Gorakhpur city is vulnerable to disasters due to its geographical location in the tarai of Nepal Himalayas and the region being prone to floods. The recent climate change impacts have exacerbated this venerability. It is observed that the most affected group is poor and marginalized.

In the process of developing a City Resilience Strategy, it was realized that the week infra structure and governance can be addressed through the community led initiative on local actions and advocacy. The youth of the city are expected to play a crucial role in this direction.

Under ACCCRN process, Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group and District Disaster Management Authority, Government of Uttar Pradesh jointly initiated a massive campaign for the awareness amongst youths in the city on “Disaster, Climate Change and Environment”. The outcomes and findings of city vulnerability analysis and sectoral studies have been packaged in form of a mobile exhibition. The exhibition comprises of 32 hanging displays, awareness folders, power point presentation and quiz competition etc.  More than 10 thousand students of various educational institutions of the city have been oriented through this exhibition, discussions and quiz competition. The campaign started on 3^rd November 2011, flagged by Chief Development Officer of Gorakhpur District, and continued for a period of 14 days. Media covered the events in a big way.