In April 2010, when 52 National Societies in the Europe Zone gathered in Vienna for the 8th European Red Cross Red Crescent Conference, they collectively committed to moving forward in preventing, mitigating and addressing the vulnerabilities that ma...
From 2010 – 2011 the Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS), with support from the American Red Cross (ARC), implemented a disaster risk reduction project (DRR) in the Teso sub-region of Eastern Uganda. Known informally as the “Katakwi DRR Projec...
Assessment or evaluation, Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management, Risk Assessment
In almost all emergency situations there will be an immediate response to save lives before any kind of formal assessment takes place. This immediate action is often based on limited information that is available regarding the impact of the disaster ...