VOLCANO
Badu is relaxing after a quiet morning's work in his little town at the foot of the volcano. Today, there is smoke coming from the summit and a rumbling noise is getting louder, but Badu has heard it all before. When the Little Girl approaches with her emergency backpack marked with its green square and white cross, he tells her the volcano hasn't erupted in centuries. "It's perfectly safe."
Of course, just because it hasn't erupted in a long time, it doesn't mean it won't! As the rumbling gets louder, the Little Girl bangs the emergency kentongan, and the villagers assemble around her amid growing confusion and panic.
There is a loud thundering, and the Little Girl produces a map of the village and surrounding area from her emergency backpack, with a safe place - up-wind of the volcano - carefully marked on the town's outskirts.
Ash starts to fall and a strange figure appears. It's the Squirrel, wearing a mask and clothed head to foot. The villagers copy, covering themselves with anything to hand, and follow the Little Girl to safety.
Badu is asleep, with the smoke and ash moving rapidly towards him. He is woken by his own coughing as the volcano erupts with a thundering boom. The villagers, upwind of the volcano, are safe, but a little boy cries for his Uncle Badu.
As the eruption subsides, makeshift shelters are built, medical help arrives and people look after each other. The Little Girl prepares food for everyone using the rations in her backpack.
Fortunately, Badu is unhurt, although he needs medical attention after inhaling a great deal of volcanic ash. 
Desa Wanabalu is in ruins. Perhaps, the Narrator wonders, it would be wise to rebuild elsewhere.

TWO GARDENS
Badu works for Dodon, a kind and wise village elder in Desa Wanabalu. One side of Dodon's garden is growing, but the other is full of rocks and weeds - Badu is not what you'd call a hard worker.
Because Badu doesn't appear to have time to work both gardens, Dodon brings in Dani to clear and cultivate the other side. Dani is a newcomer to the village who doesn't speak their language well.
Badu is instinctively hostile. He instructs Dani to use the well in the village as the local one has fallen in, and then turns his back on him.
In no time at all, Dani has cleared his plot. Dodon praises him, and then tells them that he has to go away for some time. The Little Girl and the Squirrel are watching from a tree branch. They can see that Badu is jealous.
You can say that again! Badu's feelings are really getting the better of him, so much so that the tools in his shed come alive in his mind and he is almost strangled by jealousy. "This is your garden. He's not even from here! This is your job …"
Soon, Dani's garden is yielding beautiful crops. Badu and his friend Reza are whispering. "He must have stolen my seedlings," Badu is muttering. And he hangs out at the broken well at lunch times. Up to no good, they conclude.
"From across the bay. They're all strange over there," Badu adds. "All thieves," says Reza.
The Little Girl and Squirrel watch horrified as these wild rumours about Dani spread from one villager to another, until they are all convinced he is a threat - and must be stopped.
It's night time and the villagers are taking matters in hand. Smoke is rising from Dani's garden. Things are getting nasty; worse, the wind is blowing the fire towards the village. "Don't they know violence harms everyone?" the Narrator asks.
Realising how foolish they've been, the villagers rush to get water, but the well is far away and the fire is spreading. Suddenly, Dani appears with full buckets. He has fixed the old well, and the flames can now be put out.
When Dodon returns, Badu and the other villagers are shamed by their actions and thank Dani for saving their village. The Little Girl offers Dani a flower. Badu steps forward. "I was wrong," he says. He thanks Dani for fixing the well, and invites him for supper that night.

THE FILMS: A synopsis of the five films from the Tales of Disasters / Peace Advocacy series

