The Resilient Futures Campaign aims to develop a resilient Australian society and reduce the impact of disasters in the future.  We believe focusing on child-centred disaster resilience education (CC-DRE) is critical to the building of a culture of resilience.  

 

Therefore, our overarching campaign goal is to enable a more resilient future for Australians by:

• Prompting the introduction of CC-DRE into school education; and

• Increasing the awareness of the need to include CC-DRE in emergency management programs and strategies.

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Incorporating CC-DRE into school education and emergency management programs and strategies is a multifaceted long-term goal. To achieve these goals, our campaign has identified short, medium, and long term objectives: 

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Short-term objectives:

• Increase awareness of CC-DRE 

• Community building around CC-DRE 

• Generate signatures for our petition to the Australian Education Minister calling for CC-DRE

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Medium-term objectives:

• Introduce CC-DRE into schools through our Kids Drawing Competition

• Encourage children to talk with their parents about disaster resilience and emergency planning

• Deliver our petition to the Federal Education Minister to further our advocacy with the formal and accessible institutions of government

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Long-term objectives:

• Develop educational activities that help students, families, and schools improve disaster resilience and save money for individuals and communities

• Teach children about disaster resilience in order to create resiliency advocates for life!

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Ultimately, we want to change the curriculum to include CC-DRE, which involves more than just a subject change but a rethinking of how disaster resilience can be fostered and taught in schools.  We also want emergency management agencies to pivot their focus towards resilience - so a focus on preparedness rather than recovery - and to include CC-DRE in their engagement with schools and the community.

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To get involved or just to learn more about what we do, keep looking around our website, or visit us on Facebook and Twitter!