Flood Resilience in Philippines: Resource Compilation
July 24, 2024
With the aim of strengthening community resilience and reducing the impact of floods, the Philippine Red Cross, together with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), formed part of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance.
Final report
Building Flood Resilience: Insights from the Philippines
Impact brief
Flood Resilience Program in Philippines
Between 2019 and 2024, the Philippine Red Cross championed 3 fundamental pillars of change that led to significant impact at both the local and national level.
- Communities are more informed, organised and have the skills to face floods.
- Communities leverage the physical and natural capitals to mitigate and adapt to flood risk.
- Local authorities engage local communities in resilience-building.
By leveraging the Flood Resilience Measurement for Communities (FRMC) framework, the program engaged deeply with local populations to build resilience and integrated their insights and experiences into both local actions and national strategies.
See below a selection of resources to learn more about the program activities and impact.
- Country Briefing Philippines
- Flood Resilience Program in the Philippines pamphlet
- Video clips about the Flood Resilience Program in Pangasinan
- Brochure on Flood Resilience Alliance activities in Pangasinan
- Brochure on Flood Resilience Alliance activities in Pasig and Pateros
- Postcards for floods resilience in the Philippines
- Flood Resilience Measurement for Communities (FRMC)
- Expanding community resilience programs to urban contexts: key considerations for resilience measurement
- Video: How does measuring existing levels of resilience help flood-prone communities in the Philippines?
- Video: 2020 Community Presentation in the Philippines
- Case study: Community Presentation of FRMC Results
- Understanding the flood resilience of rural communities in Mangatarem, Pangasinan
Communities are more informed, organised and have the skills to face floods.
Communities leverage the physical and natural capitals to mitigate and adapt to flood risk.
Local authorities engage local communities in resilience-building.
The Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance is a multi-sectoral partnership which brings together community programmes, new research, shared knowledge and evidence-based influencing to build community flood resilience in developed and developing countries. We help people measure their resilience to floods and identify appropriate solutions before disaster strikes. Our vision is that floods should have no negative impact on people’s ability to thrive. To achieve this, we are working to increase funding for flood resilience; strengthen global, national and subnational policies; and improve flood resilience practice.