This guide contains instructions and tools for mobilizing the community to engage with and carry out local American Red Cross Home Fire Preparedness Campaign activities. Specifically, this guide focuses on how to develop a coalition of partners by aligning with current local home fire preparedness initiatives, leveraging existing relationships and building new ones. It also […]
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#SoyPreventivo nace como una campaña educativa en Santo Domingo, República Dominicana que pretende demostrar que a través de las redes sociales podemos influir y contribuir desde la comunicación digital, en las estrategias de seguridad y gestión del riesgo del Estado dominicano y de los países del mundo cuando hay situaciones peligrosas como es el caso
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What is Resilience? It’s the ability of individuals, communities, or countries exposed to disasters to anticipate, reduce the impact of, cope with, and recover from the effects of adversity. Our resilience initiatives reduce vulnerabilities and strengthen the ability of communities to keep healthy, connected, and organized. We work alongside communities all over the world to
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Since the December 2013 ash eruption of the Chaparratique Volcano in El Salvador, the communities located at its base have been working hard to reestablish themselves and recover from the shocks and stresses caused by the event. Today, these communities are more aware of the risks they face, and with the support of the Red
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Since the earthquake, the World Bank has significantly increased its support for Haiti, allocating half a billion dollars from the IDA Crisis Response Window. Some of that money is going to housing, while other efforts focus on reducing vulnerability to disaster, improving infrastructure and access to services, and developing the private sector, while also strengthening
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UNEP works through its local and national partners to implement the Eco-DRR Project in Haiti. Our Eco-DRR strategy in Haiti promotes sustainable coastal zone management through ecosystem based solutions that improve local livelihoods and reduce disaster risks.
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One day Denise walked through my door and wanted to speak to me about volunteering in disaster preparedness. As we chatted, I found out that she was a registered nurse at a local New York City hospital in the Burn Center. Most patients who are admitted suffer from devastating burns across their body and are
This participatory video was developed by the Youth Network of Las Sabanas, to document a microproject implemented with the support of the Nicaraguan Red Cross and Wetlands International through the Partners for Resilience Programme in the community of El Castillito, Las Sabanas (Nicaragua) in 2014.
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This participatory video was developed by the Youth Network of Las Sabanas, to document a microproject implemented with the support of the Nicaraguan Red Cross and the Partners for Resilience Programme in the community of Miramar, Las Sabanas (Nicaragua) in 2014.
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Since 2011, Partners for Resilience (PfR) in Nicaragua has been promoting a safe schools model in the municipalities of Somoto, San Lucas, Las Sabanas and San José de Cusmapa in the department of Madriz. The objective was to help the Ministry of Education (MINED) develop disaster prevention, preparedness and response capacities within the educational community
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