08 Feb 2023
The GDPC and the American Red Cross noticed a gap in youth preparedness resources when it comes to teens, where preparedness resources are often curated for adult or child audiences, which leaves teens (ages 13-19) under engaged and underprepared. To...
Tags: Game, Disaster Preparedness Games, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, Youth Disaster Preparedness
07 Dec 2014
This publication, a supplement to the previously published “Public awareness and education for disaster risk reduction: a guide”, is offered as a tool for practitioners internationally to use in a consensus-building validation process. Na...
Tags: Guidance material, Communicable Disease, Earthquake, Flood, Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone, Public Awareness and Public Education, Wildfire
30 Jun 2020
COVID-19 is a public health emergency with multiple direct and indirect impacts on children’s protection, well-being, and development, both in the short- and longterm. For example, the closure of schools, confinement, and reductions in food securit...
Tags: Awareness material, Guidance material, COVID-19 (Coronavirus)