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New Teen Prep Kit Supports Young People to Get Started with Disaster Preparedness
The Global Disaster Preparedness Center and the American Red Cross are pleased to announce the launch of Teen Prep Kit, a unique resource designed to help teenagers better prepare for emergencies and disasters. The Teen Prep Kit takes activities created by teens across the RCRC Movement and brings them together to create a one-of-a-kind emergency and disaster preparedness resource for students aged 13-19. …
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Nobody can predict earthquakes, but we can forecast them. Here’s how
15 Feb 2023
After devastating earthquakes, it’s common to see discussion of earthquake prediction. An earthquake prediction requires, in advance, the specif...
Working with local partners – and nature – for flood resilience
27 Jan 2023
Building on the successful cooperation between the Red Cross of Montenegro and the municipality of Golubovci on the repair and construction of a flood...
Successful Completion of Small Grants II: Youth Trailblaze Urban Climate Action in Asia Pacific
02 Dec 2022
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in October 2021 the Asia Pacific Urban Community Resilience Hub launched the 2nd Urban Community Resilience Small Grants,...
Leaders and Data Driven Decision Making: Why it Matters
12 Sep 2022
The importance of data in informing sound decision making for management and key stakeholders cannot be over emphasized especially in this period and ...
The IFRC Alert Hub Initiative Spurs Innovation for Effective Emergency Alerting
29 Apr 2022
An amazing surge of innovations in emergency alerting is happening now to ensure accurate and actionable emergency alerts reach communities around the...
Nepal’s Municipal Disaster Risk Governance Assessment Tool: a case study on strengthening disaster risk management
27 Jan 2022
Nepal Red Cross Society volunteers and local people strengthen a breached embankment to prevent floodwater from entering their settlement. Photo by Ne...
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What’s the name of our brigade? Shaping the identity of community brigades
Community Brigades are organized groups of people dedicated to building resilience and strengthening local capacities in the face of flooding, as well as other emergencies and disasters. Establishing the identity of a brigade is key to formalizing the community group and increasing the sense of owne... Read More
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¿Cómo se llama nuestra brigada? Definiendo la identidad de las brigadas comunitarias
Las brigadas son grupos de personas organizadas con el objetivo de aumentar la resiliencia y fortalecer las capacidades locales frente a las inundaciones, así como otras emergencias y desastres. Establecer la identidad de una brigada es clave para formalizar el grupo comunitario y aumentar el senti... Read More
Case Study
GREEN BELTS FOR DROUGHT RECOVERY IN DADAAB REFUGEE COMPLEX, KENYA
This case study describes a land restoration project surrounding Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya undertaken by the Kenyan Red Cross. Read More
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THE MULTIPLE BENEFITS OF MANGROVE RESTORATION: LESSONS FROM VIET NAM
This case study describes the Viet Nam Red Cross (VNRC) journey between 1994-2013 to protect their coastline from Typhoons and storm surges through mangrove restoration. Read More
Case Study
THE MULTIPLE BENEFITS OF MANGROVE RESTORATION: LESSONS FROM VIET NAM
This case study describes the Viet Nam Red Cross (VNRC) journey between 1994-2013 to protect their coastline from Typhoons and storm surges through mangrove restoration. Read More
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ToR: Online course on creating action-oriented messages for effective early warning
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) invite proposals for the development and implementation of an online course as per instructions specified in the Terms of Reference attached below. The working title of the ... Read More
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Webinars: Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA) for Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) Programming
Join us for a webinar series on Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA) for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) & Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) Programming hosted by IFRC Africa DRR and CEA teams! The series will be split into three consecutive parts on March 30th, April 4th, and April 6th, 20... Read More
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Learning from the 2020 floods in Tabasco: Moving beyond grey infrastructure
In October and November of 2020, a series of cold fronts and two cyclones caused severe flooding in the states of Chiapas, Tabasco, and Veracruz, Mexico. Tabasco also received significant rainfall in the month of November. Floods, landslides and the discharge of water from the Angel Albino Corzo “... Read More
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