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usually have adults as their board of advisers or board of directors, namely IBU
Foundation
4 (based in West Java), IDEP Foundation
5 (based in Bali), and KOGAMI
6
(based in West Sumatera).
Out of the 38 organizations, the remaining 20 are youth led and managed by youth
on purpose, independently or under the umbrella of a parent organization (university, research center, or nongovernment organizations). They have various objectives,
such as increasing disaster awareness for society including children, school, and
local communities through training and simulation. Organizations such as Aliansi
Pemuda Peduli and Palang Merah Remaja (the Indonesian Youth Red Cross) focus on
the emergency response phase, e.g. collecting donations for disaster victims. Exceptional activities are done by a few youth organizations, such as Holi’ana’ Foundation,
which organized an Integrated Livelihood Recovery, a post-earthquake and tsunami
recovery project targeting women and youth organizations in eight villages in Nias
and Aceh.
7 Bandung Disaster Study Group (BDSG) initiated a small-scale DRR
Youth Exchange Program and DRR-Themed Homestay Program collaborating with
its Japanese counterparts from Waseda University (WASEND) and Kyoto University (KIDS) (BDSG 2012). Holi’ana’ Foundation, Relawan Nusantara, Youth for
Climate Change (YFCC), BDSG, and Gamarsama have youth empowerment as
one of their programs. Another exceptional organization was Indonesian Youth on
DRR (IYDRR), a youth forum in Jakarta that opens to individuals and representatives of youth organizations working in the field of DRR to establish network and
collaboration. IYDRR organizes sharing sessions and workshops on DRR.
14.5.2 Youth-Related Events and Initiatives
There were 38 disaster risk reduction-themed events held in Indonesia that involved
Indonesian youth from 2010 to 2015. The results indicate the popularity of disasterrelated issues among youth. Scope of activities varies from university, municipality,
province, national, and international levels, with the number of participants ranging
from the small-limited scale of 5 persons up to massive ones which could involve as
many as one thousand youths.
Nevertheless, the events were mostly ‘organized for youth’, rather than ‘organized
by youth’. Events for youth were held by the government and/or nongovernment
agencies. In 2013, the Japan Foundation held the Youth Competition for Disaster
Education that attracted 1,276 Indonesian applicants (Prasasti 2014). The event was
further developed into a study visit program to Japan called “HANDs! Project” in the
following years, i.e., a human resource development program with disaster education
4 https://ibufoundation.or.id/ (last accessed December 27, 2016).
5 https://www.idepfoundation.org/en/ (last accessed December 27, 2016).
6 https://gerashiaga.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/profil-kogami_ind.pdf (last accessed December
27, 2016).
7 https://www.holianaa.or.id/en/about-us (last accessed 11 November 2016).
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usually have adults as their board of advisers or board of directors, namely IBU
Foundation
4 (based in West Java), IDEP Foundation
5 (based in Bali), and KOGAMI
6
(based in West Sumatera).
Out of the 38 organizations, the remaining 20 are youth led and managed by youth
on purpose, independently or under the umbrella of a parent organization (university, research center, or nongovernment organizations). They have various objectives,
such as increasing disaster awareness for society including children, school, and
local communities through training and simulation. Organizations such as Aliansi
Pemuda Peduli and Palang Merah Remaja (the Indonesian Youth Red Cross) focus on
the emergency response phase, e.g. collecting donations for disaster victims. Exceptional activities are done by a few youth organizations, such as Holi’ana’ Foundation,
which organized an Integrated Livelihood Recovery, a post-earthquake and tsunami
recovery project targeting women and youth organizations in eight villages in Nias
and Aceh.
7 Bandung Disaster Study Group (BDSG) initiated a small-scale DRR
Youth Exchange Program and DRR-Themed Homestay Program collaborating with
its Japanese counterparts from Waseda University (WASEND) and Kyoto University (KIDS) (BDSG 2012). Holi’ana’ Foundation, Relawan Nusantara, Youth for
Climate Change (YFCC), BDSG, and Gamarsama have youth empowerment as
one of their programs. Another exceptional organization was Indonesian Youth on
DRR (IYDRR), a youth forum in Jakarta that opens to individuals and representatives of youth organizations working in the field of DRR to establish network and
collaboration. IYDRR organizes sharing sessions and workshops on DRR.
14.5.2 Youth-Related Events and Initiatives
There were 38 disaster risk reduction-themed events held in Indonesia that involved
Indonesian youth from 2010 to 2015. The results indicate the popularity of disasterrelated issues among youth. Scope of activities varies from university, municipality,
province, national, and international levels, with the number of participants ranging
from the small-limited scale of 5 persons up to massive ones which could involve as
many as one thousand youths.
Nevertheless, the events were mostly ‘organized for youth’, rather than ‘organized
by youth’. Events for youth were held by the government and/or nongovernment
agencies. In 2013, the Japan Foundation held the Youth Competition for Disaster
Education that attracted 1,276 Indonesian applicants (Prasasti 2014). The event was
further developed into a study visit program to Japan called “HANDs! Project” in the
following years, i.e., a human resource development program with disaster education
4 https://ibufoundation.or.id/ (last accessed December 27, 2016).
5 https://www.idepfoundation.org/en/ (last accessed December 27, 2016).
6 https://gerashiaga.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/profil-kogami_ind.pdf (last accessed December
27, 2016).
7 https://www.holianaa.or.id/en/about-us (last accessed 11 November 2016).