Video Conference Held on ‘Fundamentals of Structural Dynamics’

A video lecture and participating sites are captured on screen in Pakistan. Photo courtesy of NWFP University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar/TDLC

The Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC), established in Kobe, Japan in 1998 to enhance disaster resilience of its member countries and to build safe communities, is a strong partner of TDLC in knowledge-sharing activities on disaster risk management.

In a bid to share Japanese expertise in disaster risk management with fellow Asian countries, a video lecture was organized with our technical support in mid-August.

Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh were connected with Tokyo, where a renowned expert on building structure and earthquake engineering lectured on the ‘Fundamentals of Structural Dynamics’.

Happy Mothers, Happy Children Program: Behind the Scenes

Program participants in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia raise their arms as they follow instructions from TDLC via video conference in an exercise to reduce stress, part of a lecture on psychological assessment and care during pregnancy and childbirth March 6, 2009. 

“Childbirth Nursing Training” or “Happy Mothers, Happy Children”, one of the core outreach programs at Tokyo Development Learning Center, is designed to train mother and child care specialists in Mongolia through distance learning. To date, hundreds of nurses have participated in the course. Here’s a look behind the scenes.