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A SAFER FUTURE: Reducing the Impacts of Natural Disasters
Flexible and resilient, youngsters are often eager volunteers forcommunity-aid projects. Children need to learn about hazards theycan face at home and school to make preparation, response, and recoveryless traumatic, and to provide valuable lessons that can be appliedthroughout their lives.