Bandung Disaster Study Group

The sharing session was conducted on the 9 th of November in the Auditorium of the Geology Museum in Bandung and was open to the public in general. Before the start of the sharing session, a video about the Kars Rajamandala area by the Board of Geology was shown to the audience. Fossils and pre-historical records have been found in Gua Pawon, one of the caves in the area. However, the area is being threatened by mining activities around it. The video shows just how important the area is and that we should mitigate its threats to preserve it. The sharing session started with an introduction of BDSG and what we do, which is to Learn, Share, and Volunteer. We explained our activities such as sharing sessions, school sessions, DRR-Young Exchange Program, and Campaigns, as well as our upcoming activities. After that the audience was asked to participate in an ice breaking game which is called the Bosai Duck, which is also a game that is used as a teaching method about disa...

Bandung Disaster Study Group (BDSG) Volunteers : Mizan Bisri, Dian Lutfiana, Iswiati Utamiputeri, Anita Megawati, Fikri Irsyad, Ishma Fathimah Soepriadi Pada tanggal 28 Februari 2013 lalu, enam orang relawan BDSG melakasanakan sesi pendidikan bencana bertempat di SD Badan Perguruan Indonesia (SD BPI) yang diikuti 152 siswa kelas enam ditambah para Duta Lingkungan SD BPI yang tersebar dari kelas dua sampai dengan lima. Sesi pendidikan bencana secara keseluruhan dilaksanakan selama dua setengah jam, dengan metode utama presentasi dan permainan interaktif. Presentasi yang disampaikan di SD BPI dapat dilihat di sini . Presentasi diawali dengan perkenalan para siswa dengan Tilly Smith, pelajar yang pada saat Tsunami Aceh 2004, berkontribusi menyelamatkan ratusan nyawa turis dan warga lokal di Phuket (Thailand) karena teringat akan pelajaran di sekolahnya mengenai bencana. Salah satu relawan yang dulu juga bersekolah di SD BPI sedikit bercerita bahwa dulu ketika di sekolah te...

Pada hari Jumat 8 Februari 2013 lalu, beberapa relawan dari BDSG (Mizan, Fia, dan Ita) diundang dan menghadiri “Workshop Generasi Siap Siaga Bencana” yang bertajuk ‘menghasilkan generasi siap siaga bencana’ yang dilaksanakan dan bertempat di SMP-SMA Avicenna Cinere, Depok. Hadir pula sebagai panelist di acara tersebut adalah Bapak Imron dari PMI (Palang Merah Indonesia) Kota Depok dan Ibu Asri Wijayanti dari AHA-Center kantor ASEAN. Acara diawali dengan pembukaan dari pihak Avicenna serta pertunjukan musik dan tari saman dari para siswa SMA Avicenna. Setelah itu, diskusi panel pun dimulai dengan pemaparan dari perwakilan PMI Kota Depok yang bertajuk “Peran PMI dalam penanggulangan bencana”. Pada giliran kedua, perwakilan AHA Center menjelaskan konsep dasar dari mitigasi bencana, termasuk klarifikasi terminologi dasar dalam manajemen bencana seperti bahaya, kerentanan, kapasitas, dan lain sebagainya. Sebagai panelist terakhir, dalam tempo sekitar 30 menit, BDSG mengangkat judul ...

Kebakaran! “00:18, Terjadi kebakaran rumah di Kompleks AL Dewa Ruci, Jl. Angin Puyuh Cilincing, saat ini masih penanganan 12 DPK,” tulis TMC Polda Metro Jaya di akun Twitter-nya, Selasa (1/1/2013) (news.liputan6.com, Januari 2013). Ada yang tahu kejadian ini? Ya, ini merupakan salah satu kejadian yang terjadi di malam pergantian tahun 2012/2013. Kejadian ini sempat menggegerkan warga Jl. Angin Puyuh, Cilincing, Jakarta Utara. Ah ya, curhat sedikit. Waktu itu saya ada di tempat kejadian. Sebut saja kebetulan, karena saya melewati malam tahun baru di rumah nenek saya yang hanya berjarak dua rumah dari rumah yang terbakar. Selain itu, rumah yang terbakar berada di tengah-tengah gang. Terbayang, dong, ya seperti apa paniknya warga. Kira-kira begini kronologinya: 23.40 Warga sekitar sudah mulai bermain kembang api dan petasan. Waktu itu kami sedang bersiap-siap untuk doa malam. Akan tetapi, suara petasan dan kembang api besar yang sangat kencang membuat kami sulit untuk mende...

