The COPRAP Toolkit comprises tools which were found effective during the course of the Child-Oriented Participatory Risk Assessment and Planning (COPRAP) field work in Barangay Banaba, San Mateo, Rizal, Philippines.  In most disaster events, children’s perspective, needs and capacities are most often neglected or taken for granted. Even though children are generally the most vulnerable population in most disaster situations, they are not usually considered separately when evaluating disaster risks. The objectives of COPRAP are to assess disaster risks and particular strengths and weaknesses of children and the community through participatory means, and to collectively devise risk reduction solutions based on the results of the participatory assessment.

The action research to develop the Child-Oriented Participatory Risk Assessment and Planning (COPRAP) Toolkit was conducted by Mayfourth D. Luneta of the Center for Disaster Preparedness (CDP) Philippines, from September 2005 to June 2006 with the support of the ProVention Consortium Applied Research Grants for Disaster Reduction Programme. The Research Partners were Buklod Tao (people’s organization in Barangay Banaba, San Mateo Rizal which implements community based disaster management), Center for Positive Future (local high school), and the Center for Disaster Preparedness. The mentor of this Action Research is Lorna P. Victoria.

The COPRAP Toolkit can be downloaded here. (706 kb)

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