25 Feb 2023
The GDPC and the American Red Cross noticed a gap in youth preparedness resources when it comes to teens, where preparedness resources are often curated for adult or child audiences, which leaves teens (ages 13-19) under engaged and underprepared. To...
Tags: Game, Community Risk Assessment, Disability Inclusive Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Preparedness Games, Hazard, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Women and Gender in Disaster Management, Youth Disaster Preparedness
19 Nov 2014
Thousands of people have died in Liberia as a result of the Ebola outbreak which began in March 2014. Members of a Liberian Red Cross monitor relatives and neighbours of Ebola victims. Background The Ebola virus causes an acute, serious illness which...
Tags: Video, Communicable Disease
07 May 2014
Tuvalu is a remote island nation often associated with the rising impacts of climate change. If, as predicted, sea levels continue to rise, this string of low-lying islands in the south-west Pacific could gradually disappear. However, life must go on...
Tags: Case Study, Climate Change Adaptation