Community Engagement and Accountability includes risk communication, behavior change, according to IFRC guidelines.
This is a resilience game in which players assume the role of subsistence farmers organized into village teams, players make individual decisions that lead to collective patterns of choice and risk. The game features trade-offs between collaboration and competition, as well complex feedbacks and thresholds that enable rich discussions involving key resilience concepts. Online home for […]
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The Dwelling Near the Ditch Game aims to support learning and dialogue about the opportunities and trade-offs facing communities which lack waste collection services, and the additional stress that climate change (in the form of more frequent flooding, aggravated by blocked drains and ditches) can pose for them As the game is played, players experience
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The game centres on climate-related information in decision-making at the community level, and how neighbouring upstream and downstream communities can work together to manage consequences of flood, drought and deforestation. Video of the game, Video of the game, Video of the game in Spanish http://vimeo.com/46378989, http://vimeo.com/46378989, http://vimeo.com/45097866
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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
Behaviour change communication (BCC) can be a very effective way to combat public health problems by encouraging health behaviour changes. The information in this manual is intended to help prepare you to facilitate the BCC learning sessions so as to build the capacity of volunteers to work to change behaviour in their communities. IFRC,
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A participatory activity to support experiential learning and dialogue on the differential vulnerability of women and men facing climate variability and change. Players first take on the role of subsistence farmers facing changing risks — then ‘walk in the shoes’ of a specific gender role. Experiencing the consequences of individual and collective decisions, rich discussions
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An on-line video library developed by the Disaster Resistant Communities Group to provide a single, easy to search source in which individuals, agencies and organizations can access Just In Time Disaster Training videos. The library hosts more than 50 videos covering a wide range of topics. Training video library http://www.drc-group.com/project/jitt.html
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This 2012 ALNAP paper on urban lessons was written by David Sanderson, Paul Knox-Clarke and Leah Campbell and builds off a prior 2009 study written by Ian O’Donnell, Kristin Smart and Ben Ramalingam. It offers lessons pertaining to effective design and implementation of urban-response programs. It was written to serve as a practical field resource for international disaster management professionals,
Community engagement is essential to effective disaster preparedness and response efforts. Evidence shows that accounting for local knowledge, practices, and contexts helps reduce disaster risks and strength resilience. True collaboration between crisis-affected communities, humanitarian organizations and, where possible, within and between communities enables affected people to meet their needs, address their vulnerabilities and build on
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