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

Floods in Malay and Spanish

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 […]

COPE at COP27

Time flies! Last week, with the support of the World Meteorological Organization, we held a side event at the Science for Climate Action Pavilion during the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP27) in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. At this event, we proudly launched our new COPE Heatwaves book, which was relevant to this year’s […]

WMO and COPE

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 […]