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Sri Lanka Red Cross Society , IFRC – Working with Children for a Culture of Prepardeness

Insufficient knowledge on risks and risk reduction measures exposes communities to greater impact of hazards. Schools can play a major role in reducing the vulnerability of students and local communities. Educating school teachers and students on effective disaster preparedness and response mechanisms has a multiplier effect at household and community levels and will help create […]

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Kenyan droughts: a community based approach

GDPC

In 2001 the Spanish Red Cross (SRC) initiated a bilateral cooperation with the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) on a long term basis. This programme focuses on developing branch capacities through training to enable the KRCS Machakos branch to mobilize volunteers, and through training to work closely with and “from within” rural communities. The three-year

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Building Safer Communities in South Asia

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The South Asia Regional Delegation in consultation with its partners has developed a regional disaster risk reduction programme entitled: “Building Safer Communities in South Asia”. This programme aims to draw together regional experiences and knowledge to harmonise and standardize Red Cross Red Crescent risk reduction trainings, systems and tools. These will be used in communities

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Empowering communities to prepare for cyclones

GDPC

Cox’s Bazar District is in the Bay of Bengal, at the south-eastern corner of Bangladesh, bordering Myanmar. It is particularly vulnerable to the tropical cyclones that frequently hit the region, causing deadly storm surges and wind damage. The worst cyclone in recent years took place in 1991, resulting in 150,000 deaths – more than 90

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Assessing Quality and Cost Benefit – A Philippines Case Study

GDPC

This document includes background on community based disaster risk reduction programming in the Philippines and an overview of a comprehensive recent Quality Impact Assessment and Cost Benefit Analysis undertaken to document the impact of that programming on vulnerable populations. Published in 2009.

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China and Cambodia: Integrated programming and cooperation with local authorities boost communities’ disaster preparedness

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Both China and Cambodia are prey to natural disasters affecting the lives and livelihoods of millions of people. To help vulnerable communities prepare for and withstand such disasters, the National Societies are implementing community-based disaster preparedness (CBDP) programmes that have embraced integrated programming and cooperation with local authorities, both of which have contributed to the

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Population movement and the Nepal Red Cross Society

GDPC

Since the early 1990s, more than 100,000 refugees – mainly Bhutanese of Nepali origin – having been living in seven refugee camps in the south-eastern corner of Nepal. They fled Bhutan following the introduction of the government’s “One Nation, One Culture” policy. The Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) was one of the first organizations to

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Solomon Islands – From risk assessment to community actions

GDPC

For many years, the concept of community risk reduction has been a priority in the Red Cross programmes in the Pacific. Some National Societies have, however, been struggling to find an effective way to turn this priority into meaningful community-based risk reduction projects and actions. In order to overcome this difficulty, since 2003, the Solomon

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“Helping One Another” – The Use of WPNS in Southeast Asia

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The “Well Prepared National Societies” (WPNS) assessment and analysis helps the National Societies to assess their preparedness status and identify areas for improvement. WPNS also provides National Societies with practical indicators for their overall planning and monitoring. It offers a global baseline and gives opportunities for benchmarking and comparison on a regional and global level.

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Population movement and the Chittagong Hill Tracts development programme

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In 1999 the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) decided to use the “Better Programming Initiative” (BPI), the conflict-sensitive approach to programming adopted by the International Federation in 1998, to plan a new Chittagong Hill Tracts development programme. BPI would help to identify how to use assistance to increase local communities’ capacities to work together and

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Case Study

Sri Lanka Red Cross Society , IFRC – Working with Children for a Culture of Prepardeness

Kenyan droughts: a community based approach

Building Safer Communities in South Asia

Empowering communities to prepare for cyclones

Assessing Quality and Cost Benefit – A Philippines Case Study

China and Cambodia: Integrated programming and cooperation with local authorities boost communities’ disaster preparedness

Population movement and the Nepal Red Cross Society

Solomon Islands – From risk assessment to community actions

“Helping One Another” – The Use of WPNS in Southeast Asia

Population movement and the Chittagong Hill Tracts development programme

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