Cyclone Mocha, a Category 5 storm, made landfall in Myanmar on May 14, 2023, causing significant damage in coastal areas of Bangladesh and Myanmar. Despite the challenges, Bangladesh’s disaster management efforts, led by the Cyclone Preparedness Programme, successfully evacuated over 700,000 people, with no reported loss of life. This case study highlights the effectiveness of […]
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The Developing Risk Awareness through Joint Action (DARAJA) project is a collaborative initiative aimed at enhancing weather and climate information services (WCIS) for urban communities, with a particular focus on vulnerable populations residing in informal settlements. ‘Daraja’, meaning ‘bridge’ in Swahili, brings together the residents of informal settlements, national meteorological forecasters, city authorities and other
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Cette étude de cas rend compte des expériences de la Croix-Rouge Burkinabe travaillant sur «Communication des risques pour l’alerte précoce et l’action rapide à l’aide du protocole d’alerte commun (PAC) ». L’étude de cas a été élaborée dans le cadre de l’initiative Alert Hub de la FIRC.
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Community mapping in paper-based formats is low-cost, technology-independent, that is easily facilitated, and adopted at the community level. However, the output can be less sustainable compared to digital map products. The digitalization of the community data comes with the loss of information and is time-intensive because the geolocation and therefore the exact location and extent
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Along some of the world’s toughest migration routes, Humanitarian Service Points provide a safe space for migrants and displaced people, giving them access to vital services that might otherwise be unreachable. This report provides numerous concrete examples of Humanitarian Service Points in operation along migration routes around the world and it explains why they are
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This case study documents the work of Togolese Red Cross on “The Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) to support Early Action: The Togolese Red Cross’ journey from early warning to impact-based forecasting (IbF) in Togo.” The case study was developed under the IFRC Alert Hub Initiative.
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Cette étude de cas rend compte des expériences de la Croix-Rouge du Burundi travaillant sur «Améliorer les systèmes d’alerte en cas d’urgence pour sauver des vies – Renforcement des capacités institutionnelles et engagement des parties prenantes pour l’alerte précoce et l’action rapide ». L’étude de cas a été élaborée dans le cadre de l’initiative Alert
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This case study captures the experiences of Eswatini Red Cross working on ‘Stakeholder Engagement for Early Warning Early Action through the Promotion of the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)’. The case study was developed under the IFRC Alert Hub Initiative.
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This case study captures the experiences of Burundi Red Cross working on “Enhancing Emergency Alerting Systems to Save Lives – Institutional Capacity Building and Stakeholder Engagement for Early Warning Early Action”. The case study was developed under the IFRC Alert Hub Initiative. Read this case study in French HERE >
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This case study captures experiences of Burkinabe Red Cross working Risk Communication for Early Warning Early Action using the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP). The case study was developed under the IFRC Alert Hub Initiative.
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