Be Prepared, a Disaster Song by Swipe, Eclipse & Avonni from GBSS School from Grenada has eventually been released! More songs will follow after the final of the Song Competition Spice it up – Sing for Preparedness, on June 23rd at the Grenada Trade Center. What is it? SPICE IT UP – SING FOR PREPAREDNESS is […]
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The purpose of this paper is to examine best practices and available models for managing the financial impact of floods. The paper (i) identifies key issues specific to flood risk management, (ii) evaluates international experience with public and private flood insurance programs, and (iii) draws out lessons for Canada’s approach to the financial management of flood risk and the
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Haiti’s rainy season, followed by the hurricane season, bring hardship to thousands of people every year. Serious rains and landslides have already hit Haiti, causing loss of life and devastation in some parts of the country. Eighteen months after the 2010 earthquake, hundreds of thousands of people remain in camps and highly vulnerable to the
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A changing climate and rapidly growing exposure to disaster risk presents the world with an unprecedented challenge. For developing countries, both less able to cope with the impact and more likely to be affected, the challenge is particularly severe. These countries face mounting losses from a range of natural hazards, from earthquakes and tsunamis through
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In Haiti, thousands of people live in anguish, unsure whether their relatives are buried under the rubble or alive and unable to communicate. In the first two weeks following the earthquake, Red Cross tracing teams offered over 2000 phone calls to survivors in the largest camps in Port-au-Prince, so they could get in touch
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The following story was written by Lena Kang, GDPC Knowledge Management Intern, based on the learning events and discussions at the inaugural HOT Summit, hosted by the American Red Cross. HOT’s evolving role in humanitarian response At last week’s inaugural Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) Summit, dozens of humanitarians, geographers, programmers, community builders, and volunteer mappers
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Example of a Pillowcase Project presentation in Peru. (In Spanish) This video case study documents the international adaptation and pilot implementation of the Pillowcase Project in Peru, a child-focused disaster preparedness education program originally developed by the American Red Cross. Building on nearly a decade of successful implementation across the United States, the Global Disaster
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The following story was written by Lena Kang, Knowledge Management Intern, GDPC, based from an interview with Tracy Reines, Director of the International Response Operations Center at the American Red Cross. IROC: a nexus for information As Director of the International Response Operations Center (IROC) at the American Red Cross (ARC), Tracy Reines overseas a
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The following story was written by Lena Kang, Knowledge Management Intern, GDPC, based on an interview with Wendy Brightman, Regional Advisor for Cash Transfer Programming in Asia, Middle East, and Europe at American Red Cross. Philippines Red Cross: cash-transfer preparedness When Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines in early-November 2013, the International Federation of the Red
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Proyecto Resiliencia en las Américas (RITA) – Nicaragua, ejecuta su acompañamiento en las comunidades Carreta Quebrada, Paso Real, El Madroño, La Campana y el Barrio Julio Buitrago. Consideramos que cualquier comunidades puede estar preparada para cualquier situación de desastre, siempre que estén sensibilizadas, apoyen los procesos de fortalecimiento y esten dotadas de herramientas básicas.Nuestro
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