HEAT ADAPTIVE ARCHITECTURE DESIGN COMPETITION (HAAD) overview This competition has closed. The three winning designs have been selected! Meet the Winners Globally frequency, duration, and intensity of extreme heat events are increasing, and their impacts are intensified in cities due to the urban heat island effect. The Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre is at […]
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West Africa has faced and continues to face frequent episodes of population movement. The National Societies of the Red Cross Cross of West Africa are often called upon to intervene at the frontline during each crisis. There is therefore a need to equip them with shelter solutions designed in a participatory and innovative way, upstream
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Shelter and settlement programs have a long tradition of dealing with both cash and voucher assistance as part of the wider financial assistance through which disaster or conflict response programs are implemented. This manual is intended to explore how and when financial support, in the form of CVA, can support people to cover their immediate
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Anchors and foundations more generally play an essential role in the structure of shelters. A failure of the anchors can be the first in a series of dramatic ones. Therefore, it is essential to perceive anchors as an integrated part of a building rather than as a separated object. Two possible consequences of anchor failure
The URCS (with IFRC assistance) needs support to help thousands of vulnerable refugees who have fled violence in DRC and are now living in camps located South East Albert Lake. Ethnic violence’s have forced thousands of people to seek safety in neighboring Uganda since December 2017. The challenges are diverse and multi-sectorial, the URCS and
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Held in Antalya from Nov. 04th until Nov. 11th 2017 with the support of the Turkish Red Crescent The 21st session of the GA and the statutory meeting is a platform for National Societies to discuss the strategic direction of the RC movement for the coming years. Taking advantage of this major event, the IFRC-SRU
The original 16m2 Kizilay tent was developed by Kizilay (Turkish Red Crescent). Its tent factory produces reinforced tents and other shelter products, such as rub-halls of various sizes. The National Society has distributed 6,068 tarpaulins aiming to provide tents better insulation during the winter season. Also, the total number of tents distributed is 65.602 and
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Humanitarian Sheltering is a key component to assist affected populations in rebuilding lives and livelihoods. The Open Shelter Database currently hosts information on 160 shelters implemented by different actors in various countries. All shelters recorded in the database are presented in a comparable and standardized fashion in order to offer an overview of construction techniques,
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The Aide internationale de la Croix-Rouge luxembourgeoise (AICRL) has been working since 2013 in Diffa, Niger. In close collaboration with the Nigerian Red Cross (CRN), it carries out interventions in the area of shelter and sanitation for refugees and IDPs in the Diffa region after the crisis in Lake Chad. In this context and with
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Depuis son engagement de prendre le rôle de chef de file du groupe sectoriel des « Abris et Etablissements humains », en cas de catastrophes naturelles, la Fédération Internationale de la Croix Rouge et du Croissant Rouge (FICR) s’est engagée à renforcer les capacités des Sociétés Nationales assurant la formation de personnes qualifiées, et expérimentées au niveau
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