Community-based psychosocial support is an integral part of Red Cross Red Crescent work. This ten-minute long film, produced by the International Federation Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support, explains why such support is so important, and gives some examples of how psychosocial support is provided in the Movement. Over the past two decades, the need for […]
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Humanitarian Diplomacy is not just talk but about decision making and changing minds with the ultimate goal of helping the most vulnerable. This video explains the role of the IFRC in humanitarian diplomacy.
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Panel on Ifrc’s and Undp’s “Effective law and regulation for disaster risk reduction: a multi-country report” Geneva, 8 July 2014
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Community Based Health and First Aid (CBHFA) is a Red Cross Red Crescent community-based approach that engages communities and their volunteers in the use simple tools adapted to local context to address the priority needs and to empower them to be in charge of their own development. The approach is a generic means to promote
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The 2014 World Disasters Report takes on a challenging theme that looks at different aspects of how culture affects disaster risk reduction (DRR) and how disasters and risk influence culture. The report asks, for example, what should be done when people blame a flood on an angry goddess (River Kosi, India, in 2008)
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Between late 2013 and early 2014 the IFRC supported several African National Societies to conduct Vulnerability and Capacity Assessments (VCA) in urban communities. VCA reports were prepared for: Yaounde VI Subdivision, Yaounde, Cameroon, Arada Sub-city (Woreda 4 and Woreda 5), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Tomber Mort and Akekoi, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Lunga Lunga Informal Settlements, Nairobi,
This research report draws on the experience of the TRP CBDRR programmes and current literature in order to identify the ‘characteristics of safe and resilientcommunities; to understand how these characteristics changed over time and howRCRC interventions have contributed to this change’.It is intended that the characteristics arising from this research will be used in the design, monitoring
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Website outlining the innovative learning initiatives of the IFRC including the Learning Platform and RedTalks. Red Cross Red Crescent Learning Network website http://www.ifrcmedia.org/blog/red-cross-red-crescent-learning/
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The study published by IFRC finds that while social capital has always played an implicit role in the community-based work of the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement – the volunteerism at its core, as well as the community-based committees and action teams that it promotes, represent social capital. The community-based projects it implements also foster aspects of social capital such
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The best defense to influenza is you. The IFRC has developed resources including a toolkit, posters, videos, e-learning and widgets to inform the population on how best to prevent the spread of influenza. Your Best Defense is You http://www.ifrc.org/en/what-we-do/health/diseases/pandemic-influenza/your-best-defence-is-you/#widgets
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