Hercules is one of the 5 communities located at the base of the Chaparrastique volcano, in the San Miguel department in El Salvador. On December 29th 2013, the volcano emitted a large column of smoke and ash, affecting nearby towns. Community members remember the panic they felt that day – running out of their […]
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At the local level, the GDPC draws on the global reach of the Red Cross and Red Crescent to mobilize communities and explore creative solutions for longstanding and new problems through research and innovative programming that can be easily customized and replicated at scale to make communities safer. Our First Aid app, for example, has
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This issue of Southasiadisasters.net focuses on the theme of ‘Child Centered Disaster Management Planning in India.’ As widespread poverty and climate change exacerbate the risk of disasters on children, it is time to embed corrective policy mechanisms that protect children against such risks. State and district disaster management plans are the instruments through which this
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The 2016 Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Implementation Workshop was held on 23–24 August 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand. It was hosted by the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and the Sahana Software Foundation, and co-sponsored by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the OASIS standards organization,
2016 Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Workshop – Presentations and Key Documents Read More »
Description and details on the call for Case Studies on Coalition Building
Call for Case Studies on Coalition Building Read More »
The Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC), a joint venture of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and American Red Cross, works with the Red Cross and Red Crescent (RC/RC) network in development and delivery of youth disaster preparedness education. The
RFP – Comparative Review of The Pillowcase Project Read More »
Over the past months, an ever-increasing number of people, the majority of whom are fleeing war, violence and persecution, have been risking their lives to cross the Mediterranean Sea and take other dangerous routes in search of safety in Europe. European States bordering the Mediterranean Sea, the Western Balkans and other European countries have been
Initial Response Plan for the Refugee Crisis in Europe Read More »
The catalogue has been extracted from report (2015) ‘Social Media Analysis Tools for Preparedness’. The tools included in this cataloge refer to a mapping done in July 2015 with a specific focus on disaster preparedness and risk reduction work of humanitarian actors.
Catalogue of Social Media Analysis Tools (SMAT) Read More »
Le présent rapport sur les enseignements tirés a pour but d’aider les agencies opérationnelles intervenant après le tremblement de terre qui a frappé le Népal le 25 avril 2015. S’inspirant de l’expérience de catastrophes passées similaires, il propose 17 leçons tirées d’évaluations, de rapports de recherche et d’entretien avec les praticiens humanitaires opérant sur le
Réponse aprés le séisme au Népal: Enseignements pour les agences opérationnelles Read More »
The Disaster Resilience Journal is an interactive documentary that examines how individuals, communities and countries around the world are building resilience in a landscape of climate change, and social, economic and cultural shifts. The documentary was funded by the European Commission’s Department for Humanitarian Aid & Civil Protection (ECHO), and highlights its work with the International
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