HFA Success Stories – Sri Lanka Early Warning System
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Asia Pacific
Risk governance for a resilient tsunami early warning system in Indonesia
http://preventionweb.net/globalplatfo…for more information and to download the presentation. This presentation examines tsunami risk resilience through an analysis of systems of governance, their architecture, and actor-agent perspectives, concentrating on the development of a Tsunami Early Warning System (TEWS) in Indonesia. A novel conceptual framework for EWS Governance is developed and employed to structure inquiry, and analyse
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Reducing risk through law: the case of the Phillippines
Reducing risk through law: the case of the Phillippines
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Building Capacities: Volunteers and Youth in Asia Pacific
Building Capacities: Best Practices in Asia Pacific – Volunteers and Youth (1/5) The vast majority of human resources of the Red Cross and Red Crescent societies are volunteers. In all their diversity, both young and old, from all backgrounds, ethnicities and social groups, they are the lifeblood of the Red Cross and Red Crescent societies.
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New lease of life for the landless
In Pakistan many people are tenants which makes them very vulnerable. After the floods in 2010 thousands of people were homeless and without any land to grow their crops. The Pakistan Red Crescent Society is helping in facilitating access to property for those who have lost everything.
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Building capacities: Participatory planning
One of the main purposes of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is to ensure that its programmes and services should first be identified by vulnerable people themselves, based on their needs. These strong participatory planning activities at local level contribute to a strong national plan that responds to new trends and needs. This
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The Fukushima Disaster: Law, Politics, and Compensation in Japan
Eric A. Feldman, Deputy Dean and Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School. CJS Winter 2012 Noon Lecture Series.
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Malaria: a community-based health approach in Timor-Leste
Malaria: a community-based health approach in Timor-Leste
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Nutrition: a community-based health approach in Timor-Leste
THE CBHFA approach seeks to create healthy and resilient communities. It impowers volunteers and individuals to take charge of their own health.
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The value of volunteers in Timor-Leste: access to health and community empowerment
Local trainee volunteers can breach the gap in providing critical help knowledge to their communities and ensure equitable access to health services for all. Expanding Volunteeism improves global health investments and contributes towards achieving Universal Health Coverage.
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