EARTHQUAKE
NARRATOR: It's a quiet day in Desa Wanabalu, the little village on the edge of the forest. People are in the streets greeting each other, going about their business…
Badu is stacking high shelves in his shop with heavy boxes - not a good idea in an earthquake zone. The Little Girl is shopping for equipment for her emergency bag- batteries, rice, first aid kit, candles and matches, mineral water, a blanket.
"We don't have emergencies here," Badu says. "This is a quiet village."
Right on cue, the room starts shaking. The Little Girl knows just what to do; she hides under the table, hangs on to its legs and covers her head. Badu is whacked on the head by a box he put up earlier. Then by an entire shelf.
Outside, the villagers are running out of their houses and gathering in the street.
They warn each other to keep well clear of buildings and electricity wires. The Squirrel is in his tree. Better keep away from trees, too, the Narrator warns, just as it falls over. As the shaking stops, everyone is told to stay out in the open. The Squirrel narrowly avoids a broken, live electrical wire, then cleverly turns off the power at the main breaker box.
The Little Girl makes for the village emergency meeting place, and stays there with her emergency bag and her friend the Squirrel.
Meanwhile, despite everyone's warnings, Badu has gone back to his shop.
Predictably, there is an aftershock. Everybody ducks and covers, but Badu's shop collapses into rubble.
Night falls. It is too dangerous to return to the village, so everyone must spend the night outside. Using her torch, the Little Girl, helps a woman pick her way to the emergency camp.
Badu has hurt his head, but fortunately he's ok.
A cartoon circle opens in the middle of the screen (as it does at the end of each of the disaster films).  The Little Girl and the Squirrel are at its centre.
NARRATOR: Hey, you did a great job today!  I've been meaning to ask you… how did you get so smart?
The Little Girl whips out the IDEP earthquake comic book and the CBDM.
NARRATOR: Ah, you read the IDEP comic book and the Community Based Disaster Management Manual. Smaaaart!
The Little Girl and the Squirrel look at each other and smile.

TSUNAMI
Badu, a fisherman, has built his house close to the beach and chopped down the trees that would normally protect him from the sea - including the Squirrel's tree.
Today, Badu is too sleepy to do business and has nothing to sell the Little Girl when she calls.
Suddenly, the ground shakes: an earthquake. The Little Girl moves away from the hut, crouches down and sensibly covers her head with her bucket until it's over. Then, when she looks up, she sees the water leaving the bay and sounds the alarm, first banging her bucket, then the kentongan - the village tsunami warning.
Fish are flapping on the sand where the sea has retreated, and an ignorant Badu eagerly fills his bucket. Easy pickings!
Meanwhile, the other villagers flee to high ground. A little boy stops to recover his football, but is told he must leave it - tsunamis come fast.
Back at the beach, the Squirrel sees a giant wave approaching and warns Badu, managing to grab onto him and his tree as the wave crashes against them. 
On the hillside, the villagers make to return to their homes, but the Little Girl stops them - a tsunami is more than one wave. She turns on the radio so they can wait for the All Clear signal. The villagers lament the mistakes they have made.
NARRATOR: "That's right … don't build too close to the sea, know the warning signs, have your escape route planned, prepare an emergency bag … because although tsunamis happen VERY RARELY, when they do … look what can happen."

FLOOD / LANDSLIDE
Desa Wanabalu is a village in the forest. Badu is happy today. He has just sold his hillside of 'worthless' trees to an illegal logging company.
The Little Girl shakes her head sadly as the tree felling begins. The Squirrel is furious - his tree is among the first victims.
It's raining. After four full days and nights of downpour, we find Badu still enjoying his money. This time he's going out to eat. When you're rich, he says, tossing his plastic cup and container to the ground, you don't have to cook, and you don't have to clean up.
Badu's rubbish is washed towards an already blocked drain, where it mingles with other piles of waste. 
The water level is rising and is now up to the Little Girl's ankles. The food stall collapses with a crash. The Squirrel has made a leaf boat, and is painting markers to gauge the fast-rising water level.
Badu's house is on a now-bare hillside which is looking very unstable. Inside, and surrounded by the proceeds of his new-found wealth, Badu is sound asleep in his hammock, annoyed to be woken during his mid-day nap by someone banging the emergency kentongan. It's the Little Girl, now in a special shelter on high ground. The villagers climb towards her. They have left behind everything they don't need, apart from food and clean water, but not Badu, who is wading through the rising torrent with his new TV, his fridge, you name it.
Badu is suddenly swept off his feet, but fortunately he is rescued and taken to the shelter. All his new possessions are gone, and there is more bad news for him - outside, the hill above his house has collapsed, taking his house with it.
As the waters subside, the Little Girl encourages everyone to replant the hillside and clear the drains of rubbish.
Badu has more lessons to learn. He is thirsty and goes to the now-contaminated well for water, ignoring the Little Girl and her kettle. Water must be boiled before it can be drunk in these circumstances. He hobbles away, clutching his stomach. We don't want to know what happens next …