Global Disaster Statistics

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The Red Cross produces an Annual ‘World Disasters Report’. In the appendices are disaster related statistics over a ten year period. What we’ve done here is summarised in a composite table the numbers of disasters over the past decade; the number of people killed and affected over this period; and the damage caused over these ten years. We’ve then graphed the statistics for these four separate elements! The results may surprise you !

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Teach like a Champion

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Enclosed are twelve ‘Teach like a Champion’ (TLAC) teaching tips. One of the challenges facing development and humanitarian practitioners in the field is that they are invariably and regularly faced with teaching and capacity building situations. These tips are designed for those people who have not necessarily received any formal training in the art and science of teaching.

Click here to download the Teach like a Champion tips

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The TLAC tips are included in Module 9 (Final Comments) of the accredited Participatory Project Management (PPM) workship.  See the link below for this.

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Ten Seed Technique

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The Ten Seed Technique (TST) is a brilliant participatory ranking tool which can be used in both development and humanitarian situations.  It was extensively used by World Vision’s Dr Ravi Jayakaran in China and South-East.  A modified version of this has be used by TorqAid since 2002.

The TST is taught in Topic TC05 of the same name in the TorqAid Participatory Disaster Risk Management (PDRM) program.  It is further developed as a disaster risk management (DRM) tool in Topic TC06 (Risk Management).  See the link below for the 2026 online PDRM program.

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There are three stages to the TST process, these being Stage 1 (Brainstorming); Stage 2 (Scoring & Ranking); and Stage 3 (Analysis).

In the PDRM TC05, the TST has been used in the following scenarios and case studies:

  • As a management tool for a government health team working in remote locations across the Northern Territory, Australia
  • As a community development tool for work in West Bengal, India
  • As a country analysis of the social, environmental, political & economic landscape in Bhutan
  • In a classroom exercise with Murdoch University students in September 2024
  • In a Writers Group fun exercise in April 2025 discussing the topic ‘What makes a Good Story?’

The TST is also used in TC06 (Risk Management) in the following DRM scenarios.  In these cases,  hazards (some leading to potential disasters) are first identified (using the TST), with work then carried out on causes, effects, and possible risk reduction initiatives.

  • Hazards facing a village community in Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu
  • Hazards facing the Rohingya refugee communities in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
  • Hazards facing communities across Bhutan

 

 

So what is Participatory Project Management (PPM)

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One of the key TorqAid diagrams mentioned in the TorqAid Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Diagrammatic Framework article is the Project Management Cycle (PMC). This article relates to Participatory Project Management (PPM) across the three stages of the PMC, namely Preparation, Implementation, and Post-implementation. Click here to download a comprehensive outline of PPM competencies.

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PPM is taught as part of the online Participatory Disaster Risk Management (PDRM) program – see the link below for the online accredited PPM program which is running from the end of July through to mid November 2026:

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