VOI - Voice of Indonesia | RRI - Radio Republik Indonesia

Indonesia has the highest ranking for both hydro-meteorological and geological hazards. Large population makes a disaster risky of causing many victims. To reduce the risk, it is necessary to make efforts to prevent disasters and mitigate the risk. Disaster education is one of the keys to disaster mitigation and prevention. Disaster education begins at a very early age, namely for children at the PAUD or early childhood education level. University of Indonesia (UI) students published a pop-up book on emergency response and disaster mitigation for students in Early Childhood Education (PAUD) and early elementary school grades.

Pop-up books are books that can display three-dimensional images when we open the page. This image that appears looks more real because it appears in the middle of the book. Of course, with this more interesting method, children are increasingly interested in knowing things related to disasters. Later, the book will also be equipped with interactive audio that can be accessed via barcode. In the early stages, there are three book series, namely the earthquake series, the volcanic eruption series, and the flood series.

The person in charge of design and content, Luthfan explained that this idea emerges because Indonesia's background is a country prone to natural disasters. This is because Indonesia is located at the confluence of three plates, namely Eurasia, Australia, and Asia-Pacific. So, lessons on natural disaster mitigation need to be introduced to children from an early age, with visualization as attractive as possible. Luthfan also explained that this book is also made of environmentally friendly materials. In addition, there are interesting games for children at the end of the book.