Building Communities and Schools as Zones of Peace

This report is a documentation of disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) good practices of chosen Philippine schools and communities in situations of armed conflict. In this study, the term DRRM is used to refer to policies and practices that address and seek to prevent, mitigate, prepare for, respond to, rehabilitate, and recover from the impacts of human-induced disasters – particularly armed conflict. Meanwhile, armed conflict is defined as “armed confrontations occurring between governmental armed forces and one or more armed groups, or between such groups arising in the Philippine territory. These shall include activities which may lead to or in preparation of armed confrontation or armed violence that put children’s lives at risk and their rights violated.