A set of tips on drought preparedness put together by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the United States. While many of the tips may be US specific, some can be readily adapted to other country contexts. FEMA. http://www.ready.gov/drought http://www.ready.gov/drought
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The US Federal Emergency Management Agency has put together a set of guides to incremental retrofitting strategies for a wide variety of building types. FEMA, 2003. FEMA overview of earthquake safety at work, Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation of Office Buildings, Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation of Retail Buildings, Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation of Hospital Buildings, Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation of
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The Volunteer Manual is a resource that volunteers can take home after their classroom training. It acts as a reminder for volunteers of what they learnt as well as a tool they can share with their own household and households that they will be supporting. Included with the CBHFA resources are Community Tools that CBHFA
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The implementation guide will help you to: decide if CBHFA in action fits with the goals and programs of your National Society; launch, in a step-by-step process, a CBHFA in action program for your National Society and its branches; identify resources, both human and financial, that are needed to implement a CBHFA in action program.
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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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The Volunteer toolkit contains key messages, short guides and other tools that will be handed out to training participants and used by volunteers to help them conduct behavior change communication (BCC) activities in their own community. Online version of the manual http://www.ifrc.org/PageFiles/53437/119200-vol5-BCC-volunteers_LR.pdf
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The purpose of the Trainer’s manual is to prepare trainers to facilitate the behavior change communication (BCC) for community-based volunteers training. The information in this manual is intended to help prepare users to facilitate the BCC learning sessions so as to build the capacity of volunteers to work to change behavior in their communities. Online
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The Facilitator Guide is designed to implement a CBHFA in action approach called “learning by doing”. The purpose of learning by doing is to prepare CBHFA in action volunteers and their coaches to be agents of change who transform their learning into community action. Facilitators will help volunteers learn in a flexible and action-oriented manner.
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The Facilitator Guide is designed to implement a CBHFA in action approach called “learning by doing”. The purpose of learning by doing is to prepare CBHFA in action volunteers and their coaches to be agents of change who transform their learning into community action. Facilitators will help volunteers learn in a flexible and action-oriented manner.
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