The UN Sasakawa Award 2022 was introduced on the United Nations’ seventh Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) in Bali, Indonesia
Bali, Indonesia & New Delhi, May 26, 2022: SEEDS (Sustainable Ecological & Environmental Development Society), South Asia’s foremost non-profit organisation working within the subject of catastrophe danger discount and local weather change was awarded the United Nations Sasakawa Award 2022 for Disaster Risk Reduction on the ongoing seventh Session of Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) 2022 in Bali, Indonesia. The United Nations Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction is a world award established in 1986 by the founding Chairman of the Nippon Foundation, Mr Ryoichi Sasakawa for recognising excellence in decreasing catastrophe danger.
SEEDS has been working with the communities throughout South Asia over for the final 28 years. By combining native knowledge with fashionable science and expertise, SEEDS has been constructing resilience amongst communities who’re at a danger of the local weather disaster and disasters. This award recognises SEEDS’ efforts in adopting a multi-hazard method and its dedication to accountability and transparency in responding to local weather emergencies.
“We are delighted and humbled by this award. It has been 28 years since we took up the mission to help build resilience among vulnerable communities. As we grapple with the global climate crisis, it is imperative for all of us to think of innovative ways, embrace technology as a leverage, and empower people to thrive despite recurring disasters. With the 2030 horizon for the Sendai Framework, SEEDS will continue building resilient communities through a holistic, inclusive, and multi-hazard approach,” mentioned Dr Manu Gupta and Dr Anshu Sharma, co-founders, SEEDS.
In this practically three-decade-long journey, SEEDS has rebuilt greater than 62,000 houses, 650 faculties and healthcare amenities, carried out college security programmes for greater than 1 / 4 million youngsters, developed catastrophe administration plans for 500+ communities, offered emergency help to greater than 830,000 individuals and positively impacted the lives of greater than six million individuals.
Recognising the efforts of the awardees, Masato Seko, Senior Program Director of Global Issues Department, The Nippon Foundation mentioned, “The UN Sasakawa Award was established in 1986, well before the time of SDGs when the awareness of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) was limited compared to today. It is not enough to build truly inclusive and resilience societies. We must act to mitigate the negative impact of natural disasters. We must emphasise the need to put people at high risk at the centre for disaster management. Even in time of peace. It is vital to utilise perspectives, knowledge and experience of local people involved in risk reduction. At the same time involvement of all stakeholders such as governments, NGOs, businesses and research institutions, media and most importantly people of the community are needed to strengthen policies and activities for risk reduction.”
The UN Sasakawa Award is a sworn statement to SEEDS’ in depth work with communities in constructing neighborhood danger registers, organising early warning techniques, and growing customised catastrophe administration plans. The organisation has pioneered using Artificial Intelligence by way of its program Sunny Lives, to establish and anticipate catastrophe danger to human settlements and translate insights into actionable warnings for individuals. Across South Asia, SEEDS has adopted participatory approaches and labored with native leaders by way of citizen boards, government-civil society coordination mechanisms, and elected our bodies to combine and mainstream catastrophe danger discount (DRR).
About SEEDS:
SEEDS (Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society) is a not-for-profit organisation that allows neighborhood resilience by way of sensible options within the areas of catastrophe readiness, response and rehabilitation. Since 1994, the organisation has labored extensively on each main catastrophe within the Indian subcontinent – grafting revolutionary expertise on to conventional knowledge. It has reached out to households affected by disasters and local weather stresses; strengthened and rebuilt faculties and houses; and has invariably put its religion in skill-building, planning and communications to foster long-term resilience.
SEEDS can be India’s first company to be verified on the parameters of the worldwide Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS) – a global certification system for high quality and accountability in humanitarian response. SEEDS has been awarded with probably the most prestigious annual Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan 2021 by the Government of India acknowledging the invaluable contribution and selfless service rendered by people and organisations in India within the subject of Disaster Management. SEEDS accomplished 28 years of excellent service to humanity in January 2022 and is re-anchoring its method to constructing resilience by way of innovation. It continues to empower probably the most susceptible throughout Asia to construct a greater future.
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