Along with the rest of the world, the Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA), Home Department celebrated the International day for Disaster Risk Reduction on the 13th of October 2022 in Kohima. A brief formal programme was held at the Heritage wherein the Deputy Commissioner and Chairman District Disaster Management Authority, Shanavas C, IAS addressed the gathering. Secretary NSDMA, Lhouchalie Viya, IAS gave the inaugural address. Students from ten schools namely G. Rio, Dainty buds, Mewi, Govt. Middle school PWD, Government school Daklane, Coraggio, Vineyard, RDNUMS, and Vinyuzo were invited to play a game called ‘Mithun Caravan’. Thejangulie Zao, Assistant Manager (Projects & Resources) gave an introduction to the Mithun Caravan game. The brief programme was chaired by Kevisede Usuo, Section Assistant NSDMA. 

The Mithun Caravan is an adopted version of the Japanese Iza Kaeru Caravan by the Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA), Home Department. Mithun Caravan is a disaster prevention education event. In this event, Children learn about disaster prevention while playing with families and friends. This is played by two teams or more with a maximum of 10 (ten) players on each side, the target group being Classes 3 and 4 students, or may be conducted also for other age groups. The objective of the game is to enhance the capacity of the children through an interesting set of games. This is to understand the concept of Disaster Risk Reduction by making disaster prevention activities more familiar and more enjoyable.

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