Global Disaster Preparedness Center
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Case Study
![Risk reduction in practice: a Philippines case study](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
Since 1995, the PNRC has broadened its approach towards more proactive risk reduction. With support from the Danish Red Cross (DRC), PNRC initiated community-based disaster preparedness in five mountain, coastal and urban provinces. Much can be done ...
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![Solomon Islands – From risk assessment to community actions](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
For many years, the concept of community risk reduction has been a priority in the Red Cross programmes in the Pacific. Some National Societies have, however, been struggling to find an effective way to turn this priority into meaningful community-ba...
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![Assessing Quality and Cost Benefit – A Philippines Case Study](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
This document includes background on community based disaster risk reduction programming in the Philippines and an overview of a comprehensive recent Quality Impact Assessment and Cost Benefit Analysis undertaken to document the impact of that progra...
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![Kenyan droughts: a community based approach](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
In 2001 the Spanish Red Cross (SRC) initiated a bilateral cooperation with the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) on a long term basis. This programme focuses on developing branch capacities through training to enable the KRCS Machakos branch to mobilize...
Report
![Community based disaster risk reduction study – Latin America and the Caribbean](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
This report details the findings of the research undertaken in 2012 in Latin America and the Caribbean, examining the characteristics of a safe and resilient community and the key determinants of a successful CBDRR programme. Published in 2013.
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![The long road to resilience – Impact and cost-benefit analysis of community-based disaster risk reduction in Bangladesh](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
For more than three decades, the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) has been aiming to reduce this vulnerability by building up local disaster preparedness capacities and by applying numerous tools to reduce risks. Since 1996, it has been runnin...
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![Measuring cost benefits of community disaster risk reduction in Ilam, Nepal](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
The following case study provides an overview of a Cost benefit analysis (CBA) that was conducted for disaster risk reduction (DRR) activities which were implemented by the Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS), with the support of the British Red Cross and...
Report
![Zambezi River Basin Initiative](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ (IFRC) southern Africa office was asked to appoint a technical team to support the development of the Zambezi River Basin Initiative (ZRBI) concept. The ZRBI represents a shared ...
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![From risk assessment to road safety with the Yemen Red Crescent Society](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
In 2001, the Yemen Red Crescent Society (YRCS) conducted a vulnerability and capacity assessment (VCA) study in Hajjah and Hodeidah governorates. The study showed that traffic accidents are a major hazard and the YRCS decided to initiate a pilot road...