COPE Disaster Champions
Read about all the COPE Projects around the world – We are grateful to the wonderful teachers, NGOs, collaborators, and community spaces around the world who continue to share COPE Disaster Champions with children and communities. Your support helps turn these resources into meaningful learning moments that build awareness, preparedness, and resilience. Together, we are helping the next generation better understand the risks around them and how to stay safe.
-ASIA
World Vision – Nepal 2021
Landslides book in Nepalese. Reading camps and school distribution.
42,000 books printed, distributed in 470 schools, 170 camps. 20,000+ reached Integrated reading camps across 8 districts.
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Hong Kong Jockey Club – Disaster Preparedness Research Institute 2021
Earthquakes in Cantonese. 60 Storytelling sessions, conducted for parents, kindergartens, and schools on disaster prevention and earthquake drills.
2,000+ primary students.
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Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction – Indonesia 2022
Youth Forum Session: All the participants received a copy of the new book, Volcanoes in English and Bahasa. COPE & UMGCY. 50 leaders, Youth-led DRR empowerment.
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UNESCO and the Tanjung Benoa Disaster Risk Reduction Forum – Indonesia 2022
Volcanoes book in Bahasa. Students engaged in DRR programs focused on volcanic events, learning safety protocols before and after eruptions. Public school – 16 participants, Mount Merapi-based volcano safety learning.
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Sultan Idris Education University – Dr Masayu Dzainudin – Malaysia 2022
Floods book in Malay. Storytelling sessions on flood preparedness, crafting puppets featuring COPE characters. Primary schools, discussion-based learning.
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COPE & UN Major Group for Children and Youth – India 2023
Floods and COVID-19 in Assamese. Conducted reading sessions in 7 institutions. 2,400 books printed. Snowball sampling of flood-prone areas; storytelling led to local DRR policy shifts.
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COP28 – Dubai 2023
- Session: Communicating around early warnings:
from disinformation to acceptance COPE & WMO. 50 Global leaders Early Warning Systems Education. Session: Preparing a future generation of resilient children: capacity building session with practical knowledge in Disaster Risk Reduction. COPE & UMGCY
COY18 – Dubai 2023
Session: Empowering children and youth for resilience through DRR education COPE & UMGCY. 25 youth leaders, Youth-led DRR empowerment
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Sultan Idris Education University – Dr Masayu Dzainudin, UPSI & NCDRC – Floods Storytelling Session on National Children’s Day – Malaysia 2024
Floods Book in Malay. Flood Community Activity in Tanjong Malim, providing flood kits and books for Indigenous communities. 24 participants, finger puppets, and flood kits.
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UNDRR – Early Warnings for Youth – COPE Disaster Series contribution – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2024
Youth session. Contribution to ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee.
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RIMES – Storytelling session with interactive games and arts – Bangladesh 2024
Tsunamis Book in English.
Local children, 18 participants, Drop, Cover, Hold were taught via fun activities.
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Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction – Philippines 2024
Tsunamis book Launch at the Ignite Stage + Booth. Regional ministers, NGOs, 400+ participants, New book launch + youth focus
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UNICEF – Philippines 2024
3-day youth advocacy training featuring COPE. Burauen Community College. 40 youth leaders, Youth-led DRR empowerment.
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NDMA, Equinox Media -Tsunami anniversary event – Maldives 2024
COPE Tsunamis book launch on Dec 26. Tsunami commemoration through book gifting.
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Save the Children – Reading session – Sri Lanka 2025
Floods Book in Sinhala. 8 school libraries, 20 Village Disaster Management Committees, Schools where clubs have been established to introduce children to environmental conservation, disaster risks and community awareness.
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READ Bhutan and Bhutan Climate Literacy Project in English – Bhutan 2025
Landslides, Wildfires, Heatwaves, Earthquakes, and Floods Books in English. Distributed to schools and community centres across the country.
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AFRICA
COP27 – Egypt 2022
Session: Be ready for disasters – Empowering future generations with practical knowledge in DRR COPE – The World Meteorological Organization. 15 Global leaders. Practical Knowledge on DRR
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UNICEF & CARE – Egypt 2024
Earthquakes Book in Arabic. Storytelling sessions and an earthquake prevention video clip. Arabic Learning Hub Students Pop-up books and multimedia.
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UNICEF Learning Passport – Egypt 2024
Droughts and Heatwaves Books in Arabic. STEAM camps UNICEF Egypt Arabic 160,000 primary school children DRR integrated into STEAM with group projects.
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Ministry of Education , WMO and Météo Madagascar – Madagascar 2024
Hurricanes and Floods Books in Malagasy, presented to the Ministry of Education. Nationwide Schools: Possible integration into school curricula, launched on World Meteorological Day.
