1. Plan Indonesia’s
On going Urban Safe Schools Project
Lesson learned
“Disaster Risk Reduction Practitioners Workshop”
Thailand, 13-14 November 2013
Yusra.tebe@plan-international.org

2. Outline of presentation
1.Overview of Plan Indonesia
2. General Overview of Urban Safe School Project
3. Why Jakarta?
4. The Project
4.1. Objective, result, and period
4.2. Lesson learned
3.2. Challenges
3.6. What next
5. Q & A

3. Overview of Plan Indonesia
We are:
- A Child centered organization
- Working in Indonesia for more than 44 years
- With 333 staffs and annual budget of more than USD 15
million (2012)
-Our areas of focus:
- Education, health, and well-being for young children
- Inclusive education
- Child protection and participation
- Water, sanitation, and hygiene promotion
- Youth economic empowerment
- Disaster risk management
-Mainly working in the rural parts of Indonesia,
particularly in Central Java and Eastern part of
Indonesia

4. Over View of Urban Safe School
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1. It is an innovative approach due to it focus on schools that
situated within a population dense megacity, disaster-prone, and urban
poor communities in Jakarta; and promote partnership with local
partners
2. It is intention to fill in gaps and works to support schools to
adhere to the Indonesia Government’s Guidelines for Implementation of
Initiatives for Safe Schools and Madrasah, recently issued in 2012; as
well as the Comprehensive School Safety Framework that being used at
regional level.
3. To produce valuable findings and lessons learned for the safe
school initiative in Indonesia

5. W Jakarta ?
hy
1. 9.6 million people population (largest
populated city in South East Asia, 13th in the
world. Jabodetabek is 2nd largest in the world
with popolation 27.9 million). Its Densely
populated
2. 2.297.746 are children, with total primary
school are 3.006
3. Center of economic and government
administration for Indonesia
www.straitstimes.com
4. About 40% of the city is below sea level, and
13 natural rivers flow through the city from
the south and drain into the Java Sea
(UNISDR)
5. It is the most disaster prone area in
Indonesia (flood, earthquake/tsunami, Fire,
and tidal waves)
6. Poor early warning and emergency response
systems (WB, Jakarta Case study)
7. Fun fact: world’s most active Twitter city!
www.thejakartapost.com

7. Hazard: Earthquakes & tsunami
10 meter
Tsunami simulation By National disaster management
agency
Pelabuhan Ratu
The potential of eartquake 8,2 SR at south of west Java could cause tsunami
with 10 meters high with arrival time are 20 after shock. The prediction of area
that affected are: south Java coustal & East Java

8. While for for 2012, there is 1.008 fire, and for
While for for 2012, there is 1.008 fire, and for
2013 are 486
2013 are 486

9. The project..
Overall Objective:
To increase access to safer school
learning environments for children
in disaster prone urban
communities
Expected Results:
1.Children, teachers, and school
committees contribute to building a
culture of school safety
2.Children, parents and community
members have greater knowledge
of school-based emergency
preparedness actions
Project period is 3 Years starting3.Best1 practices and learning from
March
2013 to February 28
2015
urban safe schools initiative are
Total amount Budget: USD 491,535. Funded by Prudence
st
Foundation Through Plan Hongkong
th

10. At the end of the project,
each school will have
• Disaster preparedness teams
• Completed risk assessments,
including structural assessment
• Teachers trained on how to teach
DRR in school
• A DRR action plan (integrated in the
school development planning) and
implement it
• Able to organize emergency
evacuation simulations
• Children actively advocating for safe
schools
• Using child-centered approach

11. This project also aims to have....
• A platform for teachers to share
learning and experiences
• Education officials at municipality
level understand and able to
apply the national safe school
guidelines
• Collaboration with media for
public awareness and outreach
campaigns
• Research and documentation on
urban risk programming in
schools
• Structural assessment result on
each school
• Learning events on safe schools
at the national level

12. W we have learned so far ...
hat
• Teacher and school principle more busy than rural setting
• Lot of extracurricular activity
• The provincial department and disaster management
agency staff have basic knowledge on DRR
• Its good to have an MoU between with Education
department at provincial level
• Education department at provincial Level are very
supportive in supporting the project, formal and informal
• The provincial Education department has dedicate their
staff to support and to get involved in monev
• Need to be more creative in organize the activity of safe
school Vs regular activity at school

13. Total beneficiaries so Far
From Targeted: 20 school with
Approximately 6,000 children's, 200
teachers and school administrators, 50
multi stakeholders, 15,000 community
members

14. Challenges
• Lack of participation from teacher In some schoool, such as
SDN Rawa Bunga Karang East Jakarta & SDN Kota
Bambu 01 Pg Palmerah, West Jakarta. Its maybe because
lack of knowledge from them
• Its hard to find suitable time to conduct some activity
because school already have regular activity and because
of the schedule of exam and final exam
• Changes of 3 school principal , so partners need to re-start
the strategy and need to communication
• Few parent are fell afraid to give permission to their child to
get involved in the safe school activity if the activity outside
the school

15. W
hat Next?
• Organize structural assessments of 6 school for the first
year
• Organize regular emergency evacuation simulations for
earthquake, flood, and fire at schools
• Facilitate development of child-centered safe schools
action plans with the participation of children
• Adapt and disseminate child-friendly IEC materials on
safe schools
• Intensive coordination and advocacy with relevant multi
stakeholders
• Completion of trainings for teachers to roll-out
curriculum modules on mainstreaming DR education
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• Organize cross learning visits between schools

16. Terima Kasih
Thank You
Question?