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, Communicable Disease, Disability Inclusive Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Preparedness Games, Food Security, Hazard, Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH), Youth Disaster Preparedness
07 May 2020
This research study, commissioned by GDPC and conducted by experts Mandy George and Estela Oliva, was completed in August 2019. It presents the current SBDRR and XR technological landscape, analyses the shortcomings of traditional forms of SBDRR and ...
Tags: Research, Disaster Preparedness Games, Immersive Technologies & Digital Games, Youth Disaster Preparedness
20 Apr 2015
Teaching disaster preparedness in schools can be an effective way of reaching teachers and students as well as the surrounding communities -making them safer and better prepared for disasters. Over the past three years, Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS)...
Tags: Case Study, Earthquake, Youth Disaster Preparedness