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UNICEF Egypt – Egypt 2025
COPE Floods, Heatwaves, Earthquakes – Arabic Videos on Ministry of Education MOE. Arabic 865 Community schools, 91 teachers – Each teacher had 40–45 students in multi-grade classes. Interactive books – videos targeted to Arabic speakers.
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EUROPE
The World Meteorological Organization and COPE – Switzerland 2023
Heatwaves book in French. Interactive sessions promoting DRR knowledge through colouring activities. Visual learning approach.
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International School of Brno and COPE – Czech Republic 2023
COPE Disaster Risk Reduction workshop at ISB School, 40 Students, Workshop-based engagement.
COPE exhibition during the Olympic Games at the Climate Academy – Paris 2024
Heatwaves Book in French at an Olympic-linked exhibition. Interactive climate adaptation exhibition for youth.
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UNDRR Global Platform – Youth Blast (UNMGCY) – Geneva 2026
COPE Floods, Heatwaves and Droughts. English Workshop for more than 60 youth leaders, book dive and activities with the COPE books.
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UNDRR Global Platform – Geneva 2026
Climate Change book Launch at the Ignite Stage + Booth. Global ministers, NGOs, delegates from 147 countries, New book launch + youth focus.
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Reading Session in Czech – Czech Republic 2025
Floods book in Czech—Vesna center, interactive reading.
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SOUTH AMERICA
IIARDD – Argentina 2022
Floods book in Spanish. Workshop and colouring activities in Punta Lara.
Local children in a flood-prone area. 15 participants.
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Presentes Corporation – Colombia 2023
Hurricanes book in Spanish. Workshops with teachers and local officials on hurricanes and Disaster Risk Management Presentes Corporation.
1,000 books to schools, libraries, and the police. Localized DRR training; educators trained; long-term recovery resilience focus.
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University of Oxford (Professor Tamsin Mather & Professor David Pyle) – Ecuador 2023
Volcanoes book in Spanish. Distributed to teachers. IGEPN, Spanish National Education Network Collaboration with IGEPN for science-education outreach.
University of Oxford (Professor Tamsin Mather & Professor David Pyle) – Guatemala 2024
COPE books presented at the Cities on Volcanoes conference. Spanish COPE’s journey from Guatemala to Ecuador emphasized.
IIARDD – Argentina 2024
Floods Book in Spanish. Risk management class for two rural primary schools in Castelli, Buenos Aires. 10 participants in the Environment Day celebration.
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Presentes – Colombia 2024
COPE at the First Congress on Disaster Risk Management in Manizales. National stakeholders – 200 participants, COPE showcased as a community empowerment strategy.
Train The Trainers, Colombia, Paraguay and Argentina – 2024
Launch of Train the Trainers materials COPE – IIARDD – PRESENTES & UNDRR. Booklets in Spanish.
341 Teachers in Latin America participated in the launch. New materials for teachers to teach DRR topics in schools.
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Reading Session – Colombia 2025
Hurricanes Book in Spanish. Kindergarten teacher Gloria Rojas at Marie Poissepin School helps her young students understand how to stay safe during this hazard.
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CENTRAL AMERICA
University of Oxford (Professor Tamsin Mather & Professor David Pyle) – Nicaragua 2024
Volcanoes Book in Spanish. Introduced to preschool “Los Carlitos” to educate children on volcanic preparedness. 10 students. Hands-on learning about volcanoes for children under six.
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Costa Rican Red Cross – Train the Trainers – Costa Rica 2025
COPE Spanish Workshops in 11 schools, more than 250 students. Special materials designed for teachers and students with activities to do during the classes.
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THE CARIBBEAN
University of Oxford (Professor Tamsin Mather & Professor David Pyle) – Montserrat 2023
Volcanoes Book in English. Shared with local schools, the volcano observatory, and the National Trust University of Oxford. English Local schools strengthened volcanic DRR awareness in the Caribbean.
NORTH AMERICA
Local School Request – The Bahamas 2023
Cyclones book in English. Adapted to Hurricanes. Localized version created specifically for Caribbean use.
OCEANIA
The World Meteorological Organization – Sixth Pacific Meteorological Council Meeting – Tonga 2023
Cyclones book in Tongan.
The sixth Pacific Meteorological Council event focuses on kids. National rollout.
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres highlighted COPE’s Cyclones book – Tonga 2024
Cyclones Book in Tongan. During the visit to a local school António Guterres and WMO highlighted the Cyclones book in a Local school. 100+ participants.
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Niue Launches COPE Booklets in Vagahau Niue on World Meteorological Day
Niue marked an important milestone in strengthening community resilience with the official launch of the COPE: Be Ready for Disasters! book series, now translated into Vagahau Niue.
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