Abstract
A growing number of development approaches that focus on reducing the risk of disasters tend to treat children as passive victims with a limited role to play in communicating risks or preventing and responding to disasters (Mitchell and Tanner 2009). It follows that the subject of children‘s rights in disaster management has not been given much attention. Children are a vulnerable group that usually constitutes the biggest number in terms of population. The vulnerability of children in disaster situations results in children being affected more as compared to adults who cope better and quickly. Government actors responding to disasters in most cases do not put a lot of effort in ensuring that children are accorded their rights in disaster situations to ensure their wellbeing. Disaster management has been dominated by top-down relief efforts targeted at adults, who are assumed to be attuned to the needs of their families and the wider community. They act harmoniously to protect their immediate and long-term interests. Excluding children from participating in the disaster response process threatens their safety and wellbeing and ignores a valuable resource for risk communication, education, advocacy, and help with practical risk reduction.
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KASEKE, MARSHALL . "The Plight Of Children In The Chingwizi Camp In The Aftermath Of The Tokwe Mukorsi Flood Disaster." Afribary (2021). Accessed November 24, 2024. https://track.afribary.com/works/the-plight-of-children-in-the-chingwizi-camp-in-the-aftermath-of-the-tokwe-mukorsi-flood-disaster