“In the absence of the play-spirit, civilization is impossible.” Johan Huizinga, Homo Ludens, 1938. Game play can be deadly earnest. Nations stake their honour on a leather ball, soldiers march on parade, and the people of at-risk communities act out their own survival. The Red Cross and Red Crescent Climate Centre designs and uses games […]
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This report summarizes an 18-month, evidence-based study that sought to understand practitioner information needs by asking the question: What are successful Red Cross/Red Crescent (RCRC) preparedness practitioners already doing that works, and how can the organization better support their information needs in what they are already doing? A research team from the University of Washington conducted
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When you live in a valley surrounded by mountains, you see everything coming. For the past few years, we feared tanks and troops. This time was different. As spring slowly transformed the mountains, humanitarian trucks appeared on the horizon. It was 1995, I was seven years old, and the post-soviet civil war had forced my
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The IFRC and Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran have initiated a Partnership on Urban Disaster Risk Reduction. Initial activies under the partnership include pilot studies in five cities: Nairobi, Kenya; Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Jakarta, Indonesia; Yerevan, Armenia; and Tehran, Iran. As one of the outcomes of this partnership a guide to urban resilience that
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This document is a Flood Safety Checklist that gives you basic information on what to do & what supplies do you need in case of a flood occurs. French
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Responding to a G20 request, the Improving the Assessment of Disaster Risks to Strengthen Financial Resilience: A Special Joint G20 Publication by the Government of Mexico and the World Bank brings together the experiences of G20 countries in protecting their populations and assets against natural hazards. It includes contributions by fifteen G20 members and invited countries (Argentina, Australia, Brazil,
In recent years, the American Red Cross and British Red Cross have both released a free First Aid App that offers simple, easy-to-follow advice for a variety of everyday first aid scenarios. These apps have been downloaded over 1.2 million times and continue to be a popular selection in both the Apple iTunes and Google
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The health of the population of Kazakhstan, in particular of women, requires urgent attention. The nutritional status of women and children, especially those living in economically deprived and environmentally degraded regions of Kazakhstan, is of serious concern. In Semipalatinsk and surrounding areas in east Kazakhstan, used for nuclear tests during the Soviet era, women and
Case study and Guidance note to the VCA in Faik Pasa and Mirali, Turkey in 2006.
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Case studies of the VCAs undertaken in Armenia, 2010. The locations include: Arapi; Azatan; Beniamin; Mets Mantash; Nor Kyanq; Panik; Pemzashen; Sarnaghbyur.
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