27 Oct 2013
Past attempts to manage drought and its impacts through a reactive, crisis management approach have been ineffective, poorly coordinated, and untimely. Because of the ineffectiveness of this approach, greater interest has evolved in recent years ...
Tags: Guidance material, Drought
23 Jul 2015
While there is an abundance of definitions of social capital, most of them share a focus on social relations that have productive benefits. Robert Putnam, who is one of the key authors associated with promoting the concept of social capital, defines ...
Tags: Guidance material, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
08 May 2020
This guidance material offers an introduction to Psychological First Aid (PFA) in the community, in the context of the coronavirus. It will help readers/participants understand how community members become worried, and the National Society’s ro...
Tags: Guidance material, COVID-19 (Coronavirus), Mental Health and Psychosocial Support