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Taking large-scale action to raise disaster risk awareness in Albania

On the latest International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Albanian Red Cross partnered with the National Agency for Civil Protection, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection, and the Ministry of Education and visited schools, city centres, and town halls across the country to raise awareness about hazards like floods and build a culture […]

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Ending the Gender Gap in Humanitarian Action.

On the Path to End the Gender Gap in Humanitarian Action

Mira Adam

On the Path to End Gender Gap in Humanitarian Action One of the pressing issues consistently being brought to the floor of discussion is The Gender Gap in Humanitarian Action. Crises impact women, men, girls, and boys of all ages in different ways. Hence, their needs, interests, coping strategies, and access to resources, differ accordingly.

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Kizilay Winter Tent: Winterization Room

Nesrine Aouinti

The degradation of the humanitarian situation in Syria has caused over 2.1 million people fleeing to neighboring countries. The number of registered Syrian citizens who have found temporary shelter in Turkey has surpassed half a million people. Of these, there are over 200,000 living in camps under the temporary protection of the Turkish Government. The

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Kizilay Winter Tent: Winter Tent Final Design

Nesrine Aouinti

The original 16m2 Kizilay tent was developed by Kizilay (Turkish Red Crescent). Its tent factory produces reinforced tents and other shelter products, such as rub-halls of various sizes. The National Society has distributed 6,068 tarpaulins aiming to provide tents better insulation during the winter season. Also, the total number of tents distributed is 65.602 and

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WASH MY HANDS Jump with Jill Lyric Video

Jill

Jump with Jill educates kids about healthy habits, including hand washing! Do your kids need some extra motivation to wash their hands? Try playing our song to remind them when to stop and wash! #WashYourHandsSong #WashYourHands

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Flood Resilience Alliance: Albania Country Briefing

JonathanUlrich

Albania is a flood-prone country that has faced changing rainfall patterns with stronger and longer rainfall periods over the past 15 years. The inadequate infrastructure increases the severity of floods every few years in the northern part of Albania (especially in the fertile, low-lying areas of Shkoder, Lezha, Fier, and Lushnje) and landslides affect villages

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Case Study: Increasing the supply chain agility for PPE during COVID-19 response

Miguel Aguirre

The objective of this document is to disseminate the experience of the Spanish Red Cross (Spanish RC) in the face of the importation of large volumes of humanitarian aid during the emergency phase in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, so that it can serve as a reference, source of inspiration or help to other Red

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Europe and Central Asia

Taking large-scale action to raise disaster risk awareness in Albania

On the Path to End the Gender Gap in Humanitarian Action

Kizilay Winter Tent: Winterization Room

Kizilay Winter Tent: Winter Tent Final Design

WASH MY HANDS Jump with Jill Lyric Video

Flood Resilience Alliance: Albania Country Briefing

Case Study: Increasing the supply chain agility for PPE during COVID-19 response

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