Through DRR Homestay Program in Japan this Year, we were really moved by the real action taken by our host families. In each house, they have prepared emergency bags in case of disaster. Many people might have already known that emergency bag, which consists of various goods for at least 3 days, is important to be prepared. It's quite an easy thing to do, but not everyone is really doing it. In case of our host families, most of them were motivated to prepare after the 3.11 Tohoku Disaster. As for BDSG members, we are motivated after conducting DRR Homestay Program in those families. Here is our poster to invite everyone to prepare their own emergency bag.

Firstly we assumed that this center is purely park. Yet, it is more than a park! This is our first time (BDSG) to come to a place like this, either for almost of WASEND members who accompanied us. in front of main building of TRDPP TRDPP is located in Odaiba, Tokyo. We visited main building which is a learning center. It has enjoyable game to learn about disaster. The center itself is located inside the park which is designed for evacuation place during disaster beside its contribution as green area for the city. Answering the last question a side in simulation room We were welcomed by a kind tour guide who explained us about the game. It is simulation game in emergency response phase after disaster.The simulation game is named 72 hours survival. We used Nintendo DS as a guide on this simulation, but it was not 72 hours because it's only simulation. Japanese government can combine a game and  education in one package which are BDSG and WASEND members could ...

First step we came in, we thought  of how has been this learning center with all its facilities built by the government to enrich the knowledge of the citizen in facing disaster, hence every visitor who has came here know how to survive when disaster happen. We believe someday Indonesia also has this center in every province, every city, and every district. Ganbattekudasai! Every session in this learning center is NEW for us.We watched movie about Tohoku earthquake and its secondary disasters which is fire, how is the disaster looked from the sky, how firemen did the job, the rescue, and also the victims to survive. We also practiced how to fight a fire with fire extinguisher together with WASEND member, very interesting. Then we tried simulation to face a rainstrom with 30cm/sec speed, really scary! We also tried to open door which is trapped by the flood while we were inside a car and inside a building, when there is 10 c...

This workshop was held in the very first day of the Youth Exchange Program in Japan, 3 September 2012. It aims to strengthen the cooperation between BDSG and WASEND members by exchanging information, knowledge and opinion regarding the disaster countermeasures in each country (Japan and Indonesia). The workshop was participated by 19 people in total, 7 of them are BDSG members. Almost all of us did not really know each other since we discussed only by emails or chats and only a few of WASEND members who participated in the workshop visited Bandung last year. The workshop contents include: 1. Ice breaking, some of them related to DRR 2. Presentation by WASEND and BDSG 3. Presentation by the freshmen of WASEND --> very inspiring! 4. Presentation by Mr.Sakaki, the Director of Engineers withouth Borders, Japan (EWB-Japan) 5. Workshop, discussing and brainstorming on ideas that correspond the discussion on:      a. Types of hazard in each selected home town of part...

DRR HOMESTAY PROGRAM IN JAPAN AND INDONESIA “A New Approach in Promoting Disaster Risk Reduction at Home” Email: bdg.disaster.studygroup@gmail.com Facebook : Bandung Disaster Study Group Twitter: @ ichiewitchie BACKGROUND 1.         Japan and Indonesia, countries prone to various disasters. 2.         The urgency to implement disaster risk reduction at home, both in Japan and in Indonesia. 3.         Youth passion to contribute to society in reducing disaster risks. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Young people are potential pioneers in developing Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) efforts in society. An organization which consists of young researchers and university students named  Bandung Disaster Study Group  is currently developing a new DRR action approach at family level, which at the same time increases youth capacity in a fun and interesting way. This a...