Weathering Change: A facilitator guide for youth climate action and disaster preparedness was launched during the 9th European Civil Protection Forum in Brussels November 3-4.
Climate change has emerged as a key-driver emergencies and disasters – often contributing to or worsening already existing challenges and adversities such as armed conflict, poverty and displacement. A generation of youth is coming of age amid rapid, unpredictable and frightening climate changes and they need the knowledge, skills, and confidence to cope. We have prepared a facilitators guide for Red Cross Red Crescent staff and volunteers to help 11–18-year-olds to build resilience.
The guide is designed to support facilitators to deliver the Weathering Change program through three interactive modules. Each module takes 70–90 minutes, or about 1.5–2 hours with a short opening and close. The three modules can be delivered as a full program, or one or two modules on their own, in the order relevant in a given context. The approach is participatory and experiential, emphasising practical learning, teamwork, and real-life application.
The guide was developed in partnership by the MHPSS Hub and the Luxembourg Red Cross with support from the European Investment Bank Institute. Further, contributions by the Service National de la Jeunesse (SNJ) and youth facilitators, volunteers, and young people who contributed their expertise, feedback, and participation during the development and testing of the programme.
