2024 cohort
Tidal Talks
Zoom discussions on the timeline of 2004, what changed since, and what students see ahead.
A safer tomorrow begins today.
A youth-led initiative connecting students across the Indian Ocean region to learn, connect, and collaborate for a safer future.
Convened by
The thesis
Coastal resilience starts with the next generation.
Why youth
Creativity, digital fluency, and adaptability put young people on the front line of preparedness.
Why Indian Ocean
Twenty years on from 2004, the basin remains one of the most exposed coastlines on earth.
Why now
Aligned with World Tsunami Awareness Day: invest today for a safer tomorrow.
Two cohorts. One ocean.
By the numbers, across 2024 and 2025.
594
Students reached
130
Schools
25
Countries
253
Teachers and principals
What happens
Five sessions, three programmes, one network.
Both cohorts
Coastal Mates
Schools in tsunami-prone areas connected nationally and regionally to share what works.
Both cohorts
Wave Masters
Five sessions of coaching: from understanding risk to running campaigns that move people.
Voices
From students across the basin.
I felt deep connection with the participants, as if we had become a global family, united by a shared mission to learn together and raise awareness about tsunami risks.
Pratyusha
High School Student · India
The programme reshaped how I see things. Even small, personal actions like dedicating time to learn about disaster risks can make a real difference in protecting the people around me.
Theresia
Junior High School Student · Indonesia
The activities never felt like traditional classes. The sessions created an inclusive, vibrant space where youth could explore, exchange ideas, and learn together.
Ruby
Observer & 2024 Alumni · UAE
Aligned with
World Tsunami Awareness Day
Tsunami United advances the WTAD mission: raising awareness, strengthening early warning systems, and educating the next generation on preparedness.
Learn more at UNDRRThe pledge
Tsunamis strike without warning.
Awareness becomes action.
Young leaders across the Indian Ocean are turning today's training into tomorrow's response, ensuring coastal communities remain alert, informed, and tsunami-ready.