Dimapur, Oct. 13 (EMN): Along with the rest of the world, Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA) under Home department celebrated the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on October 13 in Kohima.
A brief formal programme was held at the ‘Heritage,’ wherein the deputy commissioner of Kohima and chairman of District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), Shanavas C, addressed the gathering, while the NSDMA secretary, Lhouchalie Viya, delivered the inaugural address.
An update from NSDMA stated that students from ten schools namely G Rio, Dainty Buds, Mewi, Government Middle School PWD, Government School Daklane, Coraggio, Vineyard, RDNUMS and Vinyuzo were invited to play a game called ‘Mithun Caravan.’
It stated that Thejangulie Zao, NSDMA assistant manager (projects and resources), gave an introduction to the Mithun Caravan game during a brief programme chaired by Kevisede Usuo, NSDMA section assistant.
It stated that ‘Mithun Caravan’ is an adopted version of the Japanese ‘Iza Kaeru Caravan’ by Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA), Home department. It mentioned that ‘Mithun Caravan’ is a disaster prevention education event.
In the event, children learned about disaster prevention while playing with families and friends. It is played by two teams or more with a maximum of 10 players on each side, the target group being students of classes 3 and 4 or may be conducted also for other age group.
The objective of the game is to enhance the capacity of the children through some interesting set of games and also understand the concept of disaster risk reduction by making disaster prevention activities more familiar and more enjoyable.
