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132. Follow-up activities should be undertaken to monitor the impact of family
reunification and ensure the well-being and delivery of care to children in alternative
care settings. Follow-up should be conducted by local, qualified, child-welfare systems
or community structures.
133. Host States must equally ensure that care arrangements of children living
within their jurisdiction are regularly monitored and that appropriate services,
including reporting mechanisms, are in place, available and known.
(k)
Post-disaster analysis and information sharing
134. All actors should undertake a thorough evaluative review of any actions to
determine child protection gaps and recommend remedial steps that might be taken in
future emergencies to minimize risks and address vulnerabilities of children.
135. The design and layout of emergency shelters and camps should be thoroughly
reviewed and revised to determine and address the potential risks for the security of
children. The design of interventions, including for work, food and supply distribution
programmes, should be investigated to determine their intended and unintended
impacts on the rights of the child, including their possible abandonment while parents
seek work.
136. Stakeholders should undertake a thorough forward-looking review of their
capabilities and capacities to protect children in the event of a natural disaster. This
information should be clearly communicated and made widely available to actors
working in the area of natural disasters.
(l)
Prevention and mitigation
Registration and data collection
137. Every child must be registered at birth. States must also ensure that reliable
information is collected and recorded regarding all children living in institutions
138. Prior to disasters, organizations responsible for the care and protection of
children should collaboratively develop a centralized, coordinated and rational data
collection system that can be used to register basic personal information for every
child who needs to be evacuated in a natural disaster. All relevant stakeholders,
including first responders, should receive training regarding the use of this system.
Building resilience and capacity
139. To further support the development of resilience, attention should be given to
developing the capacity of children, including by building resilience and coping
mechanisms, as well as skills on remaining safe during a natural disaster, mounting
programmes to develop self-esteem and confidence and establishing peer support
schemes.
140. It is essential to strengthen the capacity of local communities to protect
children, including by making available child protection training workshops,
advocating for legislative and policy changes and the identification of ‘safe adults’ and
protection committees.
Awareness-raising
141. Awareness-raising campaigns should be created to provide children and their
families with information regarding the risks related to natural disasters, and the
particular risks faced by children. States must also ensure that children and their
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