Natural disasters can be scary and confusing experiences for young people. As educators, we need to do what we can to help young people navigate them.

After numerous earthquakes in the last two years, Kai Evans explores some ways we can do this.

Earthquake impact in Imi N’Tala, Morocco, 12 September 2023. At least 70 people died in this mountainside village, while almost 3,000 people were killed across the Marrakesh-Safi region as a magnitude 6.9 struck the area. Photo by Reda Benkhadra via Wikimedia Commons (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported).

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The aftermath of an earthquake

An educator’s guide

Natural disasters can be scary and confusing experiences for young people. As educators, we need to do what we can to help young people navigate them.

After numerous earthquakes in the last two year, Kai Evans explores some ways we can do this.

Photo by Reda Benkhadra via Wikimedia Commons

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