration.
- The first point mentions the importance of integration between disaster management and climate change adaptation. The progress is also expected to involve the vulnerable community such as women, children, the elderly and person with disabilities.
- Second, the conference expressed the importance of the study on the financial risk from disasters. Adequate financial support to local communities needs to be pursued by identifying institutions as potential donors.
- In the third point, it is stated that disaster risk reduction should involve local communities and strengthen governance. Local wisdom should be considered in disaster risk reduction.
- The importance of building the resilience of local communities is on the fourth item. Construction of schools and hospitals which are disaster-resistant, economic and social capacity of disaster-resistant infrastructure also needed.
- In the fifth point, countries were asked to identify the things that will be achieved after 2015 and include ways of measuring effectively. The capacity of government, public engagement and public knowledge about disaster need to be evaluated.
- Item six states the need of reducing disaster risk factors. Meanwhile, the last items explained the importance of reviewing other issues in the HFA, such inclusive disaster reduction measures.
- 5th AMCDRR in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, attended by 72 delegates from Asia-Pacific countries. And this is the second to last meeting before the end of the Hyogo Framework of Action (HFA) which initiated in the year of 2005 to 2015.
Information on external websites
News about the winning video
News about the conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
- Disabled advocate takes centre stage at UNISDR film festival - United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
- Deklarasi Yogya Disepakati untuk Mengurangi Risiko Bencana - Metro News, with television report (in Indonesian)
- `Kazol and the Flood` Menangi Festival Film AMCDRR - Metro News (in Indonesian)
News about the conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
- 5th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction - Conference website
- Yogyakarta declaration on disaster risk reduction in Asia and the Pacific 2012 - The Yogyakarta Declaration on Prevention Web
- Overwhelming support in Asia for a new international agreement on disaster risk reduction - Prevention Web
