Global Disaster Preparedness Center
gdpc@redcross.org
Awareness material
This publication explains how the Family Links network operates and why its services are so important. It describes situations in which family separations occur, and the many ways in which the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement support...
Awareness material
Many people go missing as a result of conflict, natural and man-made disasters, other humanitarian crises, and migration. Disappearance, dreadful enough for the individuals concerned, means anguish for their families, left in limbo over their loved o...
Case Study, Report
Viet Nam is prone to many different types of natural hazards. They are mainly hydro-meteorological, such as recurring floods and storms, but also include low to moderate risks of droughts, earthquakes, tsunamis, forest fires, cold and heat waves, and...
Guidance material
While it is very important to share the experiences of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, people on the receiving end of such advice cannot take appropriate action unless they understand how to anticipate and prevent the actual disaster at the root of a...
Research
This study considers the different elements of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation’s (SAARC) DMC’s efforts over the last decade and to assess their impact in supporting the national capacities of member states. This study eva...
Case Study
As a response to Typhoon Haiyan, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) launched a preliminary Emergency Appeal to support the Philippine Red Cross in delivering humanitarian assistance to 100,000 families (500,00...
In order to develop a preparedness approach to cash transfer programming, four National Societies (from the Philippines, Viet Nam, Senegal, and Chile) were selected for the implementation of the preparedness pilot project. The IFRC secretariat work...
Report
This report describes and assesses the experience of Ofunato, Japan, which was devastated by the 2011 Great Eastern Japan Earthquake. After the GEJE, older people wanted to do something useful to help Ofunato recover. With facilitation by the NGO Iba...
Guidance material
Systèmes communautaires d’alerte précoce : principes directeurs est un des guides rédigés par la Fédération internationale des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge (FICR), et qui vient compléter le guide sur l’évaluation de ...