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Resilience and Disaster Risk Management

Building resilient and safe communities against poverty and disaster

This study examines the institutional networks required to link processes of community-level deliberation to city and national level processes of decision-making and implementation, in the context of urban governance, community development and climate change. In 2010, the Philippine government introduced a resettlement programme to remove all informal settlers living along vulnerable waterways in Metro Manila. […]

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Enseñando a los niños sobre la resiliencia en las zonas rurales de Panamá

El las comunidades rurales de Guabito y Puento Blanco, ubicadas en Panamá, los niños están compartiendo el mensaje sobre la resiliencia. Gracias a la iniciativa de los voluntarios de la Cruz Roja que trabajan en estas comunidades, los talleres sobre resiliencia se adaptan para incluir a los niños, así compartiendo mensajes importantes de una manera

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Building Resilience in Communities that Neighbor the Chaparrastique Volcano

  Hercules is one of the 5 communities located at the base of the Chaparrastique volcano, in the San Miguel department in El Salvador. On December 29th 2013, the volcano emitted a large column of smoke and ash, affecting nearby towns. Community members remember the panic they felt that day – running out of their

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Construyendo la resiliencia en comunidades aledañas al volcán Chaparrastique

La comunidad Hércules es una de las 5 comunidades que se ubican en las faldas del volcán Chaparrastique, en el departamento de San Miguel en El Salvador. El 29 de diciembre de 2013 el volcán expulsó una columna de humo y ceniza, afectando los municipios cercanos. Los miembros de la comunidad que se acuerdan de

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Communications Support Guide: Fact Sheet, Case Study, Human-Interest Story, Newsletter

Versión en español sigue abajo The Regional Delegation of the American Red Cross in Latin America and the Caribbean works to ensure effective documentation of our programing in the region and to ensure that we communicate our key messages across different audiences. To this end, the communications team has developed a support guide that sets

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Get to Know Participants of the Economic Opportunities Benefit in Belize

  The villages in Northern Belize have a very narrow economic basis, mainly focused on the cane sugar industry and sometimes river or sea fishing. To ensure food and economic security, the Red Cross provides small grants and training to community members in a variety of topics. American Red Cross works together with the Belize

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