Bandung Disaster Study Group

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 ...

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...

We (BDSG members) arrived a little bit late at JMA office, jet lag is the only reason to be achieved.. :P  Okay ignore it and lets start, JMA is one of learning centers in Tokyo which has interactive media to help visitors to understand natural process on earth with sciences and technologies. Some of them are: 1. height measurement by counting length between heat limit of our body to the device. 2. explanation of ocean technology, earth science, shapes of water drop, and so on. 3. very small scale earthquake simulation table. It explains us process from the time when S signal came then followed by P signal. Between that time, people will get warning text automatically. We also feel the shake in small scale while we was seeing the wave reached our place and then a question came: "What would you do in that situation and that place?"  4. tsunami simulation pound. It simulated how tsunami wave devastated coastal area. Tsunami is one wave caused by earth shak...

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...

Hari Jum'at tanggal 9 Maret 2012, Tim dari BDSG mengunjungi PAUD (Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini, setara playgroup) Balon Hijau,di Masid Istiqlal, Tubagus Ismail, Bandung. Kami membawakan permainan Bebek Siaga. Bebek Siaga merupakan alat untuk bermain sambil berlatih merespon terhadap bahaya melalui gerakan, latihan verbal, musik, dan kartu besar bergambar. Respon yang dianjurkan adalah respon paling awal, paling dasar, dan paling penting yang bisa dilakukan oleh seorang anak dimanapun juga tanpa harus bergantung pada orang tuanya. Berikut beberapa catatan berdasarkan hasil kunjungan tersebut. Peserta Jumlah murid: 25 - 30 anak (usia 2-5 tahun) Jumlah ortu/ wali: sekitar 25 orang Jumlah guru: 7 orang Jumlah anggota BDSG: 11 orang (Iche, Tami, Grace, Ivo, Fia, Priba, Iid, Sapto, Leits, Aria, In In). Flow Acara 09.10 Opening by Priba . Priba menyapa anak2 beserta ibu2nya dan memperkenalkan anggota BDSG. 09.20 Acara inti penjelasan mengenai bahaya (gempa, petir, kebakaran, lebah, dan...

December 17th, 2011.. was the last BDSG official gathering in 2011. Next year BDSG will do better! :D The first session of the gathering was a workshop lead by our supervisor, Saut Sagala, on the basic of "disaster" and the relationship with BDSG members' expertise. In the beginning, we wrote one word which corresponds to each of the following points in a piece of paper (used paper, of course!) 1. Your immediate thoughts when hearing the word "disaster" 2. Name the most scary disaster to you 3. What causes (your answer) no.1 After we shared our answer and had a small discussion, we put our answers into these categories (in bigger papers): Hazard, Risk, Vulnerability, and Capacity. The result of our categorization: Hazard : gempa bumi (earthquake), gunung meletus (volcanic eruption), tsunami , badai (storm), alam (nature), besarnya (scale), mengejutkan (surprising), longsor (landslide) Risk : korban (victim), nyawa (life), kerugian (loss), ...

Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Homestay Program, initiated by Risye and Mizan, our BDSG members, and developed together through BDSG - KIDS cooperation in September 2011, is a new approach to implement DRR efforts in household level which at the same time promotes friendship and mutual understanding among its participants. Here is the concept:  Objectives To encourage disaster risk reduction in household level To exchange positive values between Indonesian and Japanese culture in daily lives       To enhance mutual understanding and friendship between students and Indonesian society Main Activities 1.        Interaction between Japanese student and Indonesian student with the host family 2.        Assessment of vulnerability and capacity of the house 3.        Discussion and action to reduce disaster risks at home Guideline 1.      ...

BDSG melakukan sharing session edisi Bulan Oktober 2011 sekaligus persiapan materi untuk kegiatan di SMA. Materi yang disimulasikan adalah Crossroad Game, sebuah permainan yang berasal dari Jepang, dibuat awalnya berdasarkan situasi-situasi riil pada gempa Kobe tahun 1995. Namun “situasi” dalam Crossroad Game yang akan diimplementasikan di kegiatan kami di SMA akan disesuaikan dengan calon pemainnya, yaitu siswa SMA. Simulasi Crossroad Game dihadiri 11 orang dibagi ke dalam 2 kelompok dan 2 sesi. SESI 1 Fasilitator: Iche Kelompok A : Priba, Fia, Aca, Agung Kelompok B : Danang, Ilah, Iid, Pinat SITUASI 1 : Bayangkan kamu sebagai Siswa SMA Ketika kamu belajar di sekolah, gempa besar terjadi. Kamu khawatir akan ayah, ibu dan adik – adik kamu. Jaringan telepon tidak bisa bekerja pada saat seperti ini. Apakah kamu pulang ke rumah?        A. Ya, Kamu pulang ke rumah B. Tidak, Kamu tidak pulang ke rumah SITUASI 2 : Bayangkan kamu sebagai Siswa  Kelas 3 SMA...