Miguel Aguirre
miguel.aguirre2@redcross.org
Quito , Ecuador
Miguel has worked in the humanitarian and educational sector with international organizations and private foundations over 12 years. He earned a master's degree in organizational government and culture through the Enterprise and Humanism Institute at the University of Navarra in Spain. Miguel also holds a bachelor's degree in communication, public relations and media at the Catholic University of Ecuador - PUCE. As a communication professional, he has worked in organizations like the International Federation of the Red Cross Red Crescent (Switzerland), the American Red Cross (United States), Telefonica Foundation (Ecuador). His passion is to implement communicational and educational projects to help vulnerable people around the world.
Guidance material
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The following document is a summary of the Technology Review made for the Immersive Technologies & Digital Games for School Disaster Preparedness Research, launched by the Global Disaster Preparedness Center on 2019. Find further information a...
Video
Researcher from the University of Auckland (New Zeland) suggested how disaster themed video games have the ability to be educational tools to foster participation and learning. Such games have an ability to convey messages of disaster risk reduction...
Free rivers is an augmented reality (AR) experience which was born from the desire to illustrate what the future could like if rivers are not kept free flowing and protected. The app, launched by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), creates an entire ri...
Born in 2017 as a collaboration between Harmony Labs and Google Daydream Impact, VR Action Lab explores how virtual reality might activate young people as upstanders and address the precipitous drop in efficacy of middle school anti-bullying effor...
Lifesaver VR is an immersive live-action virtual reality (VR) training tool which puts the user into the heart of the action as three young people are faced with a life-or-death situation. By controlling their movements, users make crucial decisio...
Case Study
The Asia Pacific Disaster Resilience Centre (APDRC) hosted by the Republic of Korea National Red Cross (KNRC) embarked on a virtual reality journey in 2018 because of the need for more realistic and participatory training in Asia Pacific, the most di...
Immersed is the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) flood risk visualization immersive virtual reality tool targeted at US local officials. It helps to educate community leaders about the value of flood preparedness by fully immersing user...
Stay Safe VR is a 360 Virtual Reality (VR) training application on a Residential Security Assessment (RSA) that can be purchased through Oculus and Samsung Gear. The app forms part of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societi...