Workshop on Disability-Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction: Strategies, Simulations, and Global Insights at International Purple Fest 2025
Event Report of Workshop conduced/organised by NDMA, SDMA-Goa, UN India (UNICEF, UNDP), Core Group Members (DRIF, MHI, GeoHazard Society, The Sangyan, WHO-Helpline); Humanity & Inclusion (October 2025)
Representing The Sangyan, I had a wonderful experience of participating and contributing to the International Purple Fest Goa 2025, held in Panjim (Goa, India) from 09th to 12th of October 2025. Therein, in my capacity as a member of the UN India RCO — NDMA’s Core Group on Disability-Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction, I co-organised the ‘Workshop on Disability-Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction: Strategies, Simulations, and Global Insights’ (co-organised by the NDMA, SDMA Goa, OPDs, and UN Agencies on 12th October).
During the workshop’s ‘Tabletop Exercise’, I coordinated the Group/Table representing the Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), as well as presented its conclusions.
I remain hopeful that our collective efforts will translate into meaningful consequences by catalysing, nudging, and triggering inclusive and sustainable changes. I am optimistic that the International Purple Fest Goa 2025 will pave the way for inclusive and sustainable solutions that enable and empower persons with disabilities and the associated community (families, caregivers, etc.).
At the end, I would like to reiterate that together, let us ‘Build Forward Better’ (climate-resilient and sustainable), where ‘We All Belong’ (inclusive, equitable, and universally accessible), and move closer to achieving intergenerational equity and climate justice.
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Event Report by State Disaster Management Authority, Keralam, Available at: https://sdma.kerala.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Report_on_Workshop_on_Disability_Inclusive_Disaster_Risk_Reduction_Strategies__Stimulations_and_Global_Insights-_International_Purple_Fest_2025_at_Goa_on_12-10-2025.pdf
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About the Author —
Adv. Abhishek Kumar, Founder and Curator of The Sangyan | द संज्ञान, Project Drishtant | प्रकल्प दृष्टान्त, Project Saralīkaraṇa | प्रकल्प सरलीकरण, and the ‘Build Forward Better’ Campaign
