Public Awareness and Public Education

Emergency Rediplan: Four Steps to prepare your household for people with a disability and their families and carers

Four Steps to prepare your household for people with a disability their families and carers is an information and guided activity booklet is for people living with disability, their carers and families. The booklet is all hazards in focus and aims to prepare people for recovery.An easy English version is also available for people with

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Building Local Emergency Response and Disaster Mitigation committees – Lebanon

Despite political challenges in Lebanon, disaster mitigation committees in Marjeyoun district are helping people prepare for disasters. Support was provided by World Vision Lebanon. One in a series of video case studies created by the Global Network for Disaster Reduction. GNDR, 2011. Building Local Emergency Response and Disaster Mitigation committees – Lebanon, Overview of GNDR

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Island school learns DRR – Maldives

Case study on how one island school is helping the community prepare for disaster after the 2004 Tsunami devastated their original settlement. One in a series of video case studies created by the Global Network for Disaster Reduction. GNDR, 2011. Island school learns DRR – Maldives, Overview of GNDR video case studies http://www.globalnetwork-dr.org/case-studies/advocacy-a-awareness-raising/article/201-maldives.html, http://www.globalnetwork-dr.org/case-studies.html

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Role of social capital in reinforcing community resilience

The study published by IFRC finds that while social capital has always played an implicit role in the community-based work of the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement – the volunteerism at its core, as well as the community-based committees and action teams that it promotes, represent social capital. The community-based projects it implements also foster aspects of social capital such

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Drought-Ready Communities: A Guide to Community Drought Preparedness

The process outlined in the Guide is broad-based, recognizing that drought creates problems that go beyond the scope of what water suppliers alone can address. Worksheets and other exercises can help communities see how drought has affected water supplies and overall community well-being in the past. The Guide can also help communities identify their drought

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The Ready! Game

Ready enables focused conversations with communities on disaster preparedness and disaster risk reduction.  It was designed by students at Parsons School of Design for use by the American Red Cross in the Zambezi river basin.  Ready! is a relatively physical game that can be played using virtually any disaster scenario. The game is played with simple materials

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