Antioquia Presente

Educating children in Colombia about hurricanes! The colombian islands of San Andrés, Providencia, and Santa Catalina were hit by two hurricanes (Eta and Iota) in November 2020, causing extensive damage to infrastructure and affecting more than 6,000 people. The population has suffered from mental health issues such as post-traumatic stress, depression, and anxiety due to […]

Educating children in Disaster Risk Reduction

Educating children about floods from Argentina to Malaysia! COPE Floods book in Argentina (Spanish) One of the members of the IARDD network @carladellana, together with her colleagues from the Community Risk Management Technician of the UNLP Faculty of Social Work, created a workshop at the Punta Arcoiris picnic area in Punta Lara to educate children […]

WMO and COPE

International Disaster Risk Reduction Day World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and COPE Disaster Champions celebrated International Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Day, highlighting the importance of ‘Early Warning and Early Action‘, WMO’s 2022 theme. This celebration discussed ways of reaching the youth joining forces.  COPE has worked with WMO since 2020, and since then, WMO has acted […]

Social Impact –

Engaging children and youth around the world from Bali to Argentina! Volcanoes book in Bahasa. Last month, COPE, UNESCO and the Tanjung Benoa Disaster Risk Reduction Forum collaborated to deliver the COPE Volcanoes books to enhance the resilience of children and young people in the Benoa community in Bali. Students in public elementary and secondary […]

COPE and IARRD

We joined forces with IARRD COPE joins efforts with the Instituto Argentino para la Reducción de Riesgo de Desastres—IIARDD (The Argentinian Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction) to deliver material to children about Disaster Risk Reduction. We are excited to share the news that we have collaborated with IARDD for the distribution of the Spanish translation […]

COPE Books Translations

Read our books in different languages We are so happy to share some of the COPE translations available to teach children how to be ready for hazards, with translations in Spanish, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, Nepali, Filipino, Thai, Malay, and Vietnamese! Floods Book COPE teamed up with the University of Malaysia and Sultan Idris Education University to teach